Middle East & North Africa

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) and Turkish Airlines have signed an MoU for the promotion of safe, orderly and regular migration.

Sir Tim Clark has been named 'Aviation and Transport Business Leader of the Year' at the Gulf Business Awards 2018, held in Dubai.

Jetex Flight Support has been appointed as the official FBO and handler for the MEBAA Show 2018.

A major airline says it is saving fuel and trees by using a management software solution developed by Turkish company, Innova. Steve Nichols finds out more.

A student pilot is believed to have died following the crash of his training aircraft at Ponte de Sor municipal Airport in Portugal.

VistaJet continued to gain substantial market share around the world during the first half of 2018.

Oman Air is reviewing its route network with a view to further expanding its destinations in Africa.

Flydubai has announced that flights to 10 of its destinations will move from its current operating base of Terminal 2 and relocate to Terminal 3 at Dubai International (DXB).

The challenges of costs, competition, workforce and technology were among topics tackled by top MRO industry speakers at a conference in Dubai. Chuck Grieve reports.

Emirates celebrated the inaugural flight of its new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN).

Gulf Air has graduated fourteen Bahraini Senior First Officers who successfully earned their fourth stripe after qualifying to become Gulf Air Captains.

Qatar Airways has announced that its Business Class experience, Qsuite, will be available on flights to and from Canberra, its newest Australian destination, via Sydney, from 1 July 2018.

Dassault Aviation unveiled the Falcon 6X at Paris-Le Bourget in February. The first flight is due in early 2021 and deliveries will start in 2022. The group shows much optimism, especially in the business aviation sector. Anuradha Deenapanray reports.

Sky Lounge Services' is now providing full-fledged Ground Handling Services at Rafic Hariri Int’l Airport, Beirut Lebanon (OLBA).

The 44th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Middle East, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Ministry of Tourism of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Sharm el Sheikh, 8-9 May 2018), focused on innovation and digital transformation.

MRO Group able to provide entry phase services for LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines starting with on-wing/on-site maintenance.

Turkish Technic and Havelsan have signed an MoU with Inmarsat to work together on integrated inflight connectivity and entertainment solutions.

An Algerian Air Force Ilyushin-76TD military transport plane has crashed more than 250 passengers and crew believed dead.

EgyptAir has confirmed Panasonic as the supplier for its inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems for the six new Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The deal was announced at the AIX show in Hamburg, Germany.

On the occasion of the state visit to France of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Turki Bin Saud Bin Mohammed Al Saud, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), signed an Executive Programme agreement setting out new areas of cooperation between the two agencies.

The Arabian Section of the Ninety Nines has announced the first Scholarship given to its member is Hanane Chaabna from Algeria.

It isn’t the most obvious connection in the world. However, the relationship between Lincoln-based Inzpire and the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) appears to be going from strength-to-strength, as Alan Warnes recently discovered.

Fenella McGerty, principal analyst, defence budgets, Jane’s by IHS Markit gives her assessment of the current Turkish defence concerns

Etihad Airways has been honoured by readers of Condé Nast Traveller India as their favourite international airline for the second consecutive year.

Turkish Airlines and Airbus today signed an MoU to acquire 20+5 optional A350-900 aircraft.