Middle East & North Africa

The number of families booking trips for the upcoming UAE National Day holiday has more than doubled from last year.

Istanbul Atatürk Airport is now accessible in the virtual world by Google Street View under the guidance of TAV Information Technologies.

The Kingdom Business Aviation Conference was opened earlier this week by H.R.H Prince Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud, the Governor of Hail.

Etihad Airways has won Best First Class at the annual Ultratravel Middle East Awards (ULTRAs) ceremony, which was held last night at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai.

IATA's director general and CEO, Tony Tyler called on Arab air carriers to set '1001 Arabian nights' as a target to put in place foundations for the next chapter of “glorious aviation growth in the Middle East”.

Dassault Aviation has joined the CleanSky program sponsored by the European Commission, in order to aid the improvement of the environmental impact of future generations of aircraft.

Omar A.Halawani has been appointed as the new President and CEO and deputised member of Nexus, the global flight operations company.

As the UAE celebrated innovation week, global aviation and aerospace industry leaders have identified key innovation areas they believe will transform the aviation, aerospace, defence and space industries in the near future.

Qatar Airways has announced that it will suspend its non-stop service between Doha, its home airport, and Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX), Japan, after March 31, 2016, due to commercial reasons.

EgyptAir stopped mail and freight on its flights to the United States and the United Kingdom earlier this month, ch-aviation reports.

Emirates expects a record number of travellers to take to the skies as this upcoming weekend is expected to be one of its busiest for 2015.

December 15 marks Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines' 52nd anniversary.

Etihad Airways has won 'World's Leading Airline' award for the seventh consecutive year at the annual World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2015.

Emirates has unveiled a huge Real Madrid decal on one of the airline's A380 aircraft.

German balloonist David Strasmann beat 67 other pilots to be crowned the new FAI World Air Games Hot Air Ballooning champion on December 11.

Etihad Airways has raised approximately one million dirhams to support the 'We Care Yemen' campaign as part of the airline's annual charity fundraising in cooperation with the UAE Red Crescent.

Emirates customers will be able to enjoy the first six Star Wars movies in one from January.

Both Dubai Airports and Emirates Airline have been recognised for outstanding achievements in the 2015 Service OIympian Awards – the only independent honours which recognise the UAE's customer service leaders.

Qatar Airways has announced that telecommunications company Ooredoo will be the exclusive three-year sponsor of on-board Wi-Fi across the airline's state-of-the-art fleet.

Qatar Airways Cargo was the official transportation company for Disney's Beauty & the Beast production as it moved from Bucharest in Romania to Doha's Qatar National Convention Centre on board the airline's B747 Freighter this December.

AMAC Aerospace Switzerland AG has signed a maintenance contract for a privately owned BBJ 3 from the Middle East.

Air BP has been recognised for its outstanding safety standards and practices by Dubai Airports at the annual Safety and Security Excellence Awards Ceremony.

Etihad Airways and Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, have announced a strategic agreement to drive digital transformation across the airline and its equity partners.

National Air Cargo, Middle East was honoured by Dubai Airports in its 5th Safety and Security Excellence Awards Ceremony held on December 8, 2015.

Qatar Airways today announces a ban on battery-powered personal vehicles commonly known as 'hoverboards' on all aircraft as it continues to put the safety of passengers and crew first.