Middle East & North Africa

The Saudi Aviation Training Conference and Exhibition (SATCE) 2015 which was due to take place on 18-19th of March has been postponed due to what organisers described as “reasons beyond our control.”
Maintenance & Training

Middle East Corporation Aviation Summit (MECAS) will take place May 13 in Abu Dhabi.
Aerospace

Dubai Airports' latest ad is becoming an Internet sensation when it focuses on a special visitor.
Airports & Networks

Siemens Logistics and Airport Solutions is glowing in the success of Dubai International Airport as the provider of the operation and maintenance of the world's busiest international airport's baggage handling services.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has added San Francisco to its route, making it the second destination in California and 11th in the Americas.
Airports & Networks

Aviation's contribution to the Dubai economy will have increased three fold to $88 billion by 2030 said Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths in the opening address of day two of the Future of Borders conference in the UAE city.
Aerospace

Gulf Air, recently won Computer News Middle East's (CNME) annual, CIO 100 Award for the 4th consecutive year, becoming the first organisation and first airline in the Middle East to do so.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways' vice president Asia Pacific North and the Indian Subcontinent, Craig Thomas, said the airline was delighted to celebrate the auspicious occasion with the industry partners who had contributed to its success in Japan.
Airports & Networks

An Oman Air flight from Muscat, carrying 150 passengers, suffered two tyre bursts at landing at New Delhi's international airport earlier today.
Air Transport

Sales of leisure drones have been banned Abu Dhabi because of their risk to aviation. The ban came from the emirate's Department of Economic Development who said the ban will be in place until new drone laws take effect. The centre says drones may still be used if operators have government approval.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal project at the emirate's international airport is ahead of schedule and the airport's chairman is optimistic it will be operational for its planned formal opening in July 2017.
Airports & Networks

EgyptAir is increasing the number of domestic flights to Sharm El-Sheikh from now until March 18 in support of the 'Egypt - The Future' conference taking place in the Red Sea resort.
Aerospace

By Richard Maslen
IATA projects that passenger numbers are expected to reach seven billion by 2034 with a 3.8 per cent average annual growth in demand (2014 baseline year). That is more than double the 3.3 billion who flew in 2014 and exactly twice as many as the 3.5 billion expected in 2015.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has donated more than UAE dirhams 100,000 to underprivileged communities in Sri Lanka.
Aerospace

Gulf Air and Batelco have extended their partnership agreement to enhance benefits for Batelco's Al Dana customers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways has announced that it will participate in ITB Berlin for the seventh consecutive year next month and confirmed that it will showcase its unique A380 First Class seat and A350 Xtra Wide Body Business Class seat at the exhibition, which is being held from March 4 to March 8, 2015.
Aerospace

Emirates Group, comprising Emirates airline and dnata, plan to hire over 11,000 new staff in the coming year across its business, in line with its projected growth across six continents.
Maintenance & Training

Royal Air Maroc is celebrating the delivery of its first of five GEnx-powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner and selected a 10-year OnPointSM solution agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its GEnx engine fleet.
MRO

Qatar Airways took its first A350 XWB aircraft to Heathrow to help the airport prepare for its eventual introduction.
Air Transport

Oman Air has launched new routes to Manila and Jakarta.
Airports & Networks

An Airbus C295W aircraft owned by the Mexican Navy has made the first ever flight to the Antarctica.
Defense

Rolls-Royce is celebrating the first run of its Trent 7000 demonstrator engine, completed on a test bed in Derby, UK.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its updated passenger growth forecast projecting passenger numbers to reach 7 billion by 2034, showing a dip in long-term demand.
Air Transport

Honeywell Aerospace has released new software upgrades for Primus Epic, its integrated cockpit system.
Emerging Technologies

The International Air Transportation (IATA), a member of the Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC), supports GTACs condemnation of recent terror attacks.
Aerospace