Middle East & North Africa

Emirates Aviation University’s (EAU) has graduated 302 future aviators.

Saudi Arabia is on course to welcome an estimated 30 million overnight tourists this year, according to research conducted by Oxford Economics on behalf of ICAEW.

Turkish Airlines has launched its annual winter sales campaign in the Americas from January 17 to February 7, 2024.

Flydubai has inaugurated its operations to Mombasa in Kenya.

Serco Middle East has been accepted by the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) to become an authorised Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) training authority in Saudi Arabia.

Tom Batchelor discovers that Iraqi Airways is very firmly back in business.

Emirates is preparing to recruit 5,000 new cabin crew from around the world in 2024.

Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Medan touched down at Kualanamu International Airport on Monday, 15 January 2024.

Air Algérie and ATR have signed a Digital Maintenance Documentation package to strengthen the airline’s maintenance documentation system.

The role of women in the defence is changing across the Middle East as programmes, such as the World Defense Show’s International Women in Defense forum, show.

IATA has granted TUS Airways its first-ever IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) approval this month.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has revealed its operational results for 2023.

Sharjah Airport Authority has revealed its performance results for 2023.

Emirates and Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Azul) have launched a reciprocal loyalty programme offering.

Saudia has been ranked ninth among global airlines in the On-Time Performance for the year 2023, according to the annual report by aviation monitoring website Cirium.

Aside from the JF-17 fighter mooted for the past two years, Iraq is also looking wider afield.

Will there or won’t there be a downturn in the Boeing 737 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion business? It depends who you speak to.

ExecuJet MRO Services Middle East has completed heavy maintenance check on a Global 6000.

Aerogility has entered a five-year enterprise-wide contract with Rolls-Royce to supply its AI-based enterprise digital twin solution.

Saudia Hajj and Umrah, a subsidiary of Saudia Group, has obtained a license from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to serve 10,000 pilgrims.

The first military drills between Qatari Eurofighter Typhoons and Pakistani Chengdu J-10Cs have taken place.

Emirates has flown Real Madrid from Madrid to the Saudi capital Riyadh on a specially planned charter flight, ahead of the Spanish Super Cup match.

Jazeera Airways has inaugurated its new sales office in Riyadh.

AJW Capital, an aviation asset management company with offices in the Middle East, has appointed Erlendur Svavarsson as its chief executive Officer (CEO).

IATA has released data for November 2023 air travel performance indicating that air travel demand topped 99% of 2019 levels.