Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Cargo is strengthening operations in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Chennai, by adding a new cargo sales team and appointing a new general sales agent partner.
Air Transport

An Etihad Airways' Emirati technical engineering trainee was the recipient of the Abu Dhabi Industry Award for academic excellence which aims to encourage academic performance in UAE National students.
Maintenance & Training

While the Republic of Iraq anticipates an initial delivery of F-16 Fighting Falcons in September 2014, the pilots who will fly them have embarked on an historic partnership with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing in the US, to learn how to fly the multipurpose fighter.
Defense

Gulfstream's new super midsize business jet, the G280 aircraft has earned type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is the final step required ahead of delivery of the first fully outfitted G280 to a customer.
Business Aviation

Diamond Aircraft's DA42 Guardian equipped with a radio detection system is being launched at the ILA show in Berlin next week
Aerospace

Turkey's budget carrier Pegasus is expanding to the Gulf with flights from its Istanbul base to Dubai in the UAE beginning in October.
Airports & Networks

IATA has announced today that it is to hold the second World Passenger Symposium at the Etihad Towers Hotel in Abu Dhabi, on 16-18 October this year
Aerospace

AMAC Aerospace, the Swiss-based provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services, is marking the launch of its new Istanbul-based office when it exhibits at Airex 2012, the international civil aviation and airports exhibition in Istanbul later this week.
Aerospace

The ongoing controversy into fuel pricing in Saudi Arabia has led to the Kingdom's civil aviation authority, GACA, to call on the monopoly provider - Saudi Aramco - to cut its higher price for aviation fuel and create an atmosphere of fair competition for airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus' latest Global Market Forecast (GMF) claims rising demand suggests a need for over 28,000 aircraft over the next 20 years and said the UAE would be one of the top four single markets in terms of value.
Air Transport

Lufthansa Systems AG has announced that the company's supervisory board has extended the appointment of chief executive officer Stefan Hansen by five years until June 30, 2018.
Maintenance & Training

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Aerospace

Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi-based international private jet operator, has evacuated five seriously injured victims to Abu Dhabi for emergency treatment from the latest fatal road accident in Oman. The accident, which happened today, involved a total of nine casualties.
Aerospace

Oman Air has launched a brand new service between Muscat and Tehran.
Airports & Networks

Jet Aviation recently restructured its EMEA & Asia organization by forming two separate regional divisions, one for Asia and one for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has marked five years of operating from Newcastle International Airport as well as continued investment in the North East by introducing the 428 seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its daily flight to Dubai.
Air Transport

Kuwait Airlines has selected EgyptAir Training in Cairo to become its simulator provider for its entire fleet.
Maintenance & Training

Air Arabia has announced that it has added its fourth destination in Ukraine with the launch of flights to Odessa.
Airports & Networks

ERA Technology, provider of specialist technical consultancy services, has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Maintenance & Training

Due to the worsening security situation in Syria, Etihad Airways has announced today that it is suspending all flights between Abu Dhabi and Damascus.
Airports & Networks

MNG Airlines - Turkey's dedicated freight operator - has taken delivery of the first of four A330-200Fs it has ordered from Airbus.
Air Transport

Sabena technics based in France, has ordered a CTT Cair£ System to be installed, during autumn 2012, in one Airbus VIP A318 aircraft belonging to an important Middle East VIP operator.
Emerging Technologies

Russian Helicopters has announced that a Mi-38 set a new world altitude record on the final day of the 14th FAI World Helicopter Championships.
Aerospace

Etihad Cargo will inaugurate a new weekly freighter operation from Abu Dhabi to the Qatari capital, Doha, with the service launched on Monday 3 September.
Airports & Networks

The new Doha International Airport will open for passenger traffic in the second half of 2013.
Airports & Networks