Middle East & North Africa

Abu Dhabi Airports Company's (ADAC) Air Navigation Services (ANS) has signed an MoU with Airbus airspace design subsidiary Quovadis to design new standard terminal arrival routes (STARs) and required navigation performance authorization required (RNP-AR) approaches for Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Airports & Networks

Dubai-based aircraft charter and leasing company, Air Charter International (ACI) has launched SkySearch Universal Portal, a new B2B product developed for the travel and aviation industry.
Business Aviation

A leading MRO facility in the Middle East is seeking a Chief Operations Officer
Aerospace

F&E Aerospace, organisers of the Dubai Airshow and MEBA are to launch a new event - Gulf Air Traffic Management (GATM) which will be co-located with the second edition of the Gulf Aviation Training Event (GATE) on 19 – 20 September 2012, at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai.
Aerospace

Royal Jet's Medevac unit successfully completed a highly complicated medical evacuation mission as it flew 31 Chinese workers injured in explosions in the Republic of Congo to China last night.
Aerospace

Cessna's new Citation M2, announced less than six months ago, made its first prototype flight today.
Business Aviation

Tennis champion Novak Djokovic will see a different kind of ace service than he is used to on court - he has been named as a brand ambassador for Bombardier Learjet.
Business Aviation

IFE Services, is to showcase its range of in-flight entertainment solutions at Aviation Outlook MENA in Dubai next week.
Aerospace

London's Financial Times claims that Emirates will be seeking compensation from manufacturer Airbus over the cracks in the wings of the A-380s.
Air Transport

FlightSafety International continues to experience increased demand for its training services in the Middle East and surrounding region, the company said this week
Maintenance & Training

UBM Aviation has launched its 18th annual Airline engineering and maintenance: Middle East Conference. The event is supported by the Arab Air Carriers Organization and will take place in Abu Dhabi on 14-16 May 2012 at the Radisson Blu hotel on Yas Island close to Abu Dhabi International Airport
Aerospace

Boeing has completed all flight tests expected to be required for type certification of the 787-8 Dreamliner with General Electric GEnx engines.
Air Transport

Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has secured its long term presence at Al Bateen Executive Airport following the signing of a long term land lease.
Airports & Networks

The Airport Show to be held at Dubai's World Trade Centre in May looks like it could be the biggest yet.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways, has followed the move by Emirates last week to increase the push for passengers from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Airports & Networks

The UAE has made a positive step towards developing a genuine platform for private and general aviation in the country with the launch of a branch of AOPA, the aircraft owner and pilot association.
Business Aviation

A new opportunity for aviation businesses to lease offices and other facilities at the region's only business aviation airport, Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi follows a new partnership agreement between airport owners ADAC and R-Offices.
Airports & Networks

Today, more than 270 airlines are banned from crossing European airspace. 70% of the countries on the list are African, the rest are from Asia and the CIS. Though the majority of the blacklisted companies didn't ever had flights to European countries, even those air carriers currently permitted to operate in the EU will soon face a new challenge – EASA Part TCO.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways will offer one night's free accommodation to passengers stopping over in Abu Dhabi for a minimum of two nights before December 1, 2012.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways has announced further expansion of its growing international network with five new passenger routes, more cargo services and capacity increases to a number of destinations served direct from the airline's Doha hub.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways yesterday unveiled revolutionary new Business and Economy Class seats for its Boeing 787 aircraft with space, comfort and a revamped in-flight entertainment system being key features of the airliner that will be inducted into the fleet this summer.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has won the prestigious Expedia online travel campaign of the year award for the second year in a row. The award is bestowed by Expedia Media Solutions, the media division of Expedia Inc.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and NIKI, an airberlin group subsidiary airline, have announced the sale of joint codeshare flights.
Aerospace

Meet Shane O' Hare the CEO of Royal Jet and look inside the award-winning Boeing Business Jet. Find out why the Vulcanair has a solution for hunting, Get the lowdown on the fast growing helicopter business in the UAE and hear about a 70-year-old Saudi pilot's plans to fly round the world in a single engine piston aircraft.
Business Aviation

Saudi Private Aviation (SPA) is now officially the largest single customer of Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft after taking delivery of its fourth trijet this week.
Business Aviation