Middle East & North Africa

Abu Dhabi Airports has welcomed new daily flights from Al Ain International Airport (AAN) to King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to facilitate travel to Saudi Arabia for the performance of the Islamic pilgrimage, Umrah, during the holy month of Ramadan.
Airports & Networks

Dubai Air Navigation Services(dans) has signed a leasing agreement with Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC) that establishes a facility within Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) as the location from where dans operational training will fully operate.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone (ADAFZ) has launched a One Stop Shop (OSS) online portal, providing its customers with a convenient platform on which to conduct online business transactions.
Airports & Networks

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has launched the second phase of its Smart Airport programme which sets to initiate a major digital transformation of the passenger journey through facial biometric recognition across all key passenger touch points.
Airports & Networks

Emirates SkyCargo is partnering with Gargash, one of the largest distributors of premium and luxury cars in the UAE to transport cars for the Gumball 3000 motor rally, an annual celebrity event that raises money for charity.
Air Transport

Jet Aviation will relocate to a new and larger 600 square-meter facility area within the shared FBO terminal at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian has selected Bluebox Aviation Systems to provide a wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on board the airline’s 4 Airbus A319 and 6 A320 aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

GDC Engineering a provider of aircraft engineering and certification services, and Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), have signed of a Letter of Intent (LOI).
MRO

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for April 2019 showing that demand rose by 4.3% compared to April 2018.
Air Transport

Oman Airports has welcomed Syrian carrier Cham Wings to Muscat International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways PJSC has acquired the shares held by Armaguard Linfox Group (Australia) in Abu Dhabi-based joint venture Armaguard Valuables Management LLC (AVM), becoming sole shareholder of the company and renaming it Etihad Secure Logistics Services.
Aerospace

IATA has predicted that passenger numbers could double to $8.2 billion in 2037 with the air traffic control market expected to be worth $105.20 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 14.6%.
Aerospace

EgpytAir will resume services to Abijan, Ivory Coast, on June 20, 2019.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Aviation Group’s Youth Council has been working across the UAE during the Holy Month of Ramadan, taking part in initiatives to support the whole community.
Aerospace

Honeywell has signed a new maintenance agreement with the UAE’s Advanced Military Maintenance Repair Overhaul Center – AMMROC.
Defense

Indect Eletronics and Distribution has installed its UPSOLUT parking guidance system at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon.
Airports & Networks

Emirates is preparing for a big summer in Muscat with the deployment of double daily A380 flights from 1 July.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has said it is to increase its services from Istanbul to Caracas, Venezuela, from three flights a week to five, commencing June 19, 2019.
Airports & Networks

Abdulaziz Al Raisi, chief executive officer of Oman Air, has said that the grounding of the 737 MAXs has had a major financial impact on Oman Air.
Air Transport

Flydubai celebrated its inaugural service to Naples (NAP) today becoming the first national carrier for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to offer direct flights from Dubai.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Aerospace will display ATAK, ANKA, HÜRJET and GÖKBEY platforms at next week’s Paris Airshow.
Aerospace

As part of the month-long celebrations for Flydubai’s 10th Anniversary the Flydubai team came together at Reel Cinemas in Dubai Mall for a preview of the story of how Flydubai changed the way people travel around the region.
Aerospace

Oman Air cabin crew will step out in their brand new Oman Air uniforms this week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The airline launched daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Munich in June 2004. Munich and the Swiss city of Geneva both received their first Etihad flights in that month, making them the first two destinations served by the airline in continental Europe.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has introduced its newest aircraft type, the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, on daily services to Rome.
Airports & Networks