Middle East & North Africa

The partnership was finalised in a signing ceremony during MRO Middle East this week and will enable TS&S to become the first aerospace company in the Middle East to use Honeywell’s Maintenance and Inspection (M&I) voice system.
MRO

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has received the M&A Deal of the Year award from Airline Economics during its Aviation 100 Global Leader Awards ceremony in Dublin, this week.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) recently surpassed the one million mark on Twitter and has more than five million five hundred thousand fans on Facebook, and over half a million followers on Google+.
Emerging Technologies

Jazeera Airways recently inaugurated flights into Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways’ first direct non-stop flight to the beautiful holiday destination of Pattaya touched down at U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport today.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has introduced special fares for its Abu Dhabi – Dublin flights to celebrate the lifting of visa requirements for UAE nationals travelling to Ireland, which comes into effect today.
Airports & Networks

The UAE Space Agency showcased industry opportunities and strategic vision for the space sector at the annual BETT Educational Training and Technology Show held in London, United Kingdom from the 24-27 January.
Space

Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) has received two accolades in Dubai for inflight product experience.
Aerospace

On Sunday, 28 January, the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) officially received the final shipment of new Black Hawk helicopters from the United States, bringing the total to 12 aircraft received over the last nine months.
Defense

Inflight broadband has the potential to unlock a $5.2 billion market within the Middle East region by 2035, finds new data released from the ‘Sky High Economics: Quantifying the commercial opportunities of passenger connectivity for the global airline industry’ report.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has announced its plan to launch a new, five times a week, service from Dubai to Santiago International Airport (SCL), via the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, starting on July 5, 2018.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian and the General Union for Air Transport signed on January 29 a collective agreement giving RJ staff the choice to obtain a voluntary release from the job between the period Feb. 1 and March 31, 2018 subject to the airline’s approval.
Aerospace

Turkey's indigenous trainer Hurkus-B has successfully performed its first test flight at Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) facility.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways has joined a strategic partnership with Mercedes-Benz that will see its vehicles used for all the airline’s eligible premium customer transfers within the UAE.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced its engineering division Joramco appointed Abdelmalek Murad as the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer.
Maintenance & Training

To celebrate the launch of Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to Canberra, the capital city of Australia, Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, hosted a press conference today at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has launched a humanitarian aid mission in support of Rohingya refugee families. The campaign commenced with the distribution of garments, dry food packages, and blankets to more than 3,000 Rohingya families in Bahukhali Bazar in Bangladesh.
Aerospace

Gulf Air has appointed of Captain Suhail Abdulhameed Abdulaziz Ismail as the airline’s new chief operating officer, effective February 2018.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has made several management appointments within its outstation commercial operations team.
Maintenance & Training

Qatar Airways will launch direct flights to Mykonos, Greece starting 30 May 2018.
Airports & Networks

JORAMCO Academy and AACO Regional Training Center have signed a cooperation agreement to support the growing needs of the civil aviation industry in Jordan and the Middle East.
Maintenance & Training

The UAE Space Agency has signed a MOU with the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
Space

The UAE Space Agency has announced a new satellite project called MeznSat, a 3U CubeSat which will study Earth’s atmosphere being developed in partnership with Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, part of the Khalifa Institute of Science and Technology, with the American University of Ras Al Khaima (AURAK).
Space

Emirates SkyCargo has transported KhalifaSat- the first satellite developed and built by Emirati engineers in the UAE at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
Space

Franco Fenoglio, Head of Human Spaceflight & Transportation Unit at Thales Alenia Space, outlined today why effective communication with Mars is important to facilitate how human beings will live and work in space.
Aerospace