Middle East & North Africa

Qatar Airways will now accept UnionPay credit and debit cards through its website for ticket and other sales.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Honeywell has signed an agreement with Arab Wings and Gulf Wings, both part of the International Wings Group to provide its full suite of GoDirect cabin and cockpit in-flight connectivity services on more than 20 aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Sky Prime Aviation Services has chosen AMAC Aerospace to install KA-band satellite, Ku- band satellite and live TV streaming connectivity for the Cabins in some selected aircraft from within its fleet.
Emerging Technologies

The coastal gateway of Krabi has welcomed the first Qatar Airways flight to arrive at its international airport from Doha, Qatar.
Airports & Networks

Avisa Gulf of Abu Dhabi has teamed up with Long Range Auxiliary Fuel of Switzerland and Seattle, USA, to form a strategic cooperation in offering aircraft auxiliary fuel tanks for installation on Boeing and other transport category aircraft giving them extra range & greater capability.
Business Aviation

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has purchased a second Embraer Legacy500 business jet for its private-jet affiliate, Cedar Executive. The second aircraft is expected to enter into service in mid-2017.
Business Aviation

Lufthansa has appointed Heike Birlenbach as vice president sales EMEA Lufthansa Group Airlines. She will take upon the role in January 2017.
Maintenance & Training

Ras Al Khaimah International Airport will mark 2016 as the most successful year in its history with record passenger numbers, aircraft movements and cargo handled, said Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, chairman, Department of Civil Aviation, Ras Al Khaimah.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has announced that it will offer daily non-stop flights between Dublin and Doha commencing 12 June 2017.
Airports & Networks

Panasonic Global Communications (Panasonic) has unveiled a new, high bandwidth satellite modem, which offers Panasonic customers twenty times the bandwidth of Panasonic's current solution.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air recently took home three awards for its Information Technology achievements.
Emerging Technologies

Following the success of Oman Air's codeshare agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines which launched in April 2015, the airline has now further expanded this agreement to provide additional travel options between Oman and Europe.
Air Transport

Alpha Aviation Academy, an aviation training provider and currently the largest Multi-crew Pilot License (MPL) facility in the region, is set to participate in the Arab Aviation Summit 2016 taking place in Jordan on December 5th.
Maintenance & Training

France has honoured TAV Group CEO Sani Şener with l'Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur (The National Order of the Legion of Honour), which is the highest French order.
Maintenance & Training

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has participated in the World Space Risk Forum (WSRF) 2016, the global event that brings together a large number of international experts and specialists in the field of space industry from around the world.
Space

Royal Jordanian is now the main sponsor and the "Official Airline Partner" of Club Deportivo Leganés for the remainder of the 2016/2017 La Liga football season that will end on May 21, 2017.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways, the global airline partner of 15 Taste Festivals across the world, is bringing world-class chefs to 'Taste of Abu Dhabi' to compete in the final 'Taste the World' competition, from 10 to 12 November 2016.
Aerospace

Air Europa and Turkish Airlines have begun a code-sharing partnership whch enables both carriers to tap into new markets and offer their passengers more travel options.
Airports & Networks

Boeing has released the following statement in response to the International Civil Aviation Organization's adoption of a carbon-offset system:
Air Transport

Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) has announced further steps aimed at aligning the benefits for tiered members of the separate frequent flyer programmes operated by each airline.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

More than 100 aircraft have gone missing in the past 70 years. The fact that this continues to happen, despite modern technological capabilities, is a stark reminder that the aviation industry still has work to do on enhancing its flight tracking services, so SITAONAIR has developed AIRCOM FlightTracker in response.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways' treasury team has been acknowledged for airline treasury management excellence with three key accolades at the 2016 Middle East, African & Islamic Finance Aviation 100 Awards presented by Airline Economics in Dubai this week.
Aerospace

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) last night finally concluded the long awaited historic agreement to implement a market-based measure that will support airlines' efforts to stabilise emissions with carbon neutral growth.
Business Aviation

Airports are complex organisations and Turkey is taking bold steps in building a new mega-hub. Keith Mwanalushi looks closer at the scale of the project.
Airports & Networks

Airways Aviation, which provides crews to the Middle East, is launching CREW, a comprehensive global aviation recruitment, screening and training programme to support the aviation industry as it tackles the increasingly challenging task of pilot recruitment and retention.
Maintenance & Training