Middle East & North Africa

Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group (EAG) was the winner of the 'Aircraft Management Service Provider of the Year 2017' at the 11th annual Aviation Business Awards, held in Dubai on October 11th 2017.
Aerospace

By Vincent Chappard
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary is delighted to announce the addition of Bahrain CAA approval to its portfolio from September 2017.
MRO

Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has welcomed a visiting an official trade delegation from the Republic of South Korea led by His Excellency Hyun-Soo Kim, Consul General of South Korea.
Airports & Networks

The Dubai Airshow has announced some of the speakers and presenters at the Space Conference, a new feature for 2017 taking place 13-14 November.
Aerospace

Supersonic Aerion Corporation, announced today that Brian Barents, the company's current co-chairman, has been named Executive Chairman with broad responsibility for overseeing the corporate strategy that will bring the AS2 supersonic business jet to market.
Maintenance & Training

Flydubai will start its new daily flights to Sheremetyevo International Airport from 29 November.
Airports & Networks

Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) reached 7.2 million in September, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.
Airports & Networks

Emirates airline and a consortium of industry partners are announcing a partnership to build the world's first sector-wide Experimental (X) Lab to co-create the next era of human transportation at Area 2071.
Air Transport

Turkish Cargo has been awarded with Overall Carrier of the Year prize in the Customer's Choice category at the 33rd annual Payload Asia Awards, organisedd by the Payload Asia Group and aimed at honouring the carriers for their excellence in the air cargo industry.
Aerospace

Young flyers will take just 49 minutes and 47 seconds to ask the dreaded, ''are we nearly there yet?'' so with parents battling the boredom threshold, Emirates has teamed up with Dr Sandi Mann, a psychologist and boredom specialist at the University of Central Lancashire to find a solution.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Gulf Aviation Training Event has announced its speaker line up for the event.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian will implement the new security measures required by the US authorities for US-bound flights in mid-January 2018, upon pre-agreement with the concerned US authorities.
Air Transport

Work is underway to complete the installation of Esavian Type 126 sliding hangar doors on the new DC Aviation hangar at Al Maktoum Airport, Dubai World Central, Dubai.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has responded to increased customer demand for services to Thailand by launching direct flights to Pattaya, the airline's fifth route to the country.
Airports & Networks

Oman Air Cargo has launched its new 100% Cloud-based Cargo ERP Solution, implemented by SmartKargo, the world's most advanced cargo management platform for airlines, ground handlers, sales agents, and regulators.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Bahrain on 15 December, one day ahead of the country's 46th National Day celebrations.
Aerospace

In October 2007, Emirates became the first airline to link Brazil and the Gulf region with non-stop flights between Sao Paulo and Dubai.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air recently flew a number of British media representatives to Bahrain on a familiarisation trip jointly hosted at ART Rotana Amwaj Islands, by the airline and Rotana Hotel Management Corporation.
Airports & Networks

Nadia Abdul Aziz, President, National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL), has become the first Emirati female from the United Arab Emirates to be nominated as Vice-President on the Global Extended Board of the International Association of Freight Forwarders (FIATA), which represents more than 44,000 forwarding and logistics firms in 150 countries.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates will be adding an extra flight to its service between Dubai and Algiers, making it a daily service from 13th December 2017.
Airports & Networks

The Istanbul Bosphorus Experience is a new programme, specially designed by Turkish Airlines for its Business Class passengers who have a transfer time of seven or more hours in Istanbul.
Airports & Networks

TAV Airports Holding has announced its nine month 2017 net profit of EUR 163 million and revenue of EUR 854 million.
Aerospace

Emirates announced that it will be operating extra flights between London and Dubai this Christmas. The changes have been implemented to support the thousands of passengers travelling during the busy holiday season.
Airports & Networks

Aviation District, the intelligently designed aerospace ecosystem within Dubai South – a 145 square kilometre aerotropolis - is gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Dubai Airshow by targeting and attracting major investments in a bid to become a key contributor to the aviation sector in the region.
Aerospace

Cargo Zone, one of the new features at the Dubai Airshow 2017, has announced its conference agenda ahead of the event on 13 November 2017.
Aerospace