Middle East & North Africa

The MRO Middle East event is to go ahead in June although the co-located aircraft interiors event AIME will not be happening this year.

A delegation from Bahrain travelled to Amarillo in the US to mark the start of production of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters being built for the gulf kingdom

Muscat International Airport has received IATA’s CEIV Pharma and CEIV Fresh cargo accreditations as a community facilitator.

Jazeera Airways’ Board of Directors has recommended an increase to the company’s capital in the face of the most challenging six quarters for the global economy and more specifically, the travel and tourism industry.

Saudia Cargo and e-booking platform cargo.one have entered into a distribution agreement to provide customers across the board with first class digital booking experience.

Emirates has commenced trials of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass– a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information.

SITA has announced the results of its biometric-enabled Proof of Concept (PoC) designed to support a low-touch passenger experience and optimise passenger processing at Istanbul Airport (IGA).

Strata Manufacturing (Strata) has strengthened global distribution of its ‘Made with Pride in the UAE’ line of personal protective equipment (PPE) products after agreeing a landmark MoU with the Japanese administrative jurisdiction of Tokushima Prefecture.

Gulf Air will resume its direct operations to Istanbul Airport in Turkey with 2 weekly flights starting from 11 May 2021.

Flydubai has added two seasonal summer routes for passengers from Dubai and across the region.

Qatar Airways becomes the first global carrier to operate Honeywell’s Ultraviolet (UV) Cabin System version 2.0, further advancing its hygiene measures on board.

Passengers travelling with Etihad Airways from now until 31 May from Abu Dhabi to Chicago, New York, Washington and Toronto, will be the first to trial the IATA Travel Pass app to easily manage their travel health credentials.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has landed for the first time in Israel and launched the route between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.

Flydubai has added Batumi to its seasonal summer schedule.

Boeing and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have announced the aircraft lessor has ordered 15 737-8 MAX jets.

The first-ever European Business Aviation SAF Summit has concluded with a strategic plan for advancing the production, availability and use of sustainable aviation fuels in the region.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Lifebuoy have signed the first of its kind Hygiene Partnership Agreement in the Middle East.

Emirates will resume four weekly services to Mexico City (MEX) via Barcelona (BCN) from 2nd July 2021.

Gulf Air has successfully completed a 100% virtual business continuity management drill.

Etihad Airways has operated its first ecoFlight for 2021, continuing research and testing under the Etihad Greenliner programme to assess environmental sustainability initiatives during scheduled services.

Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, has announced a three-year partnership with the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund) to support conservation initiatives around the world.

To help the industry recover and accelerate the transition into a greener future, ITW GSE bring a new eGPU family member into play.

Gulf Air has marked the successful completion of the first scheduled C-Check maintenance event on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet.

Etihad Airways CEO Tony Douglas has said the airline has decided to ground it’s entire fleet of 10 Airbus A380s “indefinitely”, as well as axe its entire Boeing 777-300ER fleet.

Emirates and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) have begun to implement full digital verification of COVID-19 medical records connected to testing and vaccination for travellers based in the UAE.