Middle East & North Africa

Flydubai – the UAE hybrid carrier - owned by Dubai Aviation Corporation has made a landmark capital market debut raising $500 million through a five-year Sukuk. The order book was over six times oversubscribed demonstrating the strong investor appetite for this paper.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has been named CAPA Airline of the Year at the CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence 2014 held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Aerospace

Aerovista has wet leased a B737-300 to Kam Air. The B737-300 will be operating domestic flights for the Afghan airline over a period of ayear with the option to extend. Aerovista and Kam Air have a history which dates back to 2006 when Aerovista delivered its first B737-200 to the airline
Aerospace

Kuwait Airways has confirmed it is buying ten Boeing 777-300ERs with a list value of $3.3 billion.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways cabin crew have debuted this year's grid girls uniform at the airline's headquarters ahead of this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Aerospace

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and Air Arabia have announced the signing of an aircraft financing deal to facilitate the delivery of six new Airbus A320 aircrafts in 2015.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways and Alitalia will offer enhanced connections between Abu Dhabi and three of Italy's biggest cities next year, with combined double-daily flights to Milan and Rome, and a new daily service to Venice.
Airports & Networks

Global aviation consultancy Helios has expanded its team in the Middle East and moved to larger offices in Silicon Oasis, Dubai.
Aerospace

The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) celebrates tomorrow, Friday November 21st 2014, the one year anniversary of the launch of DubaiSat- 2 into outer space from the Yasny Launch Base in Russia, using the Russian Dnepr rocket launcher in cooperation with the Russian International Space Company (Kozmotras).
Space

Royal Jordanian has welcomed its fifth 787 aircraft, thus completing the assimilation of the first group of its 787 order.
Air Transport

Qatar Duty Free has announced the official opening of its Giorgio Armani boutique at Hamad International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Utilising a bigger space to display a wider range of new technologies and solutions, key aviation industry players from the US and Canada will reach out to the regional buyers through a joint pavilion, for the second consecutive year, at the 15th edition of Airport Show to be held in Dubai from May 10 to 12.
Aerospace

Shane O'Hare, the former president and CEO of Royal Jet has been appointed senior vice president, marketing at Etihad.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways has deployed almost 100 additional staff to Abu Dhabi Airport to assist departing and arriving guests disrupted by this morning's heavy fog.
Airports & Networks

Emirates Engineering has completed, the largest maintenance check on any aircraft when it handed back the first A380 ever delivered to Emirates Airline after completeing its C hjeck. The aircraft began operations with the Dubai carrier in June 2008.
MRO

Yasser Al Yousuf, an Emirati national, has been appointed as the new Managing Director for Etihad Guest, Etihad Airways' award-winning loyalty program, and its partners Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi Air Expo will take place from 8th to 10th February 2015, at Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Aerospace

Jazeera Airways has released its September 2014 Operational Performance Report today, which shows a 5% increase in total flown passengers from September 2013 and an on-time performance of 96%.
Aerospace

Seawings, the luxury seaplane tour operator, has announced the launch of 'Seawings Lifestyle' - a unique collection of handpicked luxury Dubai experiences for the leisure and corporate incentive/MICE market.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways Group CEO yesterday welcomed a delegation from Chengdu led by vice-general manager of the Chengdu Culture and Tourism Development Group, Yang Chai.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi International Airport last night welcomed NIKI Airlines' first flight from Vienna, Austria.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has teamed up with international football stars, Didier Drogba and Lionel Messi, for its new 'Widen your World' global advertising campaign highlighting the worldwide destination network of the award winning global carrier.
Emerging Technologies

Oman Air has appointed new country managers for each of the two new destinations it will be flying to from December 2014.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air has signed a two-year renewal deal with air transport IT specialist, SITA, for network, messaging and voice services.
Emerging Technologies

Flying Colours will be returning to MEBA next month with the announcement that maintenance work on a second aircraft under approval from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) is nearing completion.
MRO