Championing the importance of customer relations in the aviation industry, Bahrain's Gulf Air, led the 54th Annual Conference of Worldwide Airlines Customer Relations Association (WACRA) - the global customer relations forum - in Kuala Lumpur, with the theme of this year's conference Merging Cultures: Turning Challenges into Opportunities.
Etihad has reported its third quarter results showing revenues of US$ 1.3 billion, up 19 per cent on 2011 (US$ 1.1 billion). The record income reflected passenger numbers up 23 per cent, with 2.79 million travellers in the quarter (2.27 million).
The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) - in association with Jordanian flight training academy, Ayla - is hosting a special forum in Jordan this week.
Royal Air Maroc, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Morocco, and US airline JetBlue Airways (New York's Hometown Airline™), have announced the launch of an interline agreement to connect each other's networks and bring new flight options to travellers between North and Central Africa, and the Americas.
Qatar Airways today marked the resumption of flights to Yangon after a four-year absence with the launch of scheduled services to Myanmar's largest city.
Bahrain MRO company, Gulf Technics (GT), has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 and AS/EN9120 certification following a detailed audit that covers all areas of operations at GT.
Online news service flightglobal has reported that Qantas Airways and Emirates have withdrawn their application to the Australian competition watchdog for an interim authorisation that will allow them to plan and negotiate their proposed alliance.
Qantas has taken the next steps towards establishing its new gateway to Europe and the UK, enabling customers to book flights through the global hub of Dubai for travel from 31 March 2013.
A J Walter Aviation, the aircraft spares support specialist, is calling for applications to be considered for the company's AJW bursary where it supports a student through a Masters degree in aircraft maintenance management in conjunction with London's City University.
Qatar Airways customers contacting the airline in key European markets will benefit from a new multi-lingual Customer Contact Centre based in the Polish city of Wroclaw from early next year.
Etihad has begun implementing its latest tranche of Sabre software following the billion dollar technology agreement signed by the two companies last year.
A consortium of Banks including Al Hilal Bank, First Gulf Bank, Mashreq, Union National Bank and Arab Bank have announced the signing of the AED 4 Billion syndicated contracting facility with the joint venture (JV) between TAV-CCC-Arabtec for the construction of Midfield Terminal Building at Abu Dhabi's International Airport.
Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) the Kingdom's new pilot training academy at Thumamah Airport, 28 km northeast of King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh has achieved a major milestone with its first full-time Saudi national student making his first solo flight.
Embraer Executive Jet customers will meet in Bangalore and Abu Dhabi in early October as the Company brings them together for two Embraer Executive Operators Conferences (EEOC), part of a series of worldwide operator conferences scheduled each year.
The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has been working with Défense Conseil International (DCI) and Symbiotics Ltd, to implement a new aircrew pre-selection solution that helps stream potential pilots (fixed and rotary wing) into the QEAF elite flying training programme, whilst improving efficiency of assessment and recruitment programmes.
Qatar Airways leads the Middle East's three super carriers in ontime performance, while Emirates maintains its advantage on network scale and destinations served, according to the latest research from masFlight, operations data analysis partner of OAG.
Etihad Airways has started implementing its latest tranche of Sabre software following the billion dollar technology agreement signed by the two companies last year.
Air Arabia as the latest airline in the Middle East to adopt schedule analysis tools from OAG and the region's first customer for the new, state-of-the-art 'OAG Analyser' system.
