Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways this week warned pilots of immediate compulsory layoffs as demand for air travel fails to recover as quickly as expected from the coronavirus pandemic.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates SkyCargo has started utilising its Airbus A380 aircraft on select cargo charter operations to transport urgently required cargo across its network. The first dedicated Emirates A380 'mini-freighter' successfully transported medical supplies between Seoul and Amsterdam via Dubai.
Aerospace

A ‘new normal’ for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is inevitable in the aftermath of Covid-19, but what exactly does that mean?
MRO

Emirates will resume passenger services to Casablanca, Morocco from 18 September.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways is to resume four weekly flights to Lisbon, Portugal starting 14 August 2020.
Airports & Networks

A batch of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines has successfully reached their planned time on wing.
MRO

Emirates Aviation University is offering all healthcare workers in the United Arab Emirates and their immediate family members a special 30% scholarship on all its programmes starting September 2020.
Maintenance & Training

SITA has said technology is helping airports and airlines safely resume operations and help implement new hygiene measures to restore passenger confidence after a lengthy shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emerging Technologies

New independent data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) clearly reaffirms Qatar Airways as the airline that worked diligently to take people home safely and reliably during the coronavirus pandemic.
Air Transport

GE Aviation is offering a new health credential application, Health Application ID, for the aviation industry to address COVID-19 related safety concerns.
Emerging Technologies

Morocco’s 2020 finance bill will increase in the kingdom’s national defense budget by 29% in 2020, allocating 45.438 billion Moroccan Dirham (MAD) (US $4.728 billion).
Defense

Dubai-based Flydubai’s passenger operation remains suspended until Thursday 04 June 2020 as part of the precautionary measures being implemented in response to COVID-19.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi Airports is supporting global efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by ensuring the safe, secure and efficient transport of essential supplies and equipment through Abu Dhabi International Airport, in addition to facilitating a number of repatriation and humanitarian flights.
Airports & Networks

The Emirates Group has announced its 32nd consecutive year of profit, against a drop in revenue mainly attributed to reduced operations during the planned DXB runway closure in the first quarter, and the impact of flight and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fourth quarter.
Aerospace

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM), recently hosted the first digital ATM Advisory Board meeting with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism and hospitality industry dominating the discussion.
Aerospace

The US State Department has approved a possible $234 million foreign military sale (FMS) of 12 Textron Aviation Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainers to Tunisia. Jon Lake reports.
Defense

Gulf Air has launched its latest campaign allowing passengers much more travel flexibility in reaction to the current Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 and its global impact on air transport.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has launched a collaborative project with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) in a bid to combat illegal wildlife trafficking.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jettainer, an international service partner for outsourced ULD management, received the Oman Air Cargo Award 2020 in the category “Best Service” during the award gala on March 4 in Muscat, Oman.
Aerospace

Effective 1 June 2020, Etihad Airways will transfer all its flights to and from Abu Dhabi and Beijing, and its flights to and from Beijing to Nagoya, Japan, to the new state-of-the-art Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX).
Airports & Networks

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is expected to release more details about its air-to-ground (A2G) in-flight connectivity roll-out before the end of the year, following on from an initial pilot project that was announced in October 2018. Victoria Moores reports.
Interiors & Connectivity

Dubai World Central (DWC) registered a surge in customer numbers in 2019 with annual traffic exceeding 1.6 million (+81.5%) during 2019.
Airports & Networks

MEBAA has initiated to set up a Planning and Operation Committee (POC) in the Middle East & North Africa.
Business Aviation

Jazeera Airways has announced a net profit of KD14.9 million, up 124.1% from last year, supported by a 20.6% increase in number of passengers, reaching 2.4 million, and a 25.9% increase in operating revenue to KD103.7 million.
Aerospace

Airbus has revealed MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) its “blended wing body” scale model technological demonstrator.
Air Transport