Middle East & North Africa

Air Seychelles, in partnership with Etihad Airways, has been recognised with three highly-prized accolades at this year's World Travel Awards (WTA), including the title of 'Indian Ocean's Leading Airline.'
Aerospace

Travellers from the Middle East can now fly to Graz in Austria and Baden–Baden in Germany this year on Europe's Best Airline, Turkish Airlines.
Airports & Networks

International aerospace and space experts will convene in Abu Dhabi next March at the third Global Aerospace Summit to discuss the rapidly changing shape of space policy and regulation
Space

Etihad Airways has launched a competition on its social media channels to capture the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan and help reunite family members during the most important time of the year.
Aerospace

Etihad Flight College has signed a purchase agreement for four Embraer Phenom 100E aircraft, and options for three additional aircraft of the same model.
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air has been named as the winner of the 'Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East' award at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2015.
Aerospace

Roketsan has been announced as the third successful company in defence industry and aerospace sector in Turkey with reference to 2014 export activities.
Defense

A joint venture between TAV Airports and Unifree Duty Free ATU Duty Free has began operations at Salalah, the second largest city of Oman.
Aerospace

Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) played host to a number of visiting delegates representing 13 countries that were in Bahrain to attend the 15th meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (MIDANPIRG).
Maintenance & Training

International Airfinance Corporation (IAFC) has appointed Quantum Investment Bank Ltd (Quantum) and Palma Capital Limited (Palma) - both DIFC based and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) - as exclusive arrangers for the largest aircraft leasing deal in Saudi Arabian Airlines' (Saudia) history.
Aerospace

Boeing has named Dennis Muilenburg as its 10th chief executive, succeeding Jim McNerney, who has held the position for the past 10 years. Muilenburg, who has served as Boeing president and chief operating officer since 2013, becomes president and CEO on July 1.
Maintenance & Training

Arabian Aerospace defence editor Jon Lake reports that there is mystery surrounding the death of the Saudi Arabian Chief of Air Staff, Lt. General Mohammad Bin Ahmad Al-Shaalan, the Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi International Airport released its May traffic figures today showing overall passenger traffic was up by 14.9% for the month compared to May 2014 with 1,877,440 passengers passing through the airport, and nearly 15,000 aircraft movements.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has recently held its annual service awards honouring members of the airline's cabin crew team for their years of service, exceptional performance and perfect attendance throughout their tenure with the national carrier.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Airlines has said it intends to grow its secondary base at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport once operations move from the main Ataturk gateway to a new hub being constructed north of the city, reports Flightglobal.
Airports & Networks

Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of its first A330-200, becoming a new operator for the type.
Air Transport

Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has been accredited ISO 22000 for its 600-seat restaurant with production facilities Marché, in Hamad International Airport (HIA), recognising its commitment to quality, cleanliness and service.
Airports & Networks

A select group of Etihad Airways UAE nationals is on-track to gain the Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals (CertTF) from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT), the leading world body for the industry.
Maintenance & Training

SR Technics has announced that it has been selected to provide Integrated Component Services for Etihad Airways' new Boeing 787 fleet, and is in advanced discussions on further Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) contracts.
MRO

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that it has successfully achieved the ISO 27001:2013 standard of information security across all of its IT systems.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have signed a codeshare agreement which will provide travellers with enhanced connections between the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and beyond.
Air Transport

The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) of Oman officially inaugurated the new Salalah Airport on June 15.
Airports & Networks

Following the graduation in March of ten Omani cadet pilots, Oman Air is now recruiting more candidates from within the Sultanate of Oman.
Maintenance & Training

Shell Aviation has extended its collaboration with the AeroSuperBatics Wingwalking team, one of the world's most famous aerobatic formation wing-walking teams.
Aerospace

Endeavouring to reach Hawaii from Japan - to encourage the use of clean technologies - the solar powered aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg took off this morning on the longest leg of the Solar Impulse's Round-The-World mission, relying on communications from SITA OnAir using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-based satellite comms link, to facilitate all comms and aircraft health monitoring on the 120 hour flight over the Pacific.
Emerging Technologies