Middle East & North Africa

International public services company, Serco Middle East has announced the award of a major new contract to deliver essential Frontline Hospitality Services at both Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC).
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian (RJ) conducted a complete sterilisation and disinfection procedure to its aircraft that returned from Wuhan to Amman on Saturday morning.
Air Transport

Jetex has opened its latest VIP Terminal at Marrakech Menara Airport, introducing a new world-class facility in the Moroccan market.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian Airlines has decided to halt its services between Amman and Baghdad, effective January 3, 2020 and until further notice, in light of the security situation in the city and at Baghdad International Airport.
Airports & Networks

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) yesterday launched Phase I of a project to rehabilitate and upgrade Aden International Airport.
Aerospace

Vertis Aviation, the Switzerland-based boutique charter company, is introducing a new carbon offset programme which commits to offsetting 100% of carbon emissions generated by charter flights it arranges.
Business Aviation

One of the most strategically important aviation events in the 2020 calendar opens next week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 4 & 5 March.
Aerospace

The Rolls-Royce BR725 engine recently achieved another impressive milestone by reaching one million flying hours.
MRO

Airlines, aviation financing and plane makers – inherently vulnerable to the economic side-effects of a potential pandemic - faced challenges as the year began, ensuring they are now at growing risk of severe coronavirus-related disruption, says Scope.
Air Transport

Aviationfly.com, a comprehensive directory of nearly 250 flight schools across the Middle East, Africa and Asia has formally launched – providing those wishing to become a pilot with an unrivalled resource to help them kickstart their aviation career.
Maintenance & Training

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Post Corporation (IPC) have signed an MoU to reinforce cooperation between the two organisations.
Air Transport

Two Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines have successfully powered the brand new Gulfstream G700 to the skies for the first time.
MRO

The next decade will be more challenging for the aviation industry than the 10 years previous years, despite prospects for rising passenger demand, according to Oliver Wyman’s annual Global Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Air Transport

High aircraft values and low lease-rate factors which do not reflect the commercial and operating risks facing airlines leave the aviation finance industry in a vulnerable state in 2020, said Scope Ratings.
Aerospace

Rolls-Royce data innovation catalyst R2 Data Labs has launched Yocova – a new data exchange and collaboration platform for the aviation sector.
MRO

Key industry players recently announced the launch of the MRO Blockchain Alliance, the first industry-wide investigation into the use of blockchain to track, trace and record aircraft parts.
MRO

IATA has elected Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Omar, director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), to serve as a member of the IATA Board of Governors for a period of three years.
Maintenance & Training

FalconEye has been successfully launched by Arianespace. The high-performance Earth observation satellite, which will act as an eye from space for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces (UAEAF).
Space

AMAC Aerospace has received two Head of State aircraft at its facility in Basel, Switzerland.
Business Aviation

A new version of the versatile SmartUE1 inspection tool – tagged the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of non-destructive testing (NDT) – has been released by Airbus company Testia.
MRO

Watch the news round up on TATV with Alan Peaford and Marcelle Nethersole in support of Day 4 of the Safety in African Aviation conference.
Aerospace

Watch the news round up on TATV with Alan Peaford and Marcelle Nethersole in support of Day 3 of the Safety in African Aviation conference.
Aerospace

Watch the news round up on TATV with Alan Peaford and Marcelle Nethersole in support of Day 2 of the Safety in African Aviation conference.
Aerospace

The Algerian Air Force has received the first batch of MiG-29M/MiG-29M2 fighter aircraft from Russia, reports menadefense.net.
Defense

Bahrain International Airport (BIA) became the latest airport in the Middle East to receive Airport Health Accreditation from Airports Council International (ACI) World, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) announced.
Airports & Networks