Qatar Airways won Best Airline for International First Class, Best First-Class Seat Design and, Best Airline in the Middle East at the Global Traveller Awards.
Etihad Airways and Montenegro Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement that provides travellers with enhanced connectivity when flying between Southeast Europe and the Middle East.
Qatar Airways, in partnership with Hasbro, has updated its range of toys, children's activity kits and in-flight lunch boxes designed to entertain and delight the global airline's youngest travellers.
Boeing and INJAZ Al-Arab have revealed that their Start Up programme has supported the establishment of 60 businesses by Arab youth across the Middle East, including 23 in 2016 alone.
The VIP Terminal at Dubai South has been opened by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group, Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Advisor to the UAE President, and Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.
The first passengers - believed to be women and children - have been released from the Afriqiyah Airways A320 jet which had been hijacked on an internal flight in Libya. The aircraft's diverted to Malta.
EgyptAir Cargo has resumed direct flights to Russia on December 21 following the successful completion of flights MS5520/1 between Cairo Int'l and Moscow Domodedovo, reports ch-aviation.
Gulf Air and the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF)have recently signed an for cooperation between the two entities, facilitating training and development courses, in the field of Information Technology (IT) and project management for the airline's IT staff.
Ries Vriend CEO of Amsterdam Software and Captain Raman Oberoi, COO of Falcon Aviation have announced the signing of the FBO One Software agreement, providing an essential online operational management tool.
Airbus Group SE's struggles with its A380 superjumbo are deepening as the plane maker delays deliveries of a dozen aircraft over the next two years to Emirates, reports Bloomberg.
Dubai Air Navigation Services (Dans) has held its “long term service” awards ceremony to recognise and honour 39 of its team members at the organisation's headquarters in Dubai International Airport (DXB).
Standing out with the projects undertaken at the Middle East and Gulf Region, TAV Construction is named the world's largest company of 2016 in airport construction. Having been listed as the top company for three years in a row, the total contract value of the projects TAV Construction has undertaken so far has exceeded $18.5 bln.
Etihad Airways Engineering and Lantal Textiles have launched the first Flammability Test Laboratory in the Middle East, for regional customers within the aviation industry, including VIP operators, MRO organisations, design and production organisations as well as cabin interior suppliers.
Oman's SalamAir has revised its launch plans with scheduled commercial passenger flights now slated to begin on Monday, January 30, 2017, reports ch-aviation.
