Middle East & North Africa

Qatar Airways sees a strong investment opportunity in American Airlines. Qatar Airways believes in American Airlines' fundamentals and intends to build a passive position in the company with no involvement in management, operations or governance.
Aerospace

Gulf Air has celebrated the launch of its direct three weekly service to the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways is increasing capacity between its Abu Dhabi hub and key markets of Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca and Rabat to cater to the peak June – September travel period, while additional services to Dammam will be year-round.
Airports & Networks

AAR has won a multiyear contract to provide power-by-the-hour component support for Wataniya Airways, one of the national carriers for the state of Kuwait.
Air Transport

Travellers departing from Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 can look forward to a smoother airport experience with the implementation of two new initiatives that will streamline the check-in and immigration checks at departure.
Airports & Networks

Companies of all sizes see the impact private travel can make to their bottom line. By avoiding the hassle and delays of commercial travel, their leaders utilise their time more efficiently to see more people, more frequently, to ensure deals are made and properties are managed well.
Airports & Networks

The Royal Air Force of Oman has received its first Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet - part of a batch of 12 - with its arrival marked with a ceremony, held last week in the presence of the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman - Air Vice-Marshal Mattar bin Ali bin Mattar Al Obaidani, at Adam Air Base, Oman.
Defense

TAV Group President & CEO Sani Şener ranked seventh in the power 100 list of Construction Week Magazine, which is one of the most prestigious publications of the industry, in the Gulf Region. Şener has become the one and only Turkish businessperson in the top 10 ranking of the list for the last three years.
Aerospace

OneWeb Satellites has inaugurated its assembly line at Airbus' manufacturing facility in Toulouse to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months.
Space

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) recently hosted 'A Wish Comes True' day as part of the 'Road to Happiness' initiative in support of autism awareness, in collaboration with the Emirates Autism Society.
Aerospace

Gulf Air recently hosted key members of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's travel trade industry at a networking event, aimed at informing guests of the airline's latest developments and customer-focused initiatives while thanking them for their longstanding support.
Airports & Networks

Spatial has been awarded the contract for an A320/A321 cabin emergency evacuation trainer by a major national carrier, which will be one of the first cabin trainers to feature Airbus' redesigned semi-automatic OWE.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has opened a new dedicated lounge at Boston Logan International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Travel consolidator Gold Medal has reported a 294 per cent rise on the previous year in forward 2017 summer holiday bookings from the UK to the UAE capital.
Airports & Networks

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has called on the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to lift the ban imposed on Kuwait Airways' direct flights to the US, reports Kuna.
Air Transport

MRO service provider SR Technics, that has offices in the Middle East, has appointed Jianfeng (Jeff) Hu as Deputy CEO and Yujie (Jessy) Zheng as Deputy CFO. Both will join the SR Technics leadership team, with the Deputy CEO reporting directly to the CEO and the Deputy CFO to the CFO.
Maintenance & Training

Aireon has signed an MoU with Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Saudi Arabia's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP).
Emerging Technologies

AJW Group, that has offices in Dubai, has signed an agreement with Aero Contractors, the Nigerian-based airline, to assist in the restructuring and upgrading of their MRO support services.
MRO

Qatar Airways is launching a new direct service to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, with seven weekly flights beginning 28 August 2017.
Airports & Networks

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) increased capacity on a number of key international leisure destinations across its route network.
Airports & Networks

The UAE Space Agency celebrated on Sunday its third anniversary in an official ceremony in Abu Dhabi.
Space

Emirates and Flydubai have unveiled an extensive partnership which will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces to offer customers unmatched travel options.
Air Transport

Oman Airports Management Company has congratulated Salam Air's first touchdown to Sohar Airport.
Airports & Networks

Oman Airports has congratulated Air Arabia on its first international flight to Sohar Airport from Sharjah on direct three weekly flights with an A320 Aircraft.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has successfully attained the latest version of the PCI Data Security Standard version 3.2 Compliance Certification and Attestation of Compliance for the second year.
Emerging Technologies