Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Flight College has expanded its fleet of trainer aircraft with the delivery of two Extra EA 330 LT aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

Dates for the second Aviation Africa event have been announced with the venue being named as Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, recently named by United Nations as Africa's prettiest city.
Aerospace

Emirates is to boost its services to Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport which will become effective on march 27.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi aerostructures business Strata Manufacturing has received official recognition for its commitment to cross-border business alliances between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, and bridging the gap in bilateral trade relations that contributes to building local capabilities and a knowledge based economy.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi based Falcon Aviation is to fly the latest generation AW169 following the delivery of two AW189s in July 2015, reports European Business Air News.
Business Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced it is expanding its activities to prevent payment fraud in the air travel industry.
Air Transport

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has asked its passengers travelling via Queen Alia International Airport to be present at the airport three hours prior to their flight schedule, starting January 5, 2016.
Airports & Networks

Sabre has exclusively shown its Sabre Red Workspace to travel consultants and suppliers across the airline, hotel, rail, cruise and car rental industries.
Airports & Networks

Inmarsat has announced that it's advanced Global Xpress (GX) Aviation in-flight connectivity service has received EASA certification for the A320 aircraft family.
Emerging Technologies

Dassault Aviation has announced that the Falcon 8X has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Business Aviation

Emirates has announced that its service between Dubai and Dakar, currently operated by an Airbus A340-300, will be replaced with a Boeing 777-300ER from September 2, 2016.
Airports & Networks

Embraer has announced that John Slattery will be the President and CEO for its commercial aviation business unit, effective as of July 2016.
Maintenance & Training

The flight data recorder (FDR) from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May has been recovered, Egyptian officials say.
Air Transport

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that its CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Air Transport

Investigators looking into the missing EgyptAir flight have received further radar data of the aircrafts manoeuvres, but have said the cockpit voice recorder will only emit a signal until June 24.
Air Transport

Nouvelair Tunisie has chosen Hitit Computer Services to provide the airline with several airline IT services.
Emerging Technologies

International trip support company Success Aviation Services recently made an announcement that it has added, and will now provide supervisory ground handling services throughout Guinea-Conakry.
Business Aviation

Nile Air has outlined its proposed A321-200 operational timetable after receiving an A321 last month.
Air Transport

Panasonic Avionics has announced it will now offer worldwide satellite tracking to its Global Communications Services and FlightLink customers.
Emerging Technologies

Go Aviation Middle East arrived in Dubai from the US in 2013 providing its full service aircraft appearance and aviation services to region.
Aerospace

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) will introduce healthier Weqaya-approved meal options to its staff restaurants after signing an agreement with The Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Spectrum Aeromed has announced this week that the company was selected to equip Turkey, based Redstar Aviation's new Bombardier Learjet 45XR with new air ambulance equipment.
Business Aviation

Based on a cooperation agreement from May 2016, Lufthansa Technik and DC Aviation Group have recently performed a first A-check for a narrowbody aircraft at Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central Airport) in Dubai.
MRO

Jet Aviation's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities in Dubai are to join the ACJ Service Centre network, adding to the choice of Airbus-approved facilities around the world for ACJ customers and operators.
MRO

Etihad Aviation Group and TUI AG have confirmed they are in discussions to create a strong European leisure airline group, focused on point-to-point flying to connect key tourist markets.
Airports & Networks