Middle East & North Africa

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the all-new Gulfstream G700 surpassed 50 city-pair speed records en route to the Singapore Airshow.

Qatar Airways, the Global Partner and Official Airline of F1, in partnership with Qatar Airways Holidays, has launched fan packages for the upcoming FIA Formula One World Championship.

Etihad Airways has launched a new collection of amenity kits and loungewear created in partnership with Giorgio Armani, and luxury wellbeing brand ESPA.

Airports across the world are bracing themselves to handle a big boom in air travel until 2030 by going in for expansions and redevelopments.

Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) has showcased its developments that are currently underway and planned for its Cargo Centre during the three-day Air Cargo India 2024.

Flydubai is growing its seasonal summer offering with the addition of flights to Sochi in Russia.

Emirates Flight Catering has fully acquired Emirates Bustanica and its consumer brand Bustanica, the world's largest indoor vertical farm.

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), created Edge in 2019. Now a defence mammoth with 6,000 employees and more than 25 subsidiaries, in 2020 Edge became the 22nd biggest arms seller with US$4.75bn in sales.

Dubai International (DXB) has concluded a record-breaking year of achievements by welcoming 87 million guests in annual traffic in 2023.

Sharjah Airport has received the first flight of Fly Jinnah, a low-cost carrier in Pakistan operated jointly by Lakson Group of Pakistan and Air Arabia Group.

Willie Walsh has addressed the 2024 Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore.

The national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia will add 20 more Airbus A321neo aircraft to its fleet by 2026 to meet the objectives of the Saudi aviation strategy (SAS) to bring around 330 million visitors to the country by 2030.

The world’s first premium leisure airline will offer Apple’s ground-breaking content experience beginning in July 2024.

Emirates is marking a milestone in its operations in the Czech Republic, having carried three million passengers between Prague and Dubai from 2010 and to date.

Flydubai has launched four new services, growing its network in Europe to 43 destinations in 21 countries.

Etihad Cargo has launched SecureTech, the ninth addition to the carrier's suite of premium products which is dedicated to the safe and secure transportation of consumer electronics.

Etihad has achieved the qualification for its pilots to seamlessly operate both Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft interchangeably.

Previously known as the TF-X, Turkey’s new indigenous fifth-generation Kaan National Combat Aircraft (Milli Muharip Uçak, or MMU) has assumed a new importance in recent years.

Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR released its 2023 annual results highlighting a robust growth through increased deliveries and sales.

AJW Group has entered into the Airbus 350 support market with the acquisition of a significant package of spare parts.

Smith Myers Artemis mobile phone detection, location and communication systems are to be used on existing Leonardo helicopter users in the Middle East and North Africa regions (MENA).

Qatar Airways and gategroup have entered a new catering partnership to elevate inflight dining.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and The Best of The Netherlands got together over a sales workshop in Riyadh and Dubai last week to showcase the Netherlands to trade partners.

Joby Aviation, a company developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, will launch air taxi services in Dubai by early 2026.

SITA’s 2023 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that both airports and airlines saw IT spend increase year on year into 2023.