Middle East & North Africa

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today announced that Al Bateen Executive Airport saw significant growth in business aviation in its half year results, with almost 40 percent growth in private jet movements against the same period last year.
Business Aviation

Alafco announced a net profit of KD28.8m ($104.9m) for the first nine months of its current fiscal year that commenced on 1 October 2010 - a four fold increase compared to KD7.8m for the same period last year.
Aerospace

Bahrain Air - the Kingdom's second national carrier - has signed an agreement with Bahrain Financing Company (BFC) to allow customers to pay for their flights at any of BFC's 25 branches across Bahrain.
Aerospace

With a celebratory event at EADS modification centre EFW in Dresden, Germany, the first of two A300-600R converted freighters has been handed over to Sharjah based RUS Aviation in the cargo company's new livery.
Air Transport

Scheduled Airline is looking for A320 Captains - GCC - Assessments shall be held on the 18th & 19th of August with the location to be confirmed ASAP
Aerospace

Etihad Crystal Cargo yesterday launched its new Boeing 777 Freighter operations from Abu Dhabi to Hahn in Germany.
Air Transport

Scheduled Airline is looking for Embraer - EMB 170/190 Captains - Assessments shall be held on the 18th & 19th of August with the location to be confirmed ASAP
Aerospace

Bahrain carrier Gulf Air is reported to be the mystery airline that cancelled eight Boeing 787 Dreamliners last month
Air Transport

Just days after chief executive Robert Genise resigned from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Capital the leasing company has cancelled all of its outstanding Airbus orders.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabian Airlines had one of its planes flying from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah conduct an emergency landing at Chennai airport in India, after pilots reported smoke emanating from the cockpit.
Air Transport

Syria's official news agency, SANA has reported that its national airline, Syrian Arab Airlines, is to switch its attention east - and drop failing European routes.
Airports & Networks

Etihad is awaiting governmental approval to begin a new non-stop service from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai in china - the first link between the two cities.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian has signed an agreement with Spanish Aertec and local Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and Environment, on a joint venture for the design and supervision of the airline's new hangar, being built at Queen Alia International Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dubai Airports today announced that Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed its $7.8 billion airport and airspace expansion programme which will boost capacity at Dubai International from 60 million to 90 million passengers per year by 2018.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced plans to expand its network in China with daily non-stop, return services between Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air have signed a joint marketing agreement with Copenhagen Connected - Copenhagen's route development programme - to aggressively drive inbound tourism from the Middle East to Copenhagen through Gulf Air's Bahrain hub.
Airports & Networks

Hadid International Services has reinforced its leadership as the premier provider of flight support services across the Middle East and Africa with the opening of its new branch office in Niger, Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The International Quality & Productivity Centre (IQPC) has announced that the 3rd Annual Aviation Security conference will take place from 18–21 September in Dubai.
Aerospace

JETNET LLC - a provider of aviation market intelligence - has just launched its Q3 2011 JETNET iQ Global Business Aviation Survey in seven languages. The web-based, password-protected Q3 2011 Survey is available in English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Arabic versions.
Business Aviation

RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE, has partnered with Al Fardan Exchange, one of the leading names in the global remittance market, to offer customers a convenient and easy option to pay for their tickets.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways has held a workshop for the corporate travel trade to discuss product updates, showcase upcoming new routes and highlight popular summer tourist destinations.
Air Transport

Sabre Travel Network - a travel technology provider - and flydubai, have signed a multi-year global distribution agreement, providing the carrier access to more than 350,000 Sabre travel agency users around the world.
Emerging Technologies

Oman Air has honoured long-standing employees who have completed 15 years service with a special celebration.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) has been awarded a six-year contract to conduct Boeing 767 fleet airframe heavy maintenance for Thomas Cook Group's subsidiary Condor Flugdienst and Thomas Cook UK.
MRO

Gulf Air began its service to Nairobi with its inaugural flight taking off from Bahrain today at 11:40 hours from Bahrain International Airport.
Airports & Networks