Middle East & North Africa

Air Liban has asked passengers from Lebanon to Dubai to hold negative PCR results. The procedures will be checked by Middle East Airlines prior to departure and by Dubai International Airport authorities upon arrival.

The joint organisers of MRO Middle East, Aviation Week Network and Tarsus Group, hav announced the key themes of the free show floor content programme during this year’s, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul exhibition.

To mark World Environment Day, Qatar Airways Group is highlighting its key environmental sustainability initiatives.

Gulf Air will return to Alexandria and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, this summer.

The eighth cohort of General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has graduated from air traffic control (ATC) training with Airways International, 11 years after the first group to arrive in New Zealand completed their training.

Oman Air has launched seasonal service between Muscat and Tbilisi, Georgia, with 2 weekly direct flights.

SITA’s Air Transport IT Insights reveals a sharper focus on safety, automation, and efficiency.

Saudia Cargo is one of the first Airfreight companies to join the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative launched by UNICEF to support the prioritization of COVID-19 vaccines delivery alongside essential medicines, medical devices and other critical supplies to fight the pandemic.

Flydubai has resumed flights to Eritrea’s capital Asmara with a weekly flight service.

HE Dr Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, Minister of State for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Qatar and the UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air force.

Emirates Executive Private Jet Safari has partnered with Roar Africa, a travel specialist to curate a unique journey, with an ethos rooted in humanity, targeting sustainability and conservation to four destinations in Africa.

Menzies Aviation has renewed and expanded its ground handling contract in Northern Europe with Emirates Airlines.

Wego, an online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has released its survey on travellers’ behaviours and MENA travel trends for Q1 2021.

The first commercial passenger flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel departed Abu Dhabi International Airport at 10.13am this morning, bound for Ben Gurion International Airport.

Middle East airlines are being offered a health check package to prepare better for the post covid recovery.

The Cargo Agency Conference (CAC) is to give freight forwarders a stronger voice in the development of CAC resolutions.

The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) was launched in 2018 to catapult Saudi Arabia’s military aerospace ambitions into 2030. Now, 30 months on, Alan Warnes talks to the organisation’s governor, His Excellency Ahmed Al-Ohali.

Aksungur Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System, developed by Turkish Aerospace, took off from Tusas facilities in Ankara this week.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of COVID-19 when reopening borders to international travel.

Etihad Airways is the first airline to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.

Boeing and Texel Air, a subsidiary of Chisholm Enterprises, has placed an order for the Bahrain-based airline’s second 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF).

The Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) subsidiary of UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Thuraya, has launched its web-based SatTrack maritime tracking and monitoring service in partnership with FrontM, an international developer of software applications.

Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed.

Etihad Airways is restarting services to Rabat on June 23, 2021, and Phuket on July 1, 2021.

Dubai Airshow 2021, in partnership with Gothams, an accelerator that is helping to build the next generation of aerospace and defence start-ups, have launched the VISTA pitch competition.