Middle East & North Africa

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

The Government of Oman has appointed American consultants, Hill International, to take over the major expansion and modernisation projects at Muscat and Salalah airports after cancelling the contract of the Cowi-Laursen joint venture team that has been involved for the past five years.
Airports & Networks

News service Flightglobal is reporting sources within Qatar Airways as claiming the Doha airline is abandoning its stake in European freighter airline, Cargolux.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways has joined Libya's Afriqiyah Airways in amending its 20 aircraft A350 order from the smaller A350-800s to the larger -900 variant.
Air Transport

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) this week launched its annual safety campaign and exhibition at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Supported by ADAC's regulatory, subsidiary, operational and airline partners, the goal of the campaign was to promote airside safety and occupational health, safety & environment amongst all ADAC employees, and subsidiary employees, in order to ensure a safe and secure workplace, and to maintain the operational integrity of the airport.
Airports & Networks

Virgin Australia has applied to Australia's regulator, IASC, the International Air Services Commission, for approval to add the Etihad code on its flights to Phuket in Thailand. This is part of the codeshare alliance agreed earlier this year.
Airports & Networks

Boeing has finished defining in broad terms its newest single-aisle airplane, the 737 MAX, recently completing a major milestone in development known as 'Firm Concept'.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally arrived at Doha International Airport marking the start of a new era in Middle East aviation.
Air Transport

Airbus, EADS Innovation Works and ENN, one of the world's leading Bio-Energy companies based in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the China International Air Show in Zhuhai.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways is keen to expand its network in the US.
Airports & Networks

Markus Bucher has been elected as the new CEO and chairman of the executive board with effect from 1.1.2013. He will take over from Oscar J. Schwenk, who will remain as chairman of the board of directors with responsibility for the strategic management of the company.
Business Aviation

Riad Kahwaji, the chief executive of INEGMA looks at the situation in Syria and at this week's developments in Doha
Defense

Turkish Airlines - which over much of the past decade has been a rising star in global aviation and continues to expand and rejuvenate its fleet - is today celebrating a major milestone as it has now reached its goal of operating a fleet of 200 aircraft.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways is celebrating the delivery of the airline's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airplane, the first of 30 787s ordered by the Doha-based airline, is also the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East.
Air Transport

The UAE is spearheading the surge in Middle East online tourism with 60% of all web-based travel bookings originating from the Emirates, Travelport co-sponsored research has revealed.
Airports & Networks

flydubai has announced flights to Malé, the capital of the Republic of Maldives (the Maldives).
Airports & Networks

Saudi Arabia is close to signing a deal worth more than $6.5 billion with Lockheed Martin as it seeks to modernise its airlift and inflight refuelling capabilities.
Defense

The European Union's controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been frozen for Non-EU flights for one year, Connie Hedegaard, European commissioner for climate action, said today
Air Transport