Middle East & North Africa

British Airways' winter schedule has been further revised to include daily flights from Riyadh instead of the six it had earlier announced. And with its five services a week from Jeddah, British Airways will operate a total of 12 flights between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and London Heathrow by end October.
Airports & Networks

Air Charter Service (ACS) has seen a huge increase in demand for charters to carry desperately needed humanitarian aid for the starving people of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, as The Horn of Africa suffers a crippling drought and famine.
Air Transport

EgyptAir Express will be back at pre-revolution levels when next summer's timetables are released in April according to the airline's general manager of planning Ehab Ghazy.
Airports & Networks

A replacement for the Boeing 737 may happen sooner than suggested at the Paris Air Show last month.
Air Transport

The head of the African Airline Association (AFRAA) hit out today at the Gulf carriers and other Middle East aviation companies for poaching staff and gaining unfair route advantages over African airlines
Maintenance & Training

UK Star Alliance carrier BMI is to increase its links with Morocco opening a new route to Agadir and increasing service to Marrakech.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced it will commence services to Chengdu in southwest China from December 15, 2011 - subject to government approval.
Airports & Networks

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Aerospace

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Aerospace

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Aerospace

The newly-created Falko aircraft asset management company has announced its first sale deal since the business was formed to take over the former BAE Systems asset management division
Aerospace

Gulfstream has renamed the super midsized Gulfstream G250 aircraft and called it the Gulfstream G280.
Business Aviation

Dubai-headquartered dnata, the world's fourth largest combined air services provider, took its new visual branding to the UK as part of a global re-branding of its business units. Plane Handling Ltd., which was acquired in 2010, will be re-branded as dnata with immediate effect.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) have announced the release of a Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) Implementation Guide for commercial aircraft operators.
Aerospace

Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, was presented with a top airline strategy award at a ceremony in London last night.
Aerospace

The commercial aircraft leasing market has a new entity from today with the launch of Falko, the new aircraft asset manager born out of the aircraft leasing business of BAE Systems.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has reaffirmed its commitment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the launch of a fourth destination in the country – four-flights-a-week to the holy city of Medina.
Airports & Networks

IATA's new environment committee head has been named as Etihad Airways' environmental affairs chief, Linden Coppell
Maintenance & Training

A Turkish air force pilot won the top flying award at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford in the UK.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways flight EY450 took off for Sydney yesterday and by doing so took part in an initiative intended to revolutionise the aviation industry.
Airports & Networks

The UAE's civil aviation authority the GCAA is preparing the mechanism to begin imposing a security tax on passengers using the country's airports
Airports & Networks

BAE Systems has appointed Ben Bridge, as Regional Vice President, operating out of Abu Dhabi. He returns to BAE Systems from two years as International Business Development Director at Detica, BAE Systems' security business.
Defense

The conversion of a new Airbus A300-600 regional freighter, purchased by Maximus Air Cargo at the start of this year, and part of a $100m expansion programme, is on schedule for its mid-summer entry into the company's fleet.
Air Transport

Lufthansa has launched the world's first ever daily commercial passenger flights using biofuel.
Emerging Technologies

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) said today that the Al Ain Aerobatic Show will next year be held over the December UAE National Day weekend – moving from its traditional January schedule.
Aerospace