Middle East & North Africa

Emirates is to upgrade one of the two daily flights servicing its Dubai-Moscow route to an A380-800, commencing December 1, 2016.

CAE has been awarded contracts by the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, including one to design and develop a comprehensive purpose-built Naval Training Centre (NTC) for the UAE Navy, featuring integrated ship simulation-based training suites and maritime aircraft sensor stations, that will be used to deliver training for individuals, command teams and whole ship crews.

The Iraq Air Force has been in talks with American firms Flight Safety International and Orbital ATK to ensure that the Iraqi squadron utilizing the military version of the Cessna Caravan can become self sufficient in its maintenance and operation of the aircraft.

Pegasus Airlines has announced its traffic results for the first five months of 2016 through the Public Disclosure Forum (KAP).

Turkish Airlines has been awarded 'Airline of The Year' and Turkish Cargo won 'Cargo Airline of the Year' award.

The first of the “black boxes” from the crashed EgyptAir flight 804 has been recovered, Egyptian officials said tonight.

Abu Dhabi has followed Dubai and Sharjah by announcing it will impose an AED35 (US $9.5) fee on all passengers departing its airports.

The blacklisting of Iran Air on the EU safety register has been lifted in the latest list of airlines the European Commission considered not meeting international safety standards has been released.

As Solar Impulse continues its historic mission to fly around the world using solar power, Arabian Aerospace TV visits the mission control centre in France and looks in depth at the connectivity that lies at the heart of the operation.

The complaints made against Emirates by South African authorities last year are still being investigated.

"Obstacle-free airport" projects, which were initiated by TAV Airports at Istanbul Atatürk Airport followed by Ankara Esenboğa and Izmir Adnan Menderes airports, were presented as "the best practices" at the forum held at the United Nations in New York.

Etihad Cargo has been successful at the Air Cargo Week Awards in Shanghai winning 'Cargo Airline of the Year' award.

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Oman Air have joined forces to create 400 jobs for young Omanis at the new Muscat International Airport.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has introduced its unique orange-coloured Boeing 777-300.

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) took off early this morning from Kennedy Airport, New York, to attempt the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and prove that an efficient energy future is possible.

A passenger has died on board an Emirates flight from Dubai to Manchester.

Etihad Airways and Avianca Brasil, one of the leading airlines in Latin America, have announced a codeshare partnership.

Emirates has released the world's first 360-video tour of the A380 cockpit.

Saudi private aviation services company, Sky Prime Aviation Services, is to deploy SITA's next-generation passenger services system (PSS) to manage its new VIP flight service being introduced to its premium passengers.

On behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), CAA International (CAAi) is set to open a brand new EASA Part-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML) electronic examination centre in Istanbul, Turkey.

A Mahan Air BAe 146-300 sufferered a nose gear collapse on landing at Kharg Island on Sunday.

The board if Royal Jordanian (RJ) is to meet today and will be electing a new chairman.

Dubai-headquartered Empire Aviation Group, through its Empire Aviation San Marino subsidiary, has added two Embraer Legacy 650 business jets as the group continues to build its global fleet.

Gulf Air's pilots were pitch perfect at the airline's annual Ramadan football tournament.

CAE has been awarded a contract to provide the UAE Joint Aviation Command (JAC) with a suite of helicopter simulators and training devices for the NorthStar Aviation 407 Multi-Role Helicopter (407MRH) as well as the Sikorsky UH-60M Armed Black Hawk (ABH).