Middle East & North Africa

Russia has completed the delivery of Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters to the Afghan National Army
Defense

Monarch Aircraft Engineering has announce that it has gained United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority Part 147 approval.
MRO

Specialist insurance underwriting agency, elseco limited, has announce its latest business developments with the expansion of its Aviation underwriting account.
Aerospace

Emirates will resume with two weekly flights to Erbil, served by an A330-200 aircraft in a 3-class configuration. This will increase to four weekly flights from 4 December 2014.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and Tourism Australia have deepened their strategic marketing partnership with a significant increase in joint funding for the promotion of tourism to Australia in overseas markets.
Airports & Networks

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), in collaboration with the General Command of the Armed Forces and in coordination with the Supreme Committee for IDEX and the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition (ADNEC), has announced the Future Defence Summit.
Aerospace

Emirates Engineering marked another milestone when the team performed its first 3C-Check on an A380, a major overhaul that restores the airline's first A380 aircraft to near pristine condition.
MRO

Jeppesen recently signed a new three-year service contract with Pegasus Airlines to provide the airline with Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) services with tailored digital charts.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates airline, Dubai Airports and the aviation sector as a whole contributed $26.7 billion to the Dubai economy in 2013, which was almost 27%* of Dubai's GDP and supported a total of 416,500 jobs accounting for 21% of the emirates' total employment.
Aerospace

MEBA 2014 – the Middle East Business Aviation show - is encouraging young people to consider an exciting career in the region's business aviation industry with a day of seminars, talks and interactive sessions, 'Futures Day'.
Aerospace

Commsoft today announced that existing Commsoft partner, Arpiem Aviation, will be using Commsoft's OASES to provide CAMO services for Turkey-based Vega Aviation's two Boeing 737-300s.
MRO

Royal Jet offers a full suite of exclusive services for visiting private jets and discerning clients flying in to attend the Formula 1.
Business Aviation

Gulf Air today announced the increase of its direct services to Trivandrum International Airport following a successful first year of operations.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced a major partnership with New York City FC, the new Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways and Alitalia have received merger clearance from the European Commission under EU Regulation No. 139/2004 and are proceeding with the proposed strategic partnership announced in August.
Air Transport

Emirates airline has now increased its mobile presence with the launch of The Emirates App for iPhone on the App Store.
Emerging Technologies

Qatar Airways will operate a daily, direct scheduled service from Doha's Hamad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport from 1st May 2015.
Airports & Networks

Resource Group has announced its acquisition of Symbiotics Ltd, specialists in human performance enhancement that provide organisations with training methods and tools to help their people excel.
Maintenance & Training

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has announced the appointment of Paul van der Blom as director commercial.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi Airports today inaugurated the newly constructed, luxury VIP Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport, in partnership with National Aviation Services (NAS).
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways' new Airbus A380 First Class product, called First Apartments, has been recognised at the annual Society of British and International Design (SBID) Awards 2014, held at the Dorchester Hotel in London last week.
Interiors & Connectivity

Qatar Airways has been honoured for the third year in a row as Best Middle East Airline Serving China at the 2014 Business Traveller China Awards.
Aerospace

A total of 67 world-class showjumping horses were transported on Qatar Airways Cargo freighters from Liège, Belgium, to Doha for the final round of the 2014 Longines Global Champions Tour season which concluded on 15 November 2014.
Aerospace

The Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) has developed a crisis management partnership through 11 of its member airlines to handle emergency response planning.
Air Transport

The International Defence Exhibition and Conferences (IDEX) has appointed Streamline Marketing Group (SMG) to organise the IDEX Defence Conferences 2015.
Aerospace