Middle East & North Africa

Boeing, through its subsidiary Aviall, has announced Aviall’s leadership role in supply chain management for the production of the Advanced High- Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), developed by Paramount Group.
Defense

Jazeera Airways is to launch three weekly flights to Tbilisi, the capital and largest city in Georgia from 13 June 2018.
Airports & Networks

Emirates is celebrating its 25th anniversary to Dammam. Originally operating two flights a week, Emirates now flies four times daily between Dammam and Emirates’ hub in Dubai. Since the start of the Dammam service in 1993, the airline has carried more than 3.8 million passengers.
Airports & Networks

Zimbabwe has generated a lot of interest as a tourist destination ever since the inauguration of the New President for the Republic of Zimbabwe, CDE E. D. Mnangagwa in November 24 last year.
Airports & Networks

Collaborations that focus on shared opportunity, growth and progress are critical for global security, said Lockheed Martin’s CEO at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi today.
Space

Saudi Arabia’s national carrier Saudia, has selected SITA to introduce modern, world-class IT infrastructure across 200 of the airline’s offices located in 100 cities and airports in 60 countries.
Emerging Technologies

Inmarsat has confirmed its new GX Aviation inflight broadband service is currently being rolled out on Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, touched down today at Cardiff Airport, where it was welcomed with a celebratory water cannon salute and greeted by the Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan, Janice Charles.
Airports & Networks

World Travel Awards (WTA) has revealed its Middle East Gala Ceremony will be hosted in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 19th April 2018.
Airports & Networks

Pegasus Airlines has received the first of seven new A320neo aircraft to be delivered in 2018.
Air Transport

Embraer has announced some final flight tests results confirming the E2 as the most efficient single-aisle aircraft on the market. In fuel consumption, the E190-E2 proved to be 1.3% better than originally expected, a 17.3% improvement compared to the current- generation E190.
Business Aviation

Turkish Airlines affiliate, Turkish Technic, is in a new partnership with ICRON for Maintenance Cards Interval Optimisation.
MRO

Emirates SkyCargo has become a certified member of the UAE Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme. The certification was awarded to Emirates SkyCargo by the Federal Customs Authority of the UAE government.
Aerospace

Honeywell has joined forces with rental dealership Logix Aero to provide an auxiliary power unit Engine Rental Bank that loans Honeywell’s 331-350C auxiliary power units to operators with Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft.
MRO

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for 2017 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) for the year ended 31 December rose 7.6% compared to 2016.
Air Transport

The Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East team is known for its expertise in running events – but this January the team showed it could excel at running races too.
Aerospace

Oman Air has appointed Suleiman Al Ghannami as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective February 1, 2018. He joins the airline at a transitional time of network and fleet expansion.
Maintenance & Training

ATR, will add a brand new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to its Toulouse Training Center.
Maintenance & Training

Zayed Bin Rashid Alzayani, Chairman of Gulf Air’s Board of Directors, alongside Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Mr. Krešimir Kučko and Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed Abdulhameed Al Alawi, has welcomed talks with Gulf Air’s three unions at the airline’s Muharraq headquarters.
Aerospace

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has reinforced its commitment to the Special Olympics IX MENA Games 2018 and Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 with the launch of an employee volunteer programme.
Aerospace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2017 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) grew by 9.0% - more than double the 3.6% annual growth recorded in 2016 - with Middle Eastern carriers seeing an 8.1% increase in demand last year.
Air Transport

Has a Jordanian offshoot company got the answer to North Africa’s aviation training woes? Vincent Chappard has been talking to senior officials at the Morocco Aviation Private Academy to find out.
Maintenance & Training

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) chose the GEnx-1B engine to power its two additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners. This order brings the airline's GEnx-powered 787 Dreamliner fleet to seven aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than $100 million (USD) list price.
MRO

Chinese automotive and aviation company Wanfeng has bought the majority of shares in Austria’s Diamond Aircraft, the fourth largest general aviation manufacturer in the world.
Defense

Leonardo has announced the AW109 Trekker helicopter was issued with type certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) yesterday.
Aerospace