Middle East & North Africa

Emirates will debut its new A380 Onboard Lounge at the Infinite Possibilities stand in its home-base of Dubai at the 2017 edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) from 24-27 April.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways Engineering has signed an agreement with Diehl Aerosystems to jointly design, manufacture and install the first serial produced 3D-printed cabin plastic part on an aircraft for one of its customers.
MRO

Gulf Air has begun a GCC-wide informative roadshow in which airline representatives in the 6 GCC states will visit corporate entities to share information about the Gulf Air Falcon Corporate Plus and Falcon Corporate Loyalty programmes – tailored offerings that will benefit both employers and employees in companies, making business trips more profitable for all parties.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Airways has confirmed that it will donate one dirham from every flight ticket sold in the United Arab Emirates during 2017 towards the UAE's Year of Giving causes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates will introduce a second daily service to Bali in Indonesia from July 2, 2017 with a Boeing 777-300ER.
Airports & Networks

Leading 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.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai is participating at the Kazakhstan International Tourism & Travel Fair (KITF) in Almaty which will take place from 19 to 21 April.
Aerospace

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.
Air Transport

Kuwait's Jazeera Airways is one of three airlines to have achieved the prestigious five-star status for punctuality as part of a new OAG on-time performance accreditation programme. The other two five- star performers were South Africa's Safair and AirBaltic.
Air Transport

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.
Airports & Networks

Oman Air has added a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to its fleet which.
Airports & Networks

Travelport and Onur Air have announced a new, multi-year global full content agreement.
Airports & Networks

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.
Space

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.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Aviation Group has appointed Robin Kamark as chief executive officer, airline equity partners.
Maintenance & Training

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.
Maintenance & Training

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.
Air Transport

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.
Aerospace

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.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways and The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) have signed an MoU at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2017 in Dubai this week.
Airports & Networks

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.
Airports & Networks

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.
Aerospace

Inmarsat has said Qatar Airways has announced its intention to install Global Xpress (GX) Aviation across its flagship fleet.
Emerging Technologies

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.
Airports & Networks

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.
Emerging Technologies