Middle East & North Africa

Royal Jordanian will start operating its new regular route to the Chinese city of Guangzhou on March 21, 2016 with three weekly flights.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith, has said the airline is in deep shock over this morning's crash in southern Russia.
Air Transport

The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has released a statement about the tragic Flydubai Boeing 737-800 aircraft crash this morning.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways and EKar, an innovative mobile app-based car rental company in the Middle East, have formed a partnership offering the Etihad Airways and EKar EKar is an easy to use car-sharing platform that provides pay-as-you-go hourly and daily car rental from the comfort of a laptop or smartphone.
Emerging Technologies

The United Arab Emirates, represented by the UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, has signed an MoU and a contract with Japanese institutions to launch the “Hope Probe” to outer space and strengthen cooperation in the field of exploration and development of human resources specialised in space science and technology.
Space

Oman Air's shareholders received positive financial results for 2015 at the airline's Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was held at Oman Air's headquarters in Muscat.
Aerospace

Kuwait's ministry of finance has issued a public invitation for bids on four aircraft after an announcement the government is auctioning them from its Amiri fleet.
Business Aviation

Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of global technology provider Lockheed Martin, took time out during a recent visit to the UAE to congratulate Emirati students who participated in a knowledge-sharing training programme at the company's Centre for Innovation and Security Solutions in Masdar City.
Maintenance & Training

The UAE regulator, the GCAA, has confirmed the investigation team led by the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has begun work on the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed Flydubai aircraft.
Air Transport

Emirates expects high passenger traffic on its flights this upcoming weekend starting from Wednesday 23rd March as travellers head abroad for spring and holiday breaks.
Airports & Networks

Nabil Sultan, Emirates' divisional senior vice president, cargo has been appointed to The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) Board of Directors.
Maintenance & Training

Seaplane operator Seawings has launched a series of corporate solutions and programmes ensuring progressive companies have access to creative and distinct corporate event ideas, team building programmes and employee reward programmes, among other options.
Airports & Networks

Iran news agencies are reporting that talks with Boeing over the purchase of new planes are continuing, and suggesting a deal with the American aviation giant is “very likely” to be sealed soon.
Air Transport

An EgyptAir A320 has been hijacked and taken to Larnaca in Cyprus according to the airline.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways will expand its services to Istanbul during 2016 with a new four times weekly service to Sabiha Gokcen Airport.
Airports & Networks

The UAE's Al Jaber Engineering & Contracting (ALEC) has won a contract from Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (Daep), the engineering arm of Dubai Airports Company, to expand Dubai's Al Maktoum International's passenger terminal building, first opened in 2013, to 145,926 square metres from its current 66,107 square metres.
Airports & Networks

A senior Air Arabia delegation recently joined the carrier's inaugural flight from Sharjah to Sarajevo as part of three-day programme to commemorate the start of flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has officially opened its dedicated Revenue Accounting Centre of Excellence in Al Ain.
Business Aviation

Oman's artists and designers are being invited to create a brand-new first class and business class amenity kits for Oman Air.
Interiors & Connectivity

Airbus has launched its new cabin brand “Airspace by Airbus”.
Interiors & Connectivity

Etihad Airways Engineering will be the host sponsor of MRO Network's upcoming Airline Engineering & Maintenance: Middle East conference, taking place in Abu Dhabi on April 26-27, 2016.
Aerospace

At least five hostages being held on the hijacked EgyptAir flight that was diverted to Larnaca have been spotted escaping from the aircraft - at least one of them through the cockpit window.
Air Transport

KLM has launched its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Muscat, with the first flight to Muscat International Airport arriving from Abu Dhabi International Airport, on March 27.
Air Transport

Emirates' has commenced its brand new scheduled A380 service into Birmingham Airport.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has extended its online check-in to 48 hours before departure, from 24 hours, effective immediately. Customers around the world can check in online on both desktop and mobile devices from 48 hours to 90 minutes before flight departure.
Emerging Technologies