Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways has teamed up with Brand USA, a destination marketing organisation for the United States, highlighting its commitment to boosting tourism to the USA from points across its extensive global network.
Airports & Networks

Emirates and Heathrow have announced the launch of a new strategic partnership that will bring increased earning and redemption options for members of their customer loyalty programmes, Emirates Skywards and Heathrow Rewards.
Airports & Networks

Dubai-based Swiss pilot and aviation enthusiast Yves Rossy - known worldwide as the inventor of the individual jet pack which uses carbon-fiber wings for flight led a formation jetpack flight over Dubai this week – creating a world first.
Aerospace

A new paradigm is about to hit the global business aviation charter market, writes Liz Moscrop.
Business Aviation

Turkish technology company Fotoniks has entered an agreement with BAE Systems to collaborate on the development and in-region delivery of aircraft display systems, which includes Fotoniks working to integrate BAE Systems' LiteHUD Head-Up Display (HUD) into the HUD system for the Hürkus basic training aircraft.
Defense

Turkish Airlines has reported its first quarter 2015 consolidated financial statements to Borsa Istanbul.
Aerospace

Jazeera Airways is set to have its own terminal at Kuwait International Airport following talks between the low cost carrier and the Government.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has added flights to Miami as its 12th destination in the Americas.
Airports & Networks

Dubai World Central (DWC) has hosted the 125th corporate anniversary celebrations of Kuehne + Nagel, the first global logistics company to become fully operational at DWC in 2009.
Aerospace

Mubadala Aerospace is believed to be in negotiation talks with a major Iranian MRO centre over a potential acquisition.
MRO

Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive for Qatar Airways, held a landmark press conference in Washington D.C. yesterday, adding the airline's voice to the ongoing US Open Skies debate.
Aerospace

TrueNorth Avionics announced today at EBACE that AMAC Aerospace has installed the company's Simphonē Mobile GSM System for a Middle Eastern head of state Boeing 747-8I aircraft completion.
Interiors & Connectivity

Cessna said at EBACE today that its latest model - the Citation Latitude - will enter the market with final range and runway performance specifications that exceed previous projections.
Business Aviation

Saudi Arabian Airlines is understood to terminated a lease contract with Portuguese charter firm Hi Fly after one of its aircraft was taken to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport Israel for routine maintenance.
MRO

Aviation authorities in the United Arab Emirates are planning to introduce a passenger protection programme. .
Airports & Networks

Smartworld – a joint venture between the UAE telecoms provider Etisalat and the Dubai World Central aerotropolis - has selected Altitude Software, the omnichannel solutions provider, to launch the country's first Cloud Customer Engagement Solutions.
Emerging Technologies

Abu Dhabi's Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) has signed two, one-year, commercial MRO contracts, worth US $9.8 million, with local UAE companies Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned Etihad Airways subsidiary and Al Ain's Horizon International Flight Academy.
MRO

Research commissioned by Etihad Airways has quantified a range of government and court-sanctioned benefits and concessions received by the three biggest US carriers, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines Group, and other airlines with which they have merged.
Air Transport

The UAE Space Agency and Airbus Group will join forces to roll-out a first series of Airbus Little Engineer Space workshops for the first time in the Middle East.
Space

Etihad Airways has chosen air transport IT specialist, SITA, for end-to-end baggage tracking services.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways has appointed Iwan Kip as general manager for Indonesia, based in Jakarta.
Maintenance & Training

Dubai Airshow presence is crucial to staying at the cutting edge of business aviation, said UAS International Trip Support.
Business Aviation

The 26th ICAO Aviation Security (AVSEC) Panel meeting was held in ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada last week of April.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide the FalconCabin HD+ cabin management and entertainment system for Dassault's new Falcon Jet 5X and Falcon Jet 8X business aircraft.
Business Aviation

Nextant Aerospace (which makes the award-winning 400XTi – the world's only remanufactured business jet – and is currently flight-testing its new G90XT turboprop, has announced a major expansion of its Middle East sales operation.
Business Aviation