Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways has launched eight new summer destinations, taking the total number of operating routes to 76.

Emirates has explained how its pilots reduce fuel and emissions during operations.

Etihad Cargo has established a direct eBooking integration with global logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel.

Enfidha- Hammamet Airport in Tunisia has been upgraded to Level 4 in the ACI Europe Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme.

The Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) has announced that its 57th Annual General Meeting in Jordan on 29-31 October 2024.

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.

Etihad Airways has celebrated the start of its flights to Jaipur, India.

Emirates celebrates a successful year since the debut of its Premium Economy product in Singapore.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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