Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air has recently appointed APG Network, an airline-focused representation network, as its representative in 10 countries to provide Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) support and administrative services to Gulf Air in Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Poland, Taiwan and Tunisia.
Air Transport

Oman Air and Cargolux are to introduce a new destination in India with the introduction of two flights per week to Mumbai from 8th March 2016.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways will double the amount of flights on its Doha to Bucharest route from this summer, enhancing the service from a daily to double-daily offering, in response to increased passenger demand to and from Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport in Romania.
Airports & Networks

Emirates Airline's first non-stop service between Auckland and Dubai will be one of the longest air routes in the world by distance, but with the assistance of clever technology and good planning, passengers will get to their destination in the shortest possible time.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has been presented with the Best Finance Transformation Award in 2015 by Innovation Enterprise, a US-based company specialising in enterprise innovation.
Aerospace

In celebration of Kuwait's 55th National Day and the 25th Liberation Day alongside ten years of its success, Jazeera Airways travellers across major cities in the Middle East will soon be taking off in an aircraft graced by a special livery of Kuwait's national flag.
Aerospace

Next month's Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi will hear a call for cross-national co-operation on passenger rights as C-suite executives to the biennial aviation, aerospace, defence and space gathering examine how to improve the customer service experience and whether it will really win airlines new business.
Aerospace

TAV Passport Card, a product of TAV Operation Services, is now at the disposal of the card holders at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced an enhanced agreement with Citi as its international cash management bank partner.
Aerospace

Dubai International Airport has opened its new Concourse D, reports The National.
Airports & Networks

Sikorsky today signed an agreement with Taqnia Aeronautics to jointly explore helicopter production opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Defense

More than 220,000 passengers have flown the two-class A380 on over 450 flights since it first entered service in December 2015.
Air Transport

From assembling a model of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft to carry out a simulation of a launch mission to space, more than 30 female students from the UAE got an opportunity to participate at the Airbus Little Engineer workshop held alongside the Global Women's Forum in the UAE on 23-24 February 2016.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi International Airport has been awarded the ISO 22301 Management System Certificate for Business Continuity Management. This makes the capital's airport the first in the Middle East, and one of a few in the world, to become ISO 22301 certified.
Airports & Networks

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is on the verge of signing a deal for 50 of its regional jets with Iran.
Air Transport

Dnata has commenced operations at Dubai's Concourse D.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has moved its operations at Dubai International Airport from Concourse C to the new Concourse D.
Airports & Networks

The UAE Space Agency has signed a significant memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom Space Agency, aiming to facilitate collaboration between the two agencies in the short and long term.
Space

Emirates will launch a daily service from Dubai to Yangon in Myanmar and Hanoi in Vietnam, starting August 3, 2016.
Airports & Networks

Emirates Group recruitment has hosted its first conference around best recruitment practices through technology and social sourcing.
Maintenance & Training

Gama Aviation has received ISO 9001:2015 accreditation – the latest level of the international quality management standards. Gama Aviation LLC went through an upgrade audit in early February 2016, after thoroughly reviewing and implementing a Quality Management System compliant to the most recent standard, which was published in late September 2015.
Business Aviation

Some of the most valuable thoroughbred race horses in the world and those that look after them, have a new means of transport for getting to those classic events.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways is the first airline in the Middle East to achieve platinum status in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA's) Fast Travel Programme in recognition of its success using innovative technology to provide passengers with quick and convenient air travel.
Aerospace

Royal Air Maroc will begin Fifth Freedom flights in West Africa later next month with the launch of three weekly Accra-Monrovia Roberts-Freetown return service, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

The UAE Space Agency has signed a significant memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom Space Agency, aiming to facilitate collaboration between the two agencies in the short and long term.
Space