Middle East & North Africa

Jetex has won three awards at the World Travel Awards 2019: World’s Leading FBO Brand 2019, World’s Leading FBO Terminal 2019 for its VIP Terminal in Oman and World’s Leading FBO Brand Website 2019.

National Aviation Services (NAS) has introduced its newly refurbished Pearl Lounge and renewed Hala Kuwait meet and assist service at the Kuwait International Airport Terminal 1 recently.

AMAC Aerospace has been awarded with several new maintenance projects in Basel, Switzerland.

Gulf Air and Middle East Airlines-Air Liban, the flag carrier of Lebanon, have announced a codeshare cooperation.

Flydubai has announced today the completion of the first Split Scimitar Winglets installation on its fleet of Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, becoming the first airline in Middle East to invest in this fuel saving technology.

Boeing has delivered to Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) its first 787-10 Dreamliner.

Emirates has won the Aviation 100 'Middle East & Africa Airline of the Year', awarded by Airline Economics magazine.

Textron Aviation has announced the first deliveries of the company’s new flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, which it says signals the start of a new dimension in business travel.

Algeria and Egypt have ordered the Sukhoi Su-35S multi-role fighter (known to NATO by the reporting name ‘Flanker-E’), risking incurring the wrath of the USA. Jon Lake reports.

Turkish Airlines has today announced that its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner made its inaugural flight from London Heathrow to the airline’s home city of Istanbul yesterday.

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) and Washington DC-based Cuisine Solutions (CSI) will co-invest in a joint venture to become the UAE’s sole distributor of sous vide products, under the name of Emirates Cuisine Solutions. Phase two of the joint venture will see the establishment of the world’s largest halal sous vide manufacturing facility in Dubai.

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has been ranked three stars, according to OAG’s On-Time Performance (OTP) Star Rating for the world's airlines and airports.

Commsoft has announced that Kuwaiti airline Jazeera Airways has selected OASES as its MRO software system.

Qatar Airways celebrated the launch of its new offices in Amman, Jordan on Monday, 2 September 2019.

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) will fund the construction of 30 water wells in three African nations to assist in easing a critical shortage of clean water in remote communities.

Emirates has partnered with Uber to offer UAE travellers discounted airport transfers this summer.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that five resolutions have been passed by the 75th Annual General Meeting.

Emirates’ first scheduled A380 services have just touched down in Boston and Amman for the summer season peak.

Flydubai is celebrating 10 years of operations. The Dubai-based carrier has carried more than 70 million passengers since its start of operations in 2009.

Emirates Aviation University (EAU) has announced that its undergraduate and graduate engineering programmes are now accredited by The Royal Aeronautical Society.

Taxiing aircraft and ground vehicles can now be tracked in poor visibility at several Saudi Arabian airports following installation of a new system. Alan Dron reports.

Acro Aircraft Seating has been selected by Etihad Airways to supply its Series 6 Economy Class seat. The seats are to be retrofitted on twenty-three of the airline’s A320 and A321 aircraft and are expected to enter service in May 2019.

Embraer delivered a total of 22 jets in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), of which 11 were commercial aircraft and 11 were executive jets (eight light and three large). As of March 31st, the firm order backlog totalled USD 16.0 billion.

Dammam Airports Company (DACO), successfully concluded its participation at this year's edition of the Airport Show 2019.

Aircraft cabin lighting company STG Aerospace yesterday launched saf-Tsign blu, the world’s first and only blue-glowing photoluminescent aircraft signage.