Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways strenuously denies it has any plans for an initial public offering (IPO) and any announcement associating the airline with an IPO should be disregarded and reported to the authorities as a fraud.
Air Transport

Air India has signed an agreement with Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) for the lease of fourteen A320neo, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport

Avtrade is continuing its commitment to provide first class support and service to customers in the Middle East region by increasing its stock of aircraft spare parts in Dubai.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Investigation team of the United Arab Emirates, led by the Accredited Representative and membered by two investigators from the Air Accident Investigation Sector (AAIS) in the GCAA, have arrived at Moscow, where the UAE team leader joined the head of the Russian team in Moscow to participate in downloading the the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) known as black boxes.
Air Transport

UAE Space Agency has reaffirmed its commitment to driving innovation and space education programmes.
Space

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 Engineering has enhanced its aircraft maintenance capability with a new Automated Tool Control (ATC) system which provides engineers with greater tool access, handling and traceability, and eliminates the risk of tools being lost in critical aircraft systems during maintenance.
MRO

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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