Middle East & North Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced global passenger traffic results for February showing that demand growth is accelerating on the back of stronger business confidence, particularly in emerging regions.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines has added Houston to its Middle East network.
Airports & Networks

The 13th Airport Show, which will take place in Dubai from May 6-8, will host an initiative that aims to encourage Emirati women to pursue aviation careers.
Aerospace

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia is to increase links from the Gulf state to Sri Lanka with the introduction of flights between
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Fast-expanding Gulf carrier Qatar Airways has been forced to scale back its growth plans due to the ongoing grounding of the world’s Boeing 787
Airports & Networks

JorAmco has added a new flag to its roll of customer national airlines.
MRO

RAK International Airport has signed a ten-year contract with SKA Energy to build, operate and manage an aviation fuel storage facility at the airport.
Airports & Networks

The Subcontract Delivery Supervisor IT is a Work Package Manager for an outsourced work package in a Tier 1 and Tier 2; responsible to deliver the
Aerospace

AeroMobile, the airbourne mobile phone operator, has announced the appointment of Kevin Rogers as CEO.
Maintenance & Training

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways has further deepened its already extensive operational and marketing partnership with
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways is to boost capacity on its daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Melbourne, Australia later
Airports & Networks

Iraqi Airways is to resume flights to the UK for the first time in 23 years.
Air Transport

Abu Dhabi Airports Company has announced that it has signed a Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with Abu Dhabi Airport Customs to ensure the implementation of quality services at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The signing ceremony was held at Abu Dhabi Airports Company with senior executives from both entities.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has welcomed the return to profitability of its equity partner, airberlin.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways is to expand significantly its reach across Africa after signing a strategic commercial partnership agreement with Kenya Airways, the national flag carrier of Kenya.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways' inaugural flight to the Kingdom of Cambodia touched down in the capital Phnom Penh today to further extend the airline's reach in Asia Pacific.
Airports & Networks

The new $1.7bn terminal at Muscat International Airport has passed the halfway stage, with the new runway, control tower and civil Aviation headquarters due to be complete by 2014, said Oman's Minister of transport and communications who paid a visit to the site this week.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier, FlyDubai is to launch flights to two further destinations in Pakistan as it continues its rapid network
Airports & Networks

A Yemeni fighter plane has crashed in a residential area of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing several people, reports Reuters.
Defense

Turkish Airlines (THY) has launched a new Facebook application with famed Turkish Actress Songul Oden, offering five couples the chance to win return flights and a two night stay in the magical city of Istanbul.
Aerospace

Etihad Cargo has posted record monthly uplift figures for January of 32,613 tonnes, a 27 per cent increase on January 2012 (25,600 tonnes).
Air Transport

As part of the intention to grow and develop the Bahrain International Airshow members of the organising team from the Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) and Farnborough International Ltd (FIL) will be attending IDEX, Abu Dhabi from 18 – 20 February 2013 to promote the Security and Surveillance Pavilion that has been newly introduced for the 2014 event.
Emerging Technologies

flydubai has announced operations to Juba, the capital city of the Republic of South Sudan. Commencing on 21 April 2013, flights will operate four times a week between Dubai Terminal 2 and Juba Airport.
Airports & Networks

Boeing and SecureTech will collaborate to jointly offer solutions that protect critical data and national infrastructure for customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the region through a cybersecurity agreement signed yesterday during the 2013 International Defence Exhibition Conference in Abu Dhabi.
Emerging Technologies

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates Airline is to introduce a second destination in the Philippines as it seeks to keep track with growing
Airports & Networks