Middle East & North Africa

Emirates has announced that it will upgrade its second daily Glasgow flight by introducing the 360 seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Glasgow-Dubai route from 1st January 2013.
Airports & Networks

As this year's Formula1 season ends today in Brazil, Abu Dhabi is able to quantify the success of this year's race in the UAE's capital.
Airports & Networks

The Egyptian subsidiary of Air Arabia, Air Arabia Egypt is to expand its services to Kuwait and Riyadh, from the carrier's hub in Borj Al Arab International Airport, in Alexandria.
Airports & Networks

EgyptAir Training Center (ETC) has won a new airline contract as it welcome Pakistan's Airblue to its Cairo facility
Maintenance & Training

Dubai low-cost carrier, flydubai is celebrating three years since it first turned its sights eastwards towards desitinations in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith says it has developed into the cornerstone of the carrier's network.
Airports & Networks

Turkey's MNG Technic – the privately-owned MRO provider at Istanbul International Ataturk Airport, was active in last week's Airline Engineering & Maintenance Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Istanbul.
Aerospace

Oman's major gateway, Muscat International Airport, is continuing to witness growth as work on the extension of the airport is stepped up.
Airports & Networks

The Middle East Business Aviation Association is to host a top level industry conference ahead of this year's MEBA show in Dubai.
Business Aviation

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has released a new report on the future of air traffic management at the ICAO Air Navigation Conference in Montréal.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has forged a powerhouse group with partner airlines Virgin Australia, airberlin, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, and Czech Airlines to offer air travellers more streamlined services between Europe and Australia.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has launched scheduled flights to the capital of Serbia, Belgrade - its latest entry into Eastern Europe and the airline's 11th new route of the year.
Airports & Networks

Canada-based completions, refurbishment and maintenance specialist, Flying Colours has won its first Saudi registered aircraft maintenance project.
Business Aviation

The second Abu Dhabi Air Expo, which will take place from 5th to 7th March 2013, at Al Bateen Executive Airport, is to double its exhibition space to cope with the increase in demand from the growing number of exhibitors keen to take advantage of the opportunity to network with the region's General Aviation market place.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways today began commercial services of its brand new Boeing 787 aircraft with Doha – Dubai becoming the Dreamliner's debut route.
Airports & Networks

Dubai low-cost airline, flydubai, is opening a fully automated warehouse storage and retrieval system in Kuwait as it launches flydubai Cargo.
Air Transport

Boeing has received the Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network's top award for its partnership with, INJAZ Al Arab, a leading non-profit organization, for co-developing a program to reduce unemployment in the Middle East.
Aerospace

The new modern office is located on the 1st floor of Rolex Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, in close proximity to the airlines and travel community, and featuring high tech tools to enhance support and service towards Amadeus' customer base in Dubai.
Emerging Technologies

Oman Air has commenced flights between Muscat and Jaaluni airport in Al Wusta Governorate, located on the southern coast of Oman.
Airports & Networks

Passengers on Wednesday's historic first flight of Qatar Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner sent text messages, emailed, tweeted, updated social media accounts and used the Internet throughout the journey.
Emerging Technologies

Turkish Airlines has ordered 15 GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with options for five additional aircraft. Delivery will begin in 2014.
MRO

Qatar Airways' corporate jet division Qatar Executive has won the Best Business Aviation Operator of the Year 2012 award.
Business Aviation

Air Arabia has announced the launch of its new state-of-the-art mobile website. Passengers can use their smart phone to access www.airarabia.com, which provides quick and easy access to the most important travel information.
Emerging Technologies

Former Egyptian civil aviation minister Hussein Massoud was honoured by the African Airline Association at its annual assembly in Johannesburg this morning
Maintenance & Training

The 200th aircraft to enter the current Turkish Airlines fleet is now in revenue service after a special ceremony welcoming the milestone aircraft.
Air Transport

More than 300 travel agents from across the Middle East were guests of Gulf Air and Sabre Travel Network for a special awards ceremony.
Airports & Networks