Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air has appointed two Bahrainis in executive and management roles. Adnan Hashim as chief financial officer and Jamal AlKuwaiti as director human resources.
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air was a main sponsor of the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 vaccination drive at Oman Conference and Exhibition Centre in Muscat on June 30.
Aerospace

Emirates is welcoming the opening up of quarantine-free travel destinations in Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, that have opened their doors for tourism.
Airports & Networks

Travelport and Emirates have reached a commercial agreement that will allow Travelport-connected travel agencies to avoid the airline’s surcharge on bookings via Global Distribution Systems (GDS) that will be introduced from 01 July 2021.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways was the first international flight to land in Phuket yesterday, to mark the reopening of tourism to Thailand. To celebrate the occasion the aircraft was greeted with the customary water cannon salute on arrival.
Airports & Networks

Your Runway to Success, published today by SITA, sets out five critical areas for the air transport industry’s rebuild in the next 18 months and highlights SITA’s remodelled solutions to tackle the major challenges facing air travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emerging Technologies

The Eurofighter Typhoons that will soon be delivered to Kuwait and Qatar will be the most advanced examples of the type produced to date, with phase three enhancement (P3Eb) software and the new Captor-E active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
Defense

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered the final commercial Gulfstream G550TM to an international customer, further increasing the worldwide fleet of more than 600 G550s already in service. The delivery took place June 30.
Business Aviation

A third Falcon 6X recently took flight and joined Dassault Aviation’s flight test campaign, moving the new long-range extra widebody twin a step closer to anticipated certification in 2022.
Business Aviation

Jazeera Airways is preparing to launch flights to Turkey’s coastal city of Antalya starting from July 2 as well as to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv starting from July 13.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and EL AL Israel Airlines have launched their joint codeshare network and reciprocal loyalty agreement for frequent flyers.
Airports & Networks

UAE based Dulsco’s talent solution arm has formed a partnership with Dynamic Advanced Training, the Middle East’s only accredited and independent Cabin Crew Training Organization (CCTO), to provide airlines with flexible cabin crew solutions.
Maintenance & Training

The Indian Air Force (IAF), along with the Navy participated in a two-day “Passage Exercise” with the US Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) USSRonald Reagan, which transited through Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from June 23, on India’s western seaboard south of Thiruvananthapuram.
Maintenance & Training

India has received “tremendous” response from international companies to its request for information (RFI) to lease at least 20 basic trainer aircraft for training rookie pilots of the country’s air force.
Maintenance & Training

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in November showing that freight volumes improved compared to October, but remain depressed compared to 2019. Capacity remains constrained from the loss of available belly cargo space as passenger aircraft remain parked.
Aerospace

Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) has signed a contract with Israir Airlines to offer Full-Flight Simulator pilot training for Israir Airlines’ Airbus A320 pilots.
Maintenance & Training

Big data, predictive analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual/augmented reality (AR/VR) – these terms have become prevalent as the digital revolution rolls out.
Maintenance & Training

Saudi Arabia has completed a two week exercise featuring participation from Oman, UAE, Jordan, Egypt, in addition to Kuwait and Bahrain, as observers.
Maintenance & Training

Leading low-cost airline, Pegasus, has won two awards at the annual Airfinance Journal Deal of The Year Awards organised by Airfinance Journal.
Aerospace

Shell and Rolls-Royce today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which aims to support the decarbonisation of the aviation industry and their progress towards net zero emissions.
MRO

Hope Probe Tourbillon is a new one-of-a-kind creation dedicated to the extraordinary UAE space mission. Based on a technology exclusive to Louis Moinet, this satellite tourbillon timepiece contains an authentic meteorite fragment from the Moon and genuine Martian meteorite dust.
Space

Leonardo is under contract to provide its Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) for a Middle Eastern government customer’s new VVIP transport aircraft, a Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft.
Business Aviation

Starting on 01 October 2021, Lufthansa will be introducing a new connection between Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Munich.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has extended its ‘Verified To Fly’ travel document initiative, enabling travellers to validate their Covid-19 travel documents before arriving at the airport, to routes across its global network.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Middle East South Asia (MESA) operation of Hellmann Worldwide, one of the largest global logistics service providers has become the first in the region to join the Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme.
MRO