Middle East & North Africa

During the first day of the Dubai Airshow, Etihad announced the US$637 million additional aircraft will be arriving next year.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has expanded its strategic cooperation with Air France-KLM through a several hundred million US dollar component maintenance agreement for its Boeing 777 fleet.
MRO

Emirates has announced its plans for a second gateway in Istanbul with the launch of a daily service to Sabiha Gokcen Airport, beginning December 15, 2015.
Airports & Networks

Flying into the future of the UAE is New Zealand's Martin Aircraft Company and Martin Jetpack.
Emerging Technologies

Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways is to become Rockwell Collins' first customer for Inmarsat's new Global Xpress (GX) in-flight connectivity system.
Emerging Technologies

Oman Air has signed an agreement with Airbus to upgrade the cabins of its A330s.
Interiors & Connectivity

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft is in discussions with Abu Dhabi Aviation with the aim of establishing an authorised service facility (ASF) for Bombardier's Q Series turboprop regional airliners.
Air Transport

Emirates SkyCargo's state-of-the-art cargo terminal at the Logistics District in Dubai South has been officially inaugurated Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Aerospace

When Daallo Airlines called in Dubai-based consultancy Aerotask for a bit of business advice, neither side realised the job would culminate in the merger of the airline with local rival Jubba Airways fewer than six months later. Victoria Moores reports.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways and the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) this week hosted two days of workshops about the growing threat of illegal wildlife smuggling.
Aerospace

Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines and long-term TotalCare engine support have been selected for the five new Airbus Beluga XL Transporter.
Air Transport

Jetstream Aviation has received the renewal of its approval by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) after the completion of a recent audit.
Maintenance & Training

Egypt has become the latest country to sign the Memorandum of Agreement for the ICAO Middle East Airspace Management Enhancement Programme (MAEP) joining founder members the United Arab Emirates and Sudan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A meeting has been held between Bahrain's minister of transportation and telecommunications Kamal bin Ahmed Mohamed, Gulf Air's A/chief executive officer Maher Salman Al Musallam, chief strategy and marketing officer, Airbus Group, Marwan Lahoud and managing director Airbus Middle East, Fouad Attar, discussing the airline's future narrow and wide body fleet requirements - up to 50 aircraft in total.
Air Transport

The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has selected the Pilatus PC-9 M to train its pilots.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways, in collaboration with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), has launched two community outreach activities in Kenya with donations of blankets and school supplies to the Dream Children's Home, and the Children in Freedom organisation.
Aerospace

Sabre Corporation has signed a new technology agreement with Turkish Airlines, to provide its AirCentre Flight Plan Manager solution to streamline the airline's operations.
Emerging Technologies

On Air Dining, a UK based culinary concierge company, has created a new dessert for its private jet clients that costs between £360 and £600. Called Wild Kopi Luwak Coffee Coconut and Gold Dessert, it's made of the world's rarest coffee beans that cost between £1,000 and £32,500 per kilogram.
Business Aviation

Smartworld, an Etisalat and Dubai World Central joint venture company, has appointed Saeed Al Dhaheri as its new chairman.
Maintenance & Training

Associated Air Center (AAC) has signed a new, green Airbus A320CJ VVIP narrow-body completion project contract with an undisclosed Middle-Eastern customer on June 5.
Business Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released details of a new mobile app for passengers to monitor their health and wellbeing before, during, and after a flight.
Emerging Technologies

Abu Dhabi Airports today announced that passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport increased by 15.5% in April 2015 as compared to April 2014.
Airports & Networks

Kuwait looks set to abandon the existing privatisation process for its flag-carrier in favour of a watered-down flotation that will leave 75% of the airline under government control, chief executive Rasha Al Roumi said.
Aerospace

Emirates and Exeter-based Flybe have today announced a new codeshare agreement, which is set to open up new destinations for Flybe and Emirates passengers across the UK.
Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released preliminary first quarter 2015 (January 1-March 31) commercial aviation safety performance data.
Air Transport