Middle East & North Africa

Dubai International (DXB), the world's number one international airport, welcomed more than 6.9 million passengers in April according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways have expanded their codeshare agreement, adding six new destinations to Royal Jordanian's network, and adding flights from Amman to Doha to Qatar's network.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann made several important announcements at a press conference attended by both Chinese and international industry media on the opening day of Air Cargo China 2016 in Shanghai.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian has launched its annual Ramadan campaign starting from the north of Jordan, with employees heading to one of Irbid governorate camps and a village in the north of the country where they distributed food parcels to needy families.
Aerospace

Emirates has signed a new multi-year sponsorship deal as the Official Airline of the New York Philharmonic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Cargo has commenced a new twice-weekly A330 freighter service to Brussels Airport in Belgium.
Aerospace

Germania Airlines has commenced twice weekly flights, every Monday and Thursday, from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Ankara Esenboğa and Izmir Adnan Menderes airports have received USTAD 2011:2015 Certification, accredited by the World Disability Union, for the works carried out to make all services provided at the airport available for passengers with disabilities.
Airports & Networks

Airports Council International (ACI) has announced that global passenger traffic has seen moderate growth, and air freight volumes are slowly increasing.
Air Transport

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.
Defense

Passengers travelling to Melbourne, Australia will now have another direct flight option with Emirates announcing that flights EK408 and EK409 will begin operating as nonstop services from Dubai from 30 October 2016.
Airports & Networks

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

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

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

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.
Defense

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

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

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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

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.
Emerging Technologies

"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.
Airports & Networks

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

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

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.
Emerging Technologies

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