Middle East & North Africa

The UAE has successfully launched its Mars mission from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre after two delays last week due to bad weather.
Space

Qatar Airways mix of modern fuel-efficient aircraft helped it to develop a sustainable and adapted solution, allowing it to continue flying routes with less overall demand as it has a variety of aircraft it can select from to offer the right capacity in each market.
Air Transport

Boeing and Etihad Airways will use a 787-10 Dreamliner to test ways to reduce emissions and noise as part of the aerospace company's ecoDemonstrator program before the airline accepts delivery of the airplane later this year.
Emerging Technologies

Effective 27 July, Etihad Airways will resume passenger flights from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai, China.
Airports & Networks

Between April and June 2020, Emirates SkyCargo facilitated the movement of essential commodities and other supplies for individual consumers and businesses across the world by operating more than 10,000 cargo flights.
Aerospace

Etihad Cargo is set to streamline regulatory compliance screening processes for shipments via a new partnership with E2open, a provider of intelligent supply chain solutions.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways will temporarily park its fleet of ten A380-800s with the airline stating: ‘it is not commercially or environmentally justifiable to operate such a large aircraft in the current market.’
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced that it will restart its regular flights on the Amman-Aqaba route next Thursday, July 23.
Airports & Networks

Emirates will resume passenger services to Stockholm with weekly flights from August 1.
Airports & Networks

EDGE has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the remaining 40 per cent stake currently held by Lockheed Martin Corporation and Sikorsky, in Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Centre (AMMROC).
MRO

Emirates has announced that it will resume passenger services to Seychelles from 01 August, coinciding with the country's re-opening to international tourists.
Airports & Networks

The UAE has signed a support and maintenance agreement with Saab for the advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) solution GlobalEye.
MRO

Iran has transferred the recorders of the shot-down 737-800 over Tehran in January to French accident analysis bureau BEA.
Defense

RwandAir has said it will resume services to Dubai on August 1 as part of its start-up operations following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

Emirates will cover medical expenses of up to EUR 150,000 and quarantine costs of EUR 100 per day for 14 days, should they be diagnosed with COVID-19 during their travel, while they are away from home.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways Group has launched four international investment arbitrations against the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Aerospace

Unilode Aviation Solutions, an outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions company, and Dnata have signed an agreement to equip all Dnata warehouses with Unilode's Bluetooth readers.
MRO

RwandAir will resume commercial passenger services to Dubai from 1 August 2020.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has rolled out a brand new, state-of-the-art online gateway to serve its travel trade partners around the world.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Aviation Academy has received dual Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its new A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for the joint different A320ceo and A320neo engines types as well as UPRT training capabilities.
Maintenance & Training

Jazeera Airways will start operating a new service to the touristic destination of Trabzon in Turkey starting from August 3, with two return flights per week every Monday and Friday.
Airports & Networks

The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has said it has suspended flights to and from Iran and Afghanistan due to coronavirus-related concerns.
Airports & Networks

Alpha Aviation Academy UAE, a pilot training provider, has launched PPC Validation, Licence Renewals and Airbus A320 Type-Rating.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi, Baghdad and Basra.
Airports & Networks

All travellers flying Etihad Airways from around the world to Abu Dhabi, and those transferring via Abu Dhabi onto other flights, will be required to show a negative COVID-19 PCR test result from a list of approved testing facilities from August 1.
Safety, Ops & Regulation