Middle East & North Africa

Qatar Airways will operate four weekly flights to Accra, Ghana via Lagos from 29 September.

Gulfstream Aerospace has extended its contract with World Fuel Services to continue providing the business-jet manufacturer with a steady supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by World Energy.

Training specialist and senior trainer at Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation, Marzoog Algamdi, sees thinking outside the box as being essential for the ATM world in a post-Covid era.

Gulf Air has ceremonially signed five agreements with a number of companies during an official visit from the Kingdom of Bahrain to the State of Israel.

IDEX and NAVDEX will be held from 21 – 25 February 2021 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, with the International Defence Conference being held on 20 February at the ADNOC Business Centre.

Turkey’s Keyvan Aviation has produced antimicrobial and antibacterial uniforms for the 'Hygiene Team' of Istanbul Airport.

Etihad Airways, the official partner of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has operated ten flights to transport the protected Formula 1 ‘biosphere’ from Manama, Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Qatar Airways will launch four weekly services to Seattle from 15 March 2021.

Emirates Airlines is keen to tell the world that the emirate of Dubai is open for business and tourism with all safety measures in place

IATA has called on governments to add market stimulation measures to the support they are giving to keep aviation financially viable.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said the recovery of passenger demand continued to be disappointingly slow in October.

Bell Textron has announced that Popular Science recognised Bell’s Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque (EDAT) innovation as the winner of its “Best of What’s New Award” in the Aerospace category for 2020.

The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) has announced that the region’s business aviation platform, the MEBAA Show, has been rescheduled to its original date cycle and will now take place in December 2022 at DWC, Airshow Site.

Bombardier’s new CEO, Éric Martel, believes that the current coronavirus crisis will have a positive impact on the business jet business. The company has great expectations regarding the Middle East market, especially for the long-range Global family.

Sanad has successfully completed the maintenance of 100 GEnx engines on behalf of GE Aviation (GE).

Air France KLM Group has formally inaugurated its new regional headquarters at Dubai Airport Freezone.

Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) has achieved IS-BAO stage 3 Accreditation awarded by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC).

UAE nationals are the top visitors to the Maldives this summer, since the islands re-opened to international tourist arrivals in July 2020.

UAE national carrier Etihad is undergoing a major restructuring to scale down and flatten its leadership and management numbers to remain competitive in its post-Covid recovery.

Qatar Airways will operate four weekly flights to San Francisco – the fifth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic – from 15 December 2020.

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has taken delivery of Airbus’ A320 Family aircraft with distinctive manufacturer serial number, 10,000, as the third A321neo to join the all Airbus MEA fleet.

CTT SYSTEMS, that specialises in humidity control systems, has entered and MoU with Camfil, a manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, to enter a partnership that opts to adapt Camfil’s air filtration technology for aircraft and the aviation industry, primarily to be incorporated in CTT’s humidifier products.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases.

Recaro Aircraft Seating has been selected by Middle East Airlines (MEA) to equip its fleet of 11 Airbus aircraft with CL3710 and CL5710 seats. Delivery started on July 11, 2020, and MEA most recently received the A321 MSN 10.000 aircraft.

Giampiero Terzi, managing director of Accenture’s Communications, Media & Technology practice in the Middle East makes the case for digital transformation in the aerospace and defence Sectors