Middle East & North Africa

Emirates has been recognised with the IATA Competency-Based Training and Assessment Center (CBTA Center) Innovation Award.

Amideast/UAE and Boeing have celebrated the graduation of 46 students from the STEM Club, a key component of the STEM for Sustainability programme.

SalamAir, Oman’s low-cost airline, is two revive two of its most sought-after summer destinations, Baku in Azerbaijan, and Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Satair and Joramco have signed an agreement covering the supply of expendables.

The Emirates Group celebrated International Women’s Day by launching a new initiative and highlighting its commitment to investments in women and gender equality at the workplace.

Abu Dhabi Entertainment Company (ADEC) has teamed up with Sanad Strata and Solutions+ to enhance sports facilities in Abu Dhabi.

Qatar Airways has won two leading accolades at the World MICE Awards held at Berlin, Germany on 6 March, 2024.

Qatar Airways has presented its second-generation virtual cabin crew, Sama 2.0, powered by innovative conversational AI during ITB Berlin 2024.

With the MENA region enjoying a mass of new aircraft orders its no wonder that there is pressure on the MRO providers to prepare for the future.

IATA has released data for January 2024 global passenger demand indicating a strong start for the year.

Emirates has signed MoUs with Icelandair and travel technology and ticketing specialist W2 and AirBlackBox (ABB) by GO7 to develop deeper commercial cooperation.

Lockheed Martin has today marked a milestone with the departure of the first ferry cell of three F-16 Block 70 jets from Greenville, South Carolina, to Bahrain.

ATS Technic is set to bring a new level line maintenance and other services to EASA certified aircraft at a new facility in Dubai World Central.

Emirates and ITA Airways have signed an MoU for the expansion of their existing interline into a full codeshare partnership.

Qatar Airways Cargo’s Boeing 747F landed for the last time in commercial cargo service for QR Cargo as the airline fast-tracks its focus on greener flying.

Saudi low-cost carrier Flyadeal signed a long-term agreement with Safran Nacelles at the MRO Middle East in Dubai.

AD Airports, the airport operator in Abu Dhabi, won the "Airport Operator of the Year" award at the Aviation Achievement Awards 2024.

Emirates and AIDA Cruises have renewed their partnership for a further two seasons.

Etihad Airways has released its results for the full year 2023 recording US$394 million operating result, driven by US$ 1.1 billion year-on-year growth in passenger revenue.

IATA has released data for January 2024 global air cargo markets indicating a strong start to 2024.

Emirates has showcased its latest innovations to key dignitaries at ITB Berlin 2024.

Lockheed Martin has successfully delivered the first shipment of the Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors to Bahrain.

Flynas will launch direct flights between Berlin and Jeddah from September 4, 2024.

Serco Middle East has launched an Urban Twin Solution to help governments and organisations to address critical environmental challenges using the latest space-enabled environmental data.

Havelsan has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test for Turkish Airlines’s first A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS).