The Flight Safety Foundation is holding its 67th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS) - aviation's premier global safety event – in Abu Dhabi.
Britain scrambled two fighter jets to escort a Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport earlier today after the pilot reported a possible explosive device on board.
ATU Duty Free, a joint venture between TAV Airports and Unifree Duty Free / Gebr. Heinemann, has been awarded the tender for the operation rights of duty free stores at Salalah Airport, the second largest city of Oman, for 10 years.
The World Routes Strategy Summit, taking place at World Routes in Chicago, 20-23 September 2014, will see speakers from all three major Middle East airlines, as well as many other senior airline leaders.
Following a nomination by the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), Gulf Air has recently taken on the post of MENA representative on the SITA Council, with Dr. Jassim Haji, Gulf Air's Director of Information Technology, occupying that seat.
Etihad Airways has enjoyed the busiest four days in the history of the airline with 181,333 passengers flying with the Abu Dhabi-based airline during the post Eid Al Fitr period.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
Abu Dhabi's hotels and hotel apartments have reported their best half year performance yet in terms of hotel guests, guest nights and revenues with occupancy also rebounding to reach 77%.
Building on the momentum from last year, when 17 new destinations where added to the network, the airline has further cemented its commitment to enhance connectivity between different cultures.
Embraer Executive Jets celebrated today the delivery of the 500th Phenom family jet, a significant achievement only five-and-a-half years after entry into service of the first aircraft.
Jet Aviation's global refurbishment and corporate rebranding program continues to be rolled out in EMEA and Asia. The company is currently rebranding its FBOs in Jeddah and in Dubai at Dubai International Airport.
Emirates has announced that Frankfurt will be the next destination slated for its flagship A380 aircraft. The daily A380 service will start on September 1.
Abu Dhabi Airports and Fujairah Airport today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to develop an airport development master plan that will ensure the delivery of an efficient and adequate expansion program for Fujairah International Airport.
Whilst providing an update on the newly opened Hamad International Airport (HIA) and Qatar Airways' expansion plans, on the opening day of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre (5-8 May), the airline's CEO HE Akbar Al Baker revealed the airline will receive the first of its 13 Airbus A380-800s early next month.
Dubai Aerospace (DAE) subsidiary, StandardAero has expanded its component repair business to create a new 30,000 square foot composite processing and repair centre which the company said will meet the growing market demands for the development of new composite repairs for aircraft and ground-based engine hardware and aircraft structures within its MRO facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline’s first Airbus A380 will operate commercially to London Heathrow from December 2014, while its first Boeing 787-9s will debut on routes to Düsseldorf from December this year and then to Washington DC and Mumbai from January 2015.
On the first day of ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and the airline's new country manager for Germany and Austria, Günter Saurwein, introduced the airline's new luxury First Class seats that will form part of the tri-class configuration on the airline's new A380-800.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for January showing a strong increase in demand with the Middle East posting the strongest growth of any region.
Boeing's Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) demonstrator recently completed its first flight to verify airworthiness, an important milestone toward providing a low-risk and cost-effective maritime surveillance solution designed for search and rescue, anti-piracy patrols and coastal and border security.
