Middle East & North Africa

A ground staff member at Kuwait International Airport was killed while performing a routine tractor tow of a Kuwait Airways 777 on Monday.
Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 3.1%, compared to the same month a year ago, which was the slowest pace for any month in nine years.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways is implementing fuel saving initiatives, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), increased 0.1% in March 2019, compared to the same period in 2018.
Aerospace

Emirates has signed MoUs with three teams from the sixth cohort of the Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) programme.
Emerging Technologies

Cabling from R&M is connecting thousands of cameras, card readers and the data centre with 90,000 connections installed in the first section of Istanbul Airport.
Airports & Networks

The Algerian airport services and infrastructure management company (SGIA) is finalising the new terminal project at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers. Vincent Chappard and Anuradha Deenapanray report.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has reveaed its new line of luxurious amenity kits for passengers in its First Class and Business Class cabins.
Interiors & Connectivity

Business aviation company VistaJet has announced the launch of VistaPet, a comprehensive programme designed for pets.
Business Aviation

Abu Dhabi Airports contributed to the Airports Council International’s (ACI) development of the world’s first Airports Customer Experience Accreditation programme.
Airports & Networks

TCI Cabin Interior has reached an agreement with Airbus to be a Bar Unit supplier of Airbus A350 XWB aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

Gulf Air is celebrating one year since launching its new brand at the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2018.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its scheduled services from Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg, effective 1 August, Lagos, effective 2 August, and Milan, effective 1 September, replacing the Airbus A330s currently operating the routes.
Airports & Networks

Iraqi Airways is expanding its fleet and aims to grow its route network, but is awaiting indications from the country’s newly installed government as to its future direction. Alan Dron reports.
Air Transport

Gulfstream Aerospace has received a 2019 Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Innovation Award for the advanced technology introduced on the high- performing Gulfstream G500.
Aerospace

Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have partnered to develop an entirely new way for airlines to monitor and analyse flight data.
Emerging Technologies

The Sikorsky S-70 is increasingly becoming the backbone of Saudi Arabia’s rotary-wing fleet and, as Jon Lake reports, a number of S-70 and UH-60 variants are now spread across several of the kingdom’s military and parapublic air arms.
Defense

Thomas Hoffmann has been appointed the new managing director at Frequentis Comsoft, a software company in the Frequentis Group for air traffic management (ATM) and defence domains.
Maintenance & Training

The UAE is gearing up to put the first Emirati astronaut into space. Steve Nichols has been finding out more.
Space

As part of the Bell Nexus team Thales is helping redefine the flying experience proven yesterday as Bell revealed the full-scale configuration of its vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi vehicle at CES 2019.
Emerging Technologies

Honeywell is bringing the ease of everyday online buying and selling to the aviation parts industry with GoDirect Trade.
MRO

Turkish Airlines has said it has planned four flights a week between Istanbul and Luxur commencing from September 23, 2019.
Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the successful completion of the first “IATA Pay” ticket purchase transaction in a live test environment. The transaction was conducted in partnership with ipagoo, a UK-based fintech company.
Emerging Technologies

Rolls-Royce has taken on the challenge to build the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft.
Air Transport

Embraer delivered a total of 51 jets in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), of which 26 were commercial aircraft and 25 were executive jets (19 light and 6 large).
Aerospace