Kuwait's Jazeera Airways is one of three airlines to have achieved the prestigious 5-star status for punctuality as part of a new OAG on-time performance accreditation programme. The other two 5 star performers were South Africa's Safair and AirBaltic.
The UAE Space Agency is implementing 14 special events and initiatives as part of its activities for the Year of Giving, which was declared by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.
Qatar Airways has announced that commencing 7 May 2017, the airline will operate a third daily non-stop route from Doha's Hamad International Airport to Bali Denpasar.
Carl Manion, director of Cyber Threat Hunting, Detection and Response at Raytheon, has delivered a lecture to more than 27 students from Khalifa University of Science and Technology's Department of Computer Engineering recently.
Piaggio Aerospace will participate with its Avanti EVO in the 17th edition of EBACE, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition staged in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Palaexpo and Geneva International Airport between 22nd and 24th May, 2017.
The Arabian Section of the Ninety Nines has awarded its first scholarship for an Egyptian Pilot. The women pilots group has selected Dina Dawood (pictured) for the scholarship.
Travel commerce platform Travelport says Middle Eastern travel industry players are leveraging technology to meet the needs of millennials - estimated to become the region's largest workforce segment by 2030 and who tend to be higher travel spenders than their global peers.
Etihad Airways has launched the '48 Hour Challenge' as part of its wider stopover campaign promoting Abu Dhabi as a 'holiday within a holiday' for transit travellers and a 'staycation' option for UAE residents wanting a relaxing short-break. The city's many highlights can now be enjoyed through a series of exciting stopover programmes.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is to take over the Dublin-based AWAS aircraft leasing group from Terra Firma Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity firm, and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.
Royal Wings, a subsidiary of Royal Jordanian Airline - in cooperation with the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) – has started operating twice weekly scheduled flights between Aqaba and Cairo.
In an on-going effort to meet the increased demand for enhanced flight tracking, Royal Jordanian is now using Rockwell Collins' web-based ARINC Flight Data Display, a new situational awareness display that provides a simple and clear visual representation of an entire fleet.
Emirates has today renewed individual global marketing agreements with Mauritius and Seychelles by extending the MoU with the respective Tourism Boards of the two countries.
Pegasus Airlines is launching five new destinations from London Stansted, including Grozny, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd in Russia and Abu Dhabi.
Embraer and Uber are to explore the concept of an ecosystem—dubbed Uber Elevate Network—that will allow the potential development and deployment of small electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (VTOLs) for short urban commutes. The announcement was made in Dallas, Texas, in the opening session of the Uber Elevate Summit.
The Ministry of Tourism of Egypt and Egyptian Tourism Authority is stepping up its activities to bring tourists back to Egypt – especially from the Arab countries.
Workers at the Italian national carrier Alitalia have voted against job cuts aimed at salvaging the cash-strapped Italian airline, pushing it toward administration for the second time in a decade.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group, received two official government delegations from Australia and Greece at Arabian Travel Market, the region's largest travel industry event.
