Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air and Oman Air have expanded their existing codeshare agreement allowing passengers to benefit from the outstanding products and services offered by the two airlines. This will extend travel opportunities to fly beyond Muscat and Bahrain effective from the upcoming summer schedule.
Air Transport

The Saudi Air Navigation Services has chosen Frequentis to provide a deployable mobile tower to support its air traffic control (ATC) modernisation programme.
Emerging Technologies

Flydubai was named “Best Low-Cost airline serving the Middle East” at this year’s Business Traveller Middle East Awards.
Aerospace

Gulf Air has entrusted maintenance of the APS5000 auxiliary power units (APU) equipping the airline's 10 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to AFI KLM E&M.
MRO

Gulf Air has selected Thales’ Ka-band connectivity solution for its B787-9 and A321Neo-E fleet.
Emerging Technologies

Sustainability, affordability, efficiency, and intramodal are the key principals for the growth of the travel industry for decades to come according to Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Aerospace will exhibit ANKA-AKSUNGUR and Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter for the first time at International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) 2019 between April 30 and May 3.
Aerospace

Boeing has released a statement regarding various news stories circulating on the disagree alert on the 737 MAX.
Air Transport

Dubai-based DTP, the provider of products and services designed to optimize planning and operations in the aviation industry to clients iuch as Dubai Airports, Abu Dhabi Airports, Emirates Airlines and Saudi Airlines Catering signed a partnership agreement with Cirium at the Airport Show today
Airports & Networks

Dubai Air Navigation Services (Dans), has appointed its first female UAE national as duty manager in the emirate.
Maintenance & Training

Airport security staff will find their jobs easier thanks to machine-aided assistance from Smiths Detection, introduced to the MENA region at the Airport Show today.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has enhanced the baggage allowance for all college and university students with an additional free of charge 23-kilogram bag.
Air Transport

Abu Dhabi Airports has opened two new kids play areas and five conveniently located baby changing rooms at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), further enhancing its services to better accommodate families traveling during the summer holidays.
Airports & Networks

Pegasus Airlines is adding Riyadh and Casablanca to its route network.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has introduced Boeing’s Toolbox Mobile Library, an iPad mobile application, to enable its Technical Operations team to improve the efficiency of its maintenance engineers and technicians.
MRO

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been named the “Best Airport for Passenger Experience” for the second consecutive year in a study by AirHelp, an air passenger rights specialist. Qatar Airways has also been ranked as the number one airline for the second consecutive year.
Airports & Networks

Jazeera Airways has started serving for the first time the coastal city of Bodrum in Turkey with three flights a week.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has signed a contract with BAA Training for a Cadet training programme.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Cargo has launched scheduled freighter flights from Abu Dhabi to Singapore’s Changi International Airport.
Aerospace

The Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona got off to a special start this week when Emirates’ newest A380 aircraft performed a low level flypast over the race track while watched by thousands of spectators.
Aerospace

In preparation for the upcoming Dubai Airshow that will take place between November 17-21, organisers of the event, Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East, has released an interview with Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai, on his industry predictions.
Aerospace

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), a joint venture between Stuttgart-based DC Aviation GmbH and Dubai-based Al-Futtaim, has attained the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 1 accreditation for its Fixed Base Operations (FBO) located at Dubai South.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Technic has signed a long-term power-by-the-hour services contract with Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, to serve their fleet of Airbus A320 family, both CEO and NEO.
MRO

Royal Jordanian (RJ) customers can now book and pay their tickets and travel products through eFawateercom, a payment option added to the RJ website and mobile app, which makes it easier for them to make purchases directly from eFawteercom wallet.
Aerospace

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) will showcase an ACJ319 at EBACE taking place May 21-23.
Business Aviation