Middle East & North Africa

Dubai Air Navigation Services’ team has received three ISO certifications in quality management systems, quality management for training and Information security.

Emirates will be operating its latest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with the ‘Game Changer' First Class suites from Dubai to Riyadh starting from 16 April 2019 and Kuwait starting from 1 June 2019.

Qatar Airways is to be the global launch partner of Rolls-Royce’s new Virtual Reality (VR) training tool, as its engineers become the first in the industry to receive VR training for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Engine Maintenance.

Turkish Airlines has now started scheduled flights to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Dubai Airports has confirmed operations teams at both airports are ‘good to go’ for the commencement of the 45-day long refurbishment of the southern runway at Dubai International (DXB).

Airbus has appointed Julie Kitcher as executive vice-president communications and corporate affairs, effective immediately.

AVS GSA has become Oman Air’s exclusive GSSA (General Sales and Services Agent) in Malaysia.

Emirates is marking its ‘significant’ fleet renewal with the complete reconfiguration of all 10 Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, and the last two Boeing 777-300 Classic aircraft retiring from fleet.

Etihad Airways and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) are taking Jeddah residents on an immersive tour of Abu Dhabi across VOX Cinemas using 3D projection mapping.

Emirates Aviation University, will return to the Gulf Education and Training Exhibition (GETEX) as a key participant from 17 to 19 April 2019. The exhibition will take place at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Dubai.

Etihad Airways and IBS Software (IBS) have signed a contract to enhance the airline’s operations.

Oman Air is offering special Ramadan promotions.

An Emirates’ A380 yesterday landed for the first time in Glasgow.

Emirates is introducing seasonal treats to celebrate Easter on board and in select airport lounges worldwide.

Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators based in Ras Al Khaimah, is to manufacture a hybrid A320/A330 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) for Azul.

Airbus will attend Turkey’s IDEF 2019, 14th International Defence Industry Fair, held in Istanbul from April 30 to May 3.

Etihad Airways will be the first airline in the region to operate a flight without any single-use plastics on board, in a bid to raise awareness of the effects of plastic pollution.

Emirates is introducing the first scheduled Airbus A380 service to Riyadh, effective 21 April 2019. Riyadh will be the 51st destination to join the Emirates A380 network.

Oman Airports held its third annual award ceremony where it honoured a number of airlines and retail outlets at Oman Airports.

Export Bahrain has signed an exclusive partnership with Gulf Air’s Falcon Cargo to provide SMEs in the Kingdom of Bahrain, exporting their goods to the tune of 100 kilograms or above, with special discount of up to 40% on their cargo exports.

TAV Airports’ subsidiaries ATÜ Duty-Free, BTA and TAV OS has been recognised for the service quality of their operations in Oman’s airports. The event was held at Al Bustan Palace Hotel this week.

The 19th edition of the world’s largest annual airport exhibition in Dubai later this month will see a record participation of 211 Hosted Buyers.

Etihad Airways Engineering has been awarded the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) in the Silver category in the 17th edition of the awards, during a prestigious ceremony held at Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace on Monday 22 April.

Emirates has announced the deployment of its latest Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft fitted with the ‘Game Changer’ First Class suites on its Dubai- Malé route from June 1, 2019.

EgyptAir is to move six of its flight operations from terminal two (TB2) instead of Terminal three (TB3) at Cairo International Airport (CAI), while the arrival flights from the same points will be landing at TB3 as usual.