Middle East & North Africa

The World Defense Show 2026 has registered early demand from international exhibitors, with floorspace for the event already 50 percent sold.

ArcosJet, the exclusive authorised dealer for private sales of the Lilium Jet in the UAE, is seeing high customer acceptance of the eVTOL concept and technology.

Air Arabia this week marked the inauguration of its first flight to Kraków in Poland.

Emirates Airlines has been fined $1.8 million for allegedly flying into airspace prohibited by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) while carrying the code of US airline JetBlue Airways.

Oman Air has been awarded the title of Best Seat Comfort in the Middle East at the 2024 Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Awards.

Saudia has ranked among the top five for arrival On-Time Performance (OTP-A) and first globally with the highest departure On-Time Performance (OTP-D).

SITA has reported an improvement in the air transport industry’s rate of mishandled baggage.

The Emirates Group and the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) have graduated 32 Emirati outstation managers, from the airline.

The Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 have each surpassed 100,000 flight hours.

Qatar Airways’ has resume services to Venice with non-stop daily flights between Hamad International Airport and Venice Marco Polo Airport.

A UK company ARC Aero Systems has signed strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with a Saudi-based Life Shield.

Etihad Airways carried 1.5 million passengers during May and saw its passenger load factor average out at 84 per cent across the month.

Emirates has begun using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as part of its fuel agreement with Neste on flights departing from Singapore Changi Airport.

UAE defence conglomerate, Edge Group, has signed a milestone cooperation agreement with Adani Defence & Aerospace, one of India’s leading defence manufacturers

Qatar Airways and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have signed an MoU to help support humanitarian endeavours.

Cellpoint Digital, a provider of payment solutions to the airline industry, as entered a new partnership with Riyadh Air.

Etihad Airways and Egyptair have signed an MoU to enhance commercial and operational ties.

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will resume direct flight from Casablanca to São Paulo. This is the airline's longest-planned nonstop route.

Etihad Cargo is increasing its belly hold cargo capacity across its global network starting from June 2024.

Qatar Airways Group and Malaysia Aviation Group have expanded their long-standing relationship as oneworld partners by signing an MoU between Qatar Airways Cargo and MASkargo.

Oman plans to establish a batch of new regional airports by 2028-29, as it seeks to expand both domestic travel and inbound tourism.

The UAE’s flagship satellite company Yahsat announced today it has contracted Airbus Defence and Space for its new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”).

Ethiopian Airlines Group has reinstatement of its daily passenger flights to the historic city of Axum as of, June 9, 2024.

RwandAir Cargo today launched operations to Dubai World Central. The cargo carrier will also serve Djibouti from June 17.

Oman Air and SalamAir leadership met recently to mark the launch of the airlines’ latest codeshare partnership.