Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Cargo has successfully shipped a very special consignment of show jumping horses from Belgium to Hong Kong for the annual Hong Kong Longines Masters.
Aerospace

Dubai Airports has completed the world’s first Tier III certified Modular Data Centre Complex (MDCC) at Dubai International (DXB) following a tour of the new facility by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airports.
Airports & Networks

UAE's Dubai Airports has completed the installation of new and enhanced smart gates at Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 1.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has acquired the Sheraton Melbourne Hotel.
Aerospace

Oman Air has contributed to the reduction of the noise footprint of the UK’s Heathrow airport.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has honoured its high flying executive Andrew Fisher following his record-breaking feat of travelling around the globe in the fastest time and in the fewest number of flights.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates and Arsenal Football Club, have announced a new sponsorship deal. The sponsorship, the largest ever signed by the club and one of the biggest ever agreed in football, grants the airline a 5-year extension to their shirt partnership with the Club until the end of the 2023-2024 season.
Air Transport

Sixty passengers and six crew members are believed to have perished when an Aseman Airlines' ATR 72-500 crashed into the Zagros range of mountains in the southern part of Iran this morning.
Air Transport

CTT SYSTEMS AB, providers of aircraft humidity control systems, has a launch customer order for a Cair VIP Inflight Humidification system from Jet Aviation for one Boeing BBJ MAX 8.
Air Transport

The UAE Space Agency, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah, the Sharjah Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences (SCASS) and the Japanese Chiba Institute of Technology, has organized the first ever scientific initiative on space meteorology in the UAE. The initiative stems from the Agency’s agreements with Japan on the peaceful exploration of space and the development of joint-research and exploration projects.
Space

Airbus’ flight test A350-1000 jetliner is back home after a three-week demonstration tour to Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Air Transport

SITA has won the respected Aviation Technology Achievement at Air Transport World’s 2018 Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates will resume a second daily service to Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, from 1 June 2018.
Airports & Networks

Dnata, a part of the Emirates Group, has been awarded a licence to provide flight catering services to airlines departing Vancouver International Airport. This marks Dnata Catering’s entry into Canada.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, Beirut on 29 March.
Airports & Networks

The ground handling arm of Etihad Airport Services (EAS), a division of Etihad Aviation Group, has received the internationally-acclaimed Airline Operators Committee (AOC) award for excellence for 2017.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways will add a second daily direct flight from its Abu Dhabi hub to Rome, effective 25 March 2018. The new service will take the total number of Etihad Airways’ flights on the route to 14 a week.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai has announced its full-year results for the year ending 31 December 2017.
Aerospace

Airbus has delivered the world’s first A350-1000 widebody airliner - powered by Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB-97 engine - to launch customer Qatar Airways, at a delivery event in Toulouse, France.
Air Transport

Tailwind Airlines has signed contracts with AMAC Aerospace for their fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft at AMAC’s new facility in Bodrum, Turkey.
Air Transport

Oman Air has won three medals at the Business Traveller Cellars in the Sky Awards 2017.
Aerospace

Emirates will resume its flagship A380 service between Houston and Dubai from 1 June 2018.
Airports & Networks

Gulfstream Aerospace will showcase two of its award-winning, large-cabin aircraft at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo from Feb. 26-28.
Business Aviation

Emirates Aviation University recently hosted more than 20 companies at its campus in Dubai International Academic City, to help its students and graduates advance their job-seeking skills and gain access to career experts and local employers offering opportunities.
Maintenance & Training

TAV Airports Holding increased passengers served 10% and reached 115 million.
Airports & Networks