Middle East & North Africa

Boeing has appointed Jenette Ramos, a Boeing veteran with executive leadership roles in fabrication, supplier management, and environment, health and safety, as senior vice president, Supply Chain & Operations, effective immediately.
Maintenance & Training

Air Algérie has abandoned plans to start intercontinental services out of Oran this summer, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Hassan Al Yousuf as its new general manager for the Sultanate of Oman.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Airlines has announced its new on-board services that specially prepared for the holy month of Ramadan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways has released its annual report for the fiscal year 2017 (April 1st 2016 to March 31st 2017) revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase.
Aerospace

EgyptAir is to operate a direct flight from Cairo to Narita, Japan and connect it to Egyptian tourist cities in winter flights schedule starting from October 29 with a frequency of one flight per week on Saturdays, apt to increase according to demands to visit Egypt.
Airports & Networks

Saudi Arabia has successfully built up an impressive indigenous military aerospace engineering capability, making advances, especially in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). Jon Lake discovers that, not satisfied with the progress so far, the country has initiated a national industrial clusters development programme, which aims to double the manufacturing sector's GDP contribution by 2020.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways celebrated the opening of KidzMondo, Doha's interactive edutainment establishment, on Wednesday during a ceremony held at the kid-sized city at Mall of Qatar.
Emerging Technologies

Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced that a third Global 7000 flight test vehicle (FTV3) has successfully completed its maiden flight.
Business Aviation

Emirates will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017.
Airports & Networks

Etihad's team at Abu Dhabi International Airport has welcomed 157 Emirati nationals from across the UAE after they graduated from the Etihad UAE National Development Foundation Programme.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air and Title Sponsor of the 2017 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, has begun its countdown to this month's Bahrain Grand Prix weekend which takes place on 14, 15 and 16 April at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Aerospace

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline Group, has said that security and safety are a top priority for the aviation industry.
Air Transport

The first large sections of Airbus' next generation new transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft Final Assembly facility (L34) in Toulouse.
Aerospace

Oman Air has recently published its annual report for showing its business operations witnessing significant growth during 2016.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has won accolade for its new Economy amenity kits at both the OnBoard Hospitality awards and at Pax International last week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

UAE budget carrier, Air Arabia, has announced plans to enlarge its fleet as it seeks additional capacity to continue its expansion programme. Alan Dron reports.
Air Transport

Emirates announced today that it will further expand its European network with the introduction of a daily flight from Dubai to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia from June 1, 2017.
Airports & Networks

The two-day Global Space Congress (GSC) returns to Abu Dhabi from January 31-February 1 at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. Steve Nichols looks forward to the event.
Space

Mahan Air will next month open talks with authorities in Australia over the proposed launch of flights, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways will commence four times weekly, non-stop service to Las Vegas, Nevada, starting 8 January 2018.
Airports & Networks

A team of Emirati students and engineers will conduct a reduced-gravity parabolic flight experiment over Japan later this month, as part of the UAE Space Agency's capacity building program launched last year in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Space

Final assembly of the newest member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, has started and is on track for the first flight planned in mid-2018.
Air Transport

Textron Aviation has today unveiled a new aircraft - a new twin-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Cessna SkyCourier 408. The new aircraft was launched with an order of up to 100 aircraft from FedEx Express with a firm order for 50 cargo variants and options for a further 50.
Air Transport

EgyptAir and Royal Air Maroc have announced the launch of their new code-share partnership.
Air Transport