Middle East & North Africa

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.

Turkish Airlines has ordered more four more Boeing 777.

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

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.

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

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

Emirates recently welcomed 101 year old centenarian and seasoned traveller Rachida Smati onboard its flight to Algiers.

A state-of-the-art laboratory will be established at the University of Dubai aiming to promote collaborative efforts and research in advanced air mobility (AAM).

Qatar Airways Group has reported the strongest financial performance in its 27-year history, announcing record profits of US$1.7 billion for its 2023/24 financial year.

Flydubai inaugurated its operations to Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan on July 1. This marks the start of the carrier’s daily services to Islamabad and Lahore.

FAI’s Air Ambulance division won ‘Outstanding Sector Leadership and Growth Award’ in the Air Ambulance category at the MEA Business Achievement Awards in Dubai.

IATA has released data for May 2024 global air cargo markets showing continuing strong annual growth in demand.

Eve Air Mobility, a global electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer, has announced $94M in new equity financing from multiple investors.

Emirates has unveiled the first cities on its network to be served with its newest Boeing 777 cabin interiors.

Qatar Duty Free (QDF) won seven awards at the 2024 Food & Beverage (FAB) Awards held in Ontario, California.

Amidst the resurgence in air travel with Airports Council International (ACI) World forecasting that global air traffic will hit a milestone in 2024, soaring to 9.7 billion passengers, the Middle East’s air transport hubs are positioned as pivotal players. Gigi King takes a closer look.

Türkiye’s growing domestic defence industry is seeking to expand into a growing export market.

Riyadh Air, in collaboration with the Saudi fashion designer Ashi, founder of Parisian couture house ASHI Studio, has unveiled its first-ever fashion collection during Haute Couture Week in Paris.

Yahsat has selected SpaceX for the launch of its advanced new geostationary satellites Al Yah 4 (AY4) and Al Yah 5 (AY5) using SpaceX’s flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.

Boeing has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spirit AeroSystems.

Etihad Airways is set to recruit hundreds more pilots this year to support its expanding fleet and network.

Flydubai has received the “Outstanding Sector Leadership and Growth” award at the MEA Business Achievement Awards.

The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) has released a series of new observations drawn from the first measurements of Mars’ atmosphere across a full Martian year (two full Earth years).

The travel and tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are changing rapidly with technology and innovation, said SITA.

Etihad Cargo will offer incremental capacity beyond its belly hold capacity in cooperation with network partner airlines to meet the growing demand for air freight to the US.