Middle East & North Africa

CAE and Emirates have announced the sale of two Boeing 777X full-flight simulators and associated training suites of the CAE XR Series models. The carrier also has options for four additional training suites.
Aerospace

Alsim has announced the sale of an AL 250 to Istanbul Flight Academy, a flight school located in Istanbul, Turkey. The ATO is a Zero to ATPL training specialist.
Maintenance & Training

Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, deputy chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai, and his team have visited Emirates Group Security (EGS) facilities in DAFZA and the Transguard Group.
Airports & Networks

Istanbul Airport has received the “Readers’ Choice: Airport of the Year" award, which is given to the company with the most reader votes and organised by the International Airport Review.
Aerospace

Jazeera Airways is to launch flights to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), serving the Nepalese capital with four return flights weekly starting from November 17, 2019, and is scheduled to increase to daily flights in January 2020.
Airports & Networks

Airlines and airports spent a record US$50 billion in 2018 on IT to support improvements to the passenger journey and are now beginning to enjoy the benefit of that investment.
Emerging Technologies

With the world’s busiest international airport and, potentially, the world’s largest airport on your patch, plus possibly the world’s first autonomous air taxis in a liberal drone-friendly city, the challenges are clear for air navigation. Alan Peaford talks to Ibrahim Ahli, deputy CEO at Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dnata has been certified by IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma handling processes at its state-of-the-art cargo facility at Dubai World Central (DWC).
Aerospace

EDGE a technology conglomerate that launched yesterday in Abu Dhabi, will be the largest individual presence exhibiting at the Dubai Airshow 2019.
Aerospace

Patria has made a three-year agreement with Turkish Airlines to train its new pilots.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates is bringing the spirit of Eid Al Adha to its customers with a special inflight offering from the 11th to the 14th of August.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jazeera Airways will start flying to London on October 27, 2019, serving the British capital in new A320neo aircraft with daily flights.
Airports & Networks

Airbus has a vested interest in helping maintenance and repair organisations (MROs) and airlines manage their aircraft. Guillaume Mille explained the European airframer’s approach and goals to Chuck Grieve.
MRO

Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Malta landed at Malta International Airport on Tuesday 4 June 2019.
Airports & Networks

IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has commenced two new daily direct flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Abu Dhabi.
Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will host the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 22-23 June 2020.
Aerospace

Aeroxchange has announced that Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) selected Aeroxchange’s AeroBuy solution to drive asset optimization and increase supply chain transparency.
MRO

Oman Air has commenced direct flights to Egyptian city Alexandria.
Airports & Networks

Boeing has issued a statement regarding the future of the 737Max programme following the preliminary report following last month's crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways’ Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, revealed at ITB Berlin today the airline’s new economy class experience and announced seven upcoming additions to its rapidly-growing global network.
Aerospace

Saudia and Saudia Cargo awarded the management of their containers and pallets to Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions, in 2016.
Emerging Technologies

Avis Budget Group and Abu Dhabi based Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) have announced a new, global partnership which sees Avis Budget Group become the exclusive car rental provider for Etihad Airways, Etihad Holidays and Etihad Guest, the airlines loyalty programme.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Gulf Air has welcomed the airline’s second Airbus A320neo to join the fleet, which landed in Bahrain International Airport today.
Air Transport

The opportunities for growth in the international space economy will form a key focus area for the second Global Space Congress, which will be hosted by the UAE Space Agency in Abu Dhabi.
Space

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2018 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) grew by 3.5% compared to 2017. This was significantly lower than the extraordinary 9.7% growth recorded in 2017.
Aerospace