Middle East & North Africa

Atlasglobal has signed a GSSA agreement with APG in 14 countries, including Southern Africa.

Air Charter Service (ACS) has announced that it signed over 10,000 charter contracts for the first time in the company's history.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for continued transformation in the air cargo industry with a focus on raising the quality of its offering at the opening of the 10th annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin.

MTU Maintenance has signed more than 250 new contracts in a successful year, valued at USD 2.1 billion, a 25% since 2014.

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and Airports Council International (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work on airport security.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline & Group, today raised the UAE flag outside of the Emirates Group Headquarters building in honour of Flag Day.

Etihad Airways has extended its digital reach with the introduction of a new mobile application for Android smartphones, enabling guests to manage their journeys with even greater ease.

Etihad Airways today celebrated the UAE Flag Day.

Gulf Air is set to increase its direct Sialkot, Pakistan, service from two to four weekly flights starting from 1st December 2016 to meet high passenger demand.

Germania Fluggesellschaft has resumed flights to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.

Qatar Airways has received three honours at the 2016 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards held in New York.

Oman Air has welcomed its 500,000th member to Sindbad, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman's frequent flyer programme.

Air traffic in Turkey is expected to grow significantly beyond 2020 necessitating the need for new air traffic management systems. Keith Mwanalushi looks at some possible solutions.

Emirates cannot hold claim to the world’s longest route – a service from their hub in Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand – for much longer. Fellow Gulf carrier, Qatar Airways have announced their service from Doha to Auckland to begin in December.

AIM Altitude has officially launched its new website.

Qatar Airways has won Best Middle Eastern Airline for the 11th consecutive time at this year's TTG Travel Awards.

Speaking at the general assembly of ACI World, Airports Council International, held in Montreal, TAV Airports President & CEO Şener told how the crisis after the terrorist attack to Istanbul Atatürk Airport had been managed.

Dubai International (DXB) welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing its previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has proposed a number of potential actions to be taken by civil aviation regulators and stakeholders to combat the growing threat of cyber-attacks on civil aviation infrastructure.

Emirates launched two new daily A380 services – Dubai to Guangzhou, China and Dubai to Moscow, Russia.

Airlines in need of a spare engine for the new Airbus A350 will find life easier thanks to developments from Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce. Working with Lufthansa Cargo in order to support the German carrier's passenger fleet - the team took a Trent XWB aircraft engine provided by Rolls-Royce and loaded it into a Boeing 777F

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has launched a new promotional campaign that reflects passengers' personal experience.

Etihad Airways, is building its presence in Africa with a new codeshare agreement with Kulula, South Africa's award-winning low cost carrier.

An Emirates Boeing 777 has crash landed at Dubai Airport and the airport is closed. Severe wind sheer is being reported by forecasters at the airport.

An Emirati firefighter died while saving the passengers and crew of an Emirates Boeing 777 that crashed on landing at Dubai International Airport (DXB) this afternoon.