Middle East & North Africa

Gama Aviation is making a major push into the Middle East market with a $100 million investment in a new facility at Sharjah International Airport.

The seventh edition of the Global Aerospace Summit is set to return to Abu Dhabi in September 2024.

Riyadh Air and Delta Air Lines have signed a Strategic Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the goal of introducing a broad range of benefits.

Royal Jordanian has become the first Embraer E195-E2 operator in the Middle East with the delivery of two aircraft early this year. The airline is pursuing its fleet expansion and modernisation plan, despite geopolitical tensions.

Saudi Arabia has ordered four additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force (RSAF).

Turkish Airlines has signed a lease agreement with lessor AerCap for 10 new Airbus A321neos.

Oman Air has redesigned the packaging for its Economy Class earphones, replacing single-use plastic PET foil with a recyclable Kraft paper envelope.

Air Arabia will connect Sharjah and Vienna, the capital of Austria from December 20, 2024.

Air Expo Abu Dhabi, taking place 19-21 November, 2024, will include an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Pavilion.

Etihad Airways will increase its nonstop flight service between Boston and Abu Dhabi from four flights per week to once daily from October 27.

Gulfstream has marked 100 days since its all-new G700 received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification in March and entered into service.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Group Chairman and Chief Executive, has announced senior appointments to support the organisation’s growth.

Following the opening of its new terminal A in November 2023, Zayed International Airport (formerly Abu Dhabi International) is on an upward trajectory expecting to handle around 45 million passengers annually. Gigi King investigates.

SITA has announced record results for 2023 as revenues reached almost US$ 1.5 billion.

APG is to expand its longstanding GSSA partnership with Air Tanzania to 13 further markets following an official RFP process by the carrier.

Numerous incidents involving GPS spoofing, jamming or even failure of navigation systems have been recorded, particularly by planes flying over Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon as well as the Black Sea region.

Gulf Air launched its new direct flights from Bahrain to Munich, Germany, on July 1, 2024.

Kuwait has received two Caracal helicopters - the last batch of 30 aircraft Kuwait had contracted with Airbus Helicopters in August 2016.

Total passenger demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 10.7% compared to May 2023.

IATA is collaborating with the Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF) to launch a standardised Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) platform to be launched in September 2024.

Bahrain International Airport (BIA) has been awarded with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Health and Safety Award for the fourth consecutive year.

The Women in Aviation Middle East Chapter are set to host an insightful conference on Air Mobility at the Air Expo Abu Dhabi 2024.

Plans to make the UAE one of the first sites for revolutionary urban air mobility (UAM) have advanced with two significant contracts.

Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a major reconnaissance system upgrade contract for an air force customer in the Middle East region.

Turkish Airlines has ordered more four more Boeing 777.