Middle East & North Africa

Oman Air will use the following from Accelya's Vivaldi suite - Vivaldi CardClear, Vivaldi Reconciliation and its Chargeback. The scope of the agreement includes both indirect and direct card sales.
Emerging Technologies

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced that it will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Airports.
Space

Sichuan Airlines have begun regular flights to the United Arab Emirates.
Airports & Networks

Sabena technics has announced the appointment of Pascal Jallier as the new Vice President of their VIP completion programmes.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi's first ever Aviation and Aerospace Week (ADAAW) will run from March 6 to 12, 2016, the emirate confirmed today.
Aerospace

Oman Airports has welcomed Cham Wings airlines to Muscat International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Boeing has appointed Ahsen Rajput deputy managing director for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region for Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC), the company's aircraft financing arm. Rajput will be based in Abu Dhabi and is BCC's first local hire in the region.
Maintenance & Training

Jazeera Airways has released its operational performance report for the month of July 2015, which showed a 36% increase in total flown passengers from July 2014.
Airports & Networks

An estimated $16.3 billion in economic benefits can be achieved in the Middle East over the next 10 years by delivering enhancements to air traffic control systems, according to a new report commissioned by NATS.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The first direct flight from the West coast of the USA to Riyadh landed successfully today.
Airports & Networks

Sweden has invoked a ban on Iraqi Airways with immediate effect claiming the airline does not meet necessary safety standards required within the European Union.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Flights from London to Dubai on Emirates will be all A380 from January 2016, the airline said.
Airports & Networks

Iran's Deputy head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has announced that the country is planning to launch international flights to new and diverse destinations in Europe.
Airports & Networks

The “green” ATR 72 prototype has made the first flight of the “Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI)” test campaign.
Business Aviation

Sudan Airways is to make three direct flights per week between Abu Dhabi International Airport and Khartoum International Airport, Sudan.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has announced its second daily service from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
While a growing number of Emirates Airline passengers are beginning or ending their journeys in Dubai, a significant proportion of Emirates traffic simply uses Dubai as a transit point between two other points.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The airline will replace a Boeing 777-300ER on the carrier’s EK011/012 between Dubai International and London Gatwick with a three-class A380 from January 1, 2016 meaning all three of its rotations to Gatwick and five daily flights to Heathrow will be flown with the SuperJumbo from the start of 2016.
Airports & Networks

Oman Air is set to dramatically increase the number of flights it offers between Muscat and Salalah during southern Oman's monsoon season, known as the Khareef. The increase will mean that Oman Air operates more flights to Salalah than ever before.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways celebrated 10 years of successful service to Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa last week, hosting trade receptions and inaugurating a new office in Cape Town, whilst revealing details of its enhanced services to South Africa as part of its expanding global operations.
Airports & Networks

Dubai rises from 5th to 4th in MasterCard rankings - predicting 14.3 million international visitors to Dubai in 2015.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Accenture to support the implementation of its business transformation program to improve productivity, efficiency and enable growth.
Aerospace

The first Routes Middle East and Africa event was held in Bahrain on the May 31 – June 2, 2015 and one exhibitor was Oman Airport looking to build direct routes with African carriers.
Airports & Networks

Austria-based International Jet Management (IJM) and Bahrain-based MAE Aircraft Management WLL, a subsidiary of MENA Aerospace have entered into a Joint Venture in Bahrain.
Business Aviation

The Harvard Business School Aerospace Alumni Group has announced late last week the official launch of its local chapter in Abu Dhabi at the opening of the Global Space and Satellite Forum, where the nation witnessed the official launch of the UAE Space Agency.
Space