Middle East & North Africa

For the second year in a row, Qatar Airways has been named "Best Business Class Airline" at the Business Traveller Awards 2014, which were held in London, on October 6.
Aerospace

By Richard Maslen
Today, Emirates fleet investment in Africa tops $7 billion with operating costs of over $2 billion and it currently operates to 22 passenger and six dedicated freighter destinations in Africa perating over 160 flights across the continent each week, connecting African economies and markets with Dubai and beyond to a global network of over 140 major cities.
Airports & Networks

An Iranian regional passenger plane crashed this morning in a residential area near Tehran's Mehrabad airport the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The reports say that all 48 people on board the Iran-140 (a locally assembled variant of the Antonov An-140 turboprop) died in the crash
Air Transport

Emirates has taken delivery of its 50th A380. This latest delivery takes Emirates' all wide-body fleet to 224 aircraft, representing the world's largest fleet of A380s, and also the world's largest fleet of Boeing 777s.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways will next year launch its first service from Scotland with the start of a non-stop daily flight from Edinburgh to its home base of Abu Dhabi, the UAE's capital city.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has appointed Mrs Wuraola Oduntan as its new general manager for Nigeria. The appointment took effect from 1 July 2014.
Maintenance & Training

Abdulrahaman Al-Busaidy, the former CEO of Oman Air has returned to the Muscat-based airline in the role of chief operations officer.
Maintenance & Training

The Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) have signed a contract to build the Alsat-1B Earth Observation satellite in combination with a comprehensive training and development programme.
Space

Qatar Airways is preparing to have a strong presence at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show, taking place next week in Southern England, when it will fly the A350 aircraft with Qatar Airways livery for the first time at a flying display in a European Air Show.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian invited 200 orphans from different charity organizations for an iftar banquet at the Children's Museum of Jordan, one of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah's non-profit educational organisations.
Aerospace

An undisclosed Middle Eastern customer has ordered a BBJ 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane – the VVIP version of the widebody airliner.
Business Aviation

Emirates will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Boston from 1st August when it switches from its Boeing 777-200LR currently operating the route to a larger Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, adding passenger and cargo capacity.
Airports & Networks

Following the announcement of 10 new flights to Delhi, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram Dubai-based flydubai, during its inaugural trip to India, highlighted the increased connectivity of its network and the growing trade and tourism links between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air recently signed a 3-year deal with EMC to meet the airline's IT storage requirements while realizing both organizations' missions of utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to boost business.
Emerging Technologies

The Pegasus Trip Finder has been launched by Pegasus Airlines. Using the Trip Finder guests can search for a variety of travel destinations according to their chosen budget and dates of travel.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air today announced that it would be resuming its flights to the Greek capital, Athens, with four weekly flights to Athens International Airport starting on the 16th of June.
Airports & Networks

In partnership with DFS Group, Abu Dhabi International Airport has opened its new 'Fragrances by DFS' boutique.
Airports & Networks

Air Seychelles has announced a net profit of US$3 million for 2013, exceeding by 171 per cent its profit of US$1.1 million reported in 2012.
Air Transport

Air Charter Service has revealed that during its last financial year (Feb 1st-Jan 31st) the company carried more than 230,000 people on its chartered aircraft.
Business Aviation

Fabrizio Giulianini, CEO of Selex ESofficially opened the new Riyadh offices of Selex ES Saudi Arabia yesterday, in the presence of VIPs from the Saudi Arabian government and national agencies.
Defense

In celebration of Emirates' 10 successful years at Glasgow Airport, an Emirates A380 will today fly a one-off Glasgow to Dubai service and open a new dedicated lounge facility at the Scottish airport this summer.
Airports & Networks

An 11-strong Abu Dhabi tourism delegation is heading to the Saudi Arabian capital next week to take part in the Riyadh Travel Fair – the Kingdom's largest consumer travel show which runs from April 15-18 – as the destination looks to build on increasing arrivals from the country and an uplift in air access.
Airports & Networks

The Middle East and Africa Helicopter Association (MEAHA) has endorsed the forthcoming Dubai Helishow scheduled for November 4-6, 2014.
Aerospace

Pele, one of the greatest ever footballers and Emirates' Global Ambassador, will share some of his proudest moments during a special screening at Emirates' headquarters on 16 March.
Aerospace

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to Tunis and Abidjan with the introduction of a weekly freighter service from 17th March 2014.
Aerospace