Middle East & North Africa

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

The consortium consisting of Oman Investment Corporation SAOC and Ultra Electronics Holdings plc from the UK, have won a RO127.5m ($331.6m) contract for the Muscat and Salalah Airport IT and Systems Integration project.
Airports & Networks

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

Oman Air has announced that it is the official carrier and diamond sponsor of this year's Salalah Tourism Festival. The festival, which runs throughout July, celebrates the unique history, culture and climate of Salalah, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman's most southerly Governorate of Dhofar.
Air Transport

Flydubai has added two new Russian destinations to its network with flights to Kazan and Ufa. The new routes bring flydubai's network to 43 destinations across the GCC, Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia and the fringes of Europe.
Airports & Networks

MENA Aerospace Enterprises has made a series of key management appointments in order to address an increase in business activity in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Maintenance & Training

Commercial Aviation is looking for a director of aircraft engineering services in the middle east
Aerospace

Al Ain-based composites aerostructures manufacturer Strata has said its first consignment of parts has been shipped to Airbus for its long-range A330/A340 aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Oman Air's new A330 Safety Training Simulator receives its final checks at Spatial Composites manufacturing plant in Dubai before setting out on its journey to Oman Air's new cabin crew training facility near Muscat International Airport.
Air Transport

Turkey's low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has added additional direct flights to its schedule for summer 2011 in between London Stansted and both Istanbul and North Cyprus starting Thursday 21 July until 6 September 2011.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi newspaper The National has reported today that Etihad boss James Hogan is in talks with the three global alliances with a view to taking the UAE national carrier into one of them.
Air Transport

The Australian Air Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report into an incident in which a trainee Emirates pilot lost consciousness during a solo flight for almost an hour. The aircraft continued on autopilot.
Maintenance & Training

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is forecasting major growth in the need for 30-120 seater aircraft in the Middle East over the next 20 years
Air Transport

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has said he is looking to increase its presence in Canada after launching flights to Montreal.
Air Transport

Gulf Air has started its services to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The inaugural flight took off from Bahrain International Airport on 1 July.
Air Transport

Emirates Airlines says it will slash fares to fill its 500-seat Airbus A380s and put pressure on Air France-KLM (AF) and British Airways.
Air Transport