Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), is celebrating Chinese New Year with a special flight from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai operated by the airline’s unique ‘Choose China’ themed aircraft livery.
Aerospace

For the second time in three years, Arabian Adventures Meetings, Incentives & Events (MICE) has won the prestigious SITE Crystal Award for Excellence in Incentive Travel, Africa and the Middle East.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air today bid farewell to its last Airbus 330 aircraft after its service of 19 years in the airline’s fleet.
Air Transport

AnadoluJet, will operate from London Stansted to Sabiha Gokcen Aiport, Turkey, starting on 29th March 2020. All flights will be operated by the airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft.
Airports & Networks

Jewers Doors will exhibit its world renowned range of Esavian aircraft hangar doors on stand 1560 at MRO Middle East in Dubai, 25 to 26 February 2020.
Aerospace

Emirates plan to launch a new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to Penang International Airport, via Singapore , from 9 April 2020.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has welcomed a new batch of 22 Bahraini aircraft maintenance technicians who have recently joined the airline and began their training programme. With this recruitment Gulf Air has reached 90% Bahrainisation in the position of aircraft maintenance technicians.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has picked up ‘Best Airline in the World’ and ‘Best First Class’ at the prestigious 2019 ULTRAs. Voted by the hundreds of thousands of readers of The Telegraph’s luxury travel magazines Ultratravel UK and Ultratravel Middle East, the awards are the industry hallmark of the world’s best luxury travel experiences.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabia’s low cost carrier and the Kingdom’s third-largest airline, with its fleet of 14 aircraft, Flyadeal, has travelled more than 24 million kilometres in 2019 – the equivalent of circumnavigating the globe approximately 599 times.
Airports & Networks

Transguard, one of the UAE's security and logistics firm and, a division of the Emirates Group, has signed an agreement with TRIGEM DMCC, an independent diamond service company, to provide exactly that – secure transport services.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Turkey's Pegasus airline has added two new direct routes to Ankara and Antalya from London Stansted for UK passengers, as well as a 43rd country to its network with the launch of flights to Helsinki from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen.
Airports & Networks

SunExpress has appointed Max Kownatzki as chief executive.
Maintenance & Training

Leonardo has announced that Gulf Helicopters of Qatar is the launch customer for the all new AW189K variant.
Aerospace

The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign.
Defense

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the corporate family rating of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) to Baa3 from Ba1, and the senior unsecured rating of subsidiary DAE Funding LLC to Baa3 from Ba2.
Aerospace

Following the success of last year’s CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit, the first summit of its kind held in the Middle East, Qatar Airways looks forward to welcoming industry leaders, national regulatory authorities, international and regional aviation organisations, and air transport executives from around the world to Doha next month for the second edition.
Aerospace

The Emirates Group chairman and chief executive, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, today met with Nadim Hakim, Beirut Basketball Club President at the Group's headquarters.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has dispatched plane to evacuate Jordanians residing in Wuhan arrives to Amman Saturday early morning.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced a partnership with Norwegian technology developer Braathens IT, to develop TravelPass, an innovative travel solution initially aimed at corporate and frequent travellers which will launch later this year.
Maintenance & Training

A global provider of governance, risk and compliance software, UK company Ideagen, has signed a long-term contract with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Kuwait.
Air Transport

In 2019, Oman Air saved 7.8 million kg of jet fuel, which is equivalent to 24.6 million kg of emissions.
Air Transport

Joramco has appointed Mohammad Al Sirhan as its new director engineering.
Maintenance & Training

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and British Airways (BA) have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir.
Air Transport

Trenchard Aviation Group's MRO facility in Dubai, Aero Technics FZCO, has been confirmed as an approved Repair Station by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
MRO

The suspended Turkish carrier, Atlas Global which served Tehran, London and Baghdad from its Istanbul base is now filing for bankruptcy. It ceased operations in November citing financial issues, before resuming briefly in January.
Aerospace