Gulf Air held an official awards ceremony honoring a number of its staff yesterday – the result of the airline's recently launched 2012 staff appreciation programme.
The growing attraction of Vietnam as Asia's most exciting new golf tourism destination has been enhanced by the launch of daily Emirates flights from Dubai to Ho Chi Minh City.
Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker was voted onto the Board of Governors of the global aviation industry body, International Air Transport Association (IATA) earlier this week.
The Solar Impulse aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg landed safely at the Rabat-Salé International airport at 00:14am (UTC+1) after attempting to reach Ouarzazate.
The distance between Portugal and the UAE is set to become much shorter when, starting July 9, Emirates Airline launches direct flights from Dubai to Portuguese capital Lisbon, becoming the only carrier based in the Middle East to operate services into Portugal.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that South African Airways will host the 69th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) at Cape Town's International Convention Centre from 2-4 June 2013.
After having accomplished the first intercontinental flight powered by solar energy, the solar airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg continues its voyage.
Tawazun is joining hundreds of politics and military decision-makers, manufacturers and contractors at the biennial international land and airland defense and security trade show, Eurosatory, taking place in Paris this week.
The U.S. Third Army has teamed with the Kuwaiti military for a joint medical evacuation exercise at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait according to the US magazine, Rotor and Wing,
Middle East airlines are expected to post profits of $0.4 billion this year according to global industry body IATA, but this is down from the March projection of $0.5 billion.
Tony Tyler, the director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) used the platform for the organisation's AGM in Beijing today to call on governments to be stronger partners in maximizing aviation's economic and social benefits.
IATA has named Wang Changshun, the Chairman of Air China, as its president for the 68th AGM and World Air Transport Summit, which is taking place in Beijing, China, this week
The UAE offset programme bureau has officially been renamed as Tawazun Economic Council in a move timed to celebrate the organization's 20th anniversary.
Turkish Airlines has said it will not rehire the 305 workers who were laid off after last month participating in labour action to protest against the government's draft legislation to ban strikes and lockouts in the aviation industry.
Jet Aviation Dubai has received approval from America's FAA to perform base and line maintenance on Bombardier Challenger 604 and Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 series aircraft.
The Gulf Air Traffic Management (GATM) event takes place 16 – 17 September 2012, at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai, bringing air traffic management professionals together for the two day summit under the theme 'ATM Imperatives: Protecting the Gulf's Economic Growth'.
