Middle East & North Africa

Women in the Middle East are flying high as more and more female pilots earn their wings. Liz Moscrop reports.

Are the airports in the Middle East ready to cope with a crisis? Tim Risbridger, head of transportation at leading international built asset consultancy EC Harris Middle East, takes a look at the situation.

Getting finance might look simple – but potential disaster lurks. Geoff Thomas meets two companies that are working to make sure Middle Eastern buyers get an easier ride.

EgyptAir operated its first service to the Iraqi capital Baghdad this morning with 34 passengers onboard and 74 passengers on the return flight. The route had been suspended for more than 20 years

RAK Airways, the Ras Al Khaimah national carrier, has today launched a winter seat sale, which will offer customers special fares to Calicut, Cairo, Dhaka and Chittagong.

Altair Aero Projects is a specialist in aviation finance that has been successfully experiencing and promoting partnerships with banks, law firms and family offices for its clients across MENA. The company's founder, Christian Castang, believes that such partnerships can help protect the unwary buyer of business aircraft. He explains why.

The recent Boeing report on cargo sees the Middle East and North Africa growing at a rate much higher than anywhere else in the world – but as the boom times come back it is Turkish airlines that could be providing the support. Alan Peaford reports.

Diversity is the key for one Turkish handler as Brendan Gallagher finds out.

Aircraft food has never really been to everyone's taste but one global gourmet company has put a stop to that. Marcelle Nethersole speaks to the chairman of Turkish Do&Co.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has announced that Al Bateen Executive Airport will be the host of a new exhibition dedicated to general aviation in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi Air Expo, in March 2012.

Turkish Airlines has announced it will increase its frequencies to a number of international destinations: Donetsk, Kiev, Odessa, Washington DC and Los Angeles.

Mining, quarrying and oil production facilities in remote desert areas could benefit from a new specialized model of the Multijet BAe 146/Avro RJ from Germany's Cordner Aviation Group.

Jordan's Eastern Holding held its annual Iftar at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman on Wednesday bringing together many of the leading figures in the country's aviation industry.

Premium aviation news service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) is reporting today that an Afriqiyah A300 used for VIP transport for the Ghaddafi regime has been destroyed at Libya's main interational airport

Serving more than 80 airlines in Turkey, FlyService Turkey could be said to have a successful business model. But, as Alan Peaford found out, that would be just one model among thousands at the Istanbul company's headquarters.

It's unusual for a low-cost carrier (LCC) to establish its own flight academy, but then Turkey's Pegasus Airlines is no ordinary carrier.

Business is positively booming for International Flight Training Centre (IFTC), part of the Istanbul-based Gözen Group.

A 'revolutionary' aircraft divided opinion in the aviation world and went from winning the Collier Trophy to bankruptcy in just a couple of years. Now Turkish investors hold the key to the resurgence of the world's first real VLJ. Alan Peaford meets the man bringing Eclipse to the region.

Alan Peaford meets the company whose name literally means "General Aviation" and finds out just why it is always ahead of the game.

Emirates has announced an increased commitment to Japan with the introduction of two extra flights a week, ensuring a daily, non-stop service between Dubai and Narita International Airport from 1st November.

Dubai's flagship carrier Emirates has welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to consider allowing foreign carriers to operate domestic flights within the Kingdom, and said that it is studying this move in depth, AME info has reported.

Dubai aviation specialist law firm Donald H Bunker and Associates has signed an affiliation deal with and Indian practice to extend its services and support across the region.

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Gary R. Scott, president, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, will be retiring on 1 October 2011. Guy C. Hachey, president and chief operating officer, Bombardier Aerospace, will lead the Commercial Aircraft business unit until a replacement is named.

If staff at Mercator, the IT services business of Emirates Group, seem a little smug at the moment it might just be justified. Jill Stockbridge explains why.

One of the largest aviation holding companies in Turkey is the Istanbul-based Gözen Group and two of its key players – full service FBO outfit Gözen Air Services (GAS) and flight training and flight simulator organisation International Flight Training Centre (IFTC) – are not only weathering the global economic downturn – they're both positively booming.