Middle East & North Africa

Emirates Skywards, the loyalty programme for Emirates and Flydubai, has touched a new high – 25 million members.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates has clinched its third consecutive award for Best Entertainment at the 2020 Passenger Choice Awards held during the APEX EXPO in Los Angeles, USA on Monday.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has announced a new partnership with Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling. With an equal passion for aviation, quality, and precision, Etihad offers a perfect platform for Breitling, who will serve as the airline’s Official Timekeeper.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Switzerland-headquartered Vertis Aviation has added a Dassault Falcon 900EX to its Vertis Charter Management Programme, VCMP.
Business Aviation

L3Harris Technologies and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) are collaborating to establish a rotary and fixed-wing flight training and aircraft maintainer programme for the Royal Saudi Armed Forces.
Defense

EgyptAir is betting on a renewed period of growth and prosperity after a challenging few years. Martin Rivers and Alan Peaford talked to Ahmed Adel, the flag-carrier’s new chairman and chief executive.
Air Transport

At 12:12:23 UTC today, Action Aviation Chairman Hamish Harding, Astronaut Terry Virts and crew made history by beating the world record for any aircraft flying over the North and South poles in a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.
Aerospace

A Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER is on schedule to create history later today when it lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Business Aviation

Work is now underway at the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing company, Strata, is to expand its current manufacturing facilities in Abu Dhabi to take on board the assembly of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner vertical fins.
Air Transport

EgyptAir is hosting the American Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Regional Industrial Summit (RIS) held for the first time in Egypt and the third in Middle East and Africa on June 11-12.
Aerospace

EmbraerX has today unveiled a new electric flying vehicle concept during Uber Elevate Summit 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Air Transport

Qatar Aviation Services (QAS), participated as a silver sponsor at the 32nd IATA Ground Handling Conference that took place in Madrid, Spain.
Aerospace

Increasing costs and complexity mean that it’s increasingly rare for new aircraft models to appear. It’s even rarer when the driving force behind a new model is a small Gulf carrier with just two aircraft in its fleet, as Alan Dron reports.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways’ has released a statement regarding recent ‘false’ reports of it shareholding in Air Italy.
Air Transport

Jetex announces third location in Japan at Kansai International Airport (RJBB/KIX), the official airport of the G20: Global Summit Meeting to be held in June.
Business Aviation

Boeing is expanding its total lifecycle support offerings by managing the entire end-to-end process of its Used Serviceable Material (USM) business.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines’ successful air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo managed to increase its cargo tonnage by 9.6 percent in February despite the shrinking in the global air cargo sector.
Aerospace

Oman Air passengers based out of India can now purchase their flights with payment options that includes net banking from all major Indian banks, PayTM, Wallets, as well as EMI (Equal Monthly Instalments).
Air Transport

At a ceremony in Doha yesterday, foundations were laid to mark the start of construction of a new Technical Institute to provide dedicated technician training for Qatar Armed Forces.
Aerospace

The UAE Space Agency and Krypto Labs, the global innovation hub, have announced the two winning teams of the GeoTech Innovation Programme.
Space

Gerry’s dnata, the leading ground services provider in Pakistan, has achieved IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) Registration in Pakistan, and obtained ISAGO Station Accreditation at Karachi International Airport following successful completion of ISAGO audits.
MRO

Airbus provided secure communications technology for the recently concluded formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain.
Emerging Technologies

The first prototype of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) T625 multi-role helicopter made its 20-minute maiden flight on September 6 2018, at the company’s facilities in Ankara, writes Jon Lake.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways is gearing up for the Saudi International Airshow with displays of some of its aircraft, products and services, and a number of important partnership announcements.
Aerospace

From 1 June 2019, Etihad Airways will introduce a new two-class Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the largest variant of the technologically advanced aircraft, on its scheduled daily morning service from Abu Dhabi to Rome.
Airports & Networks