Middle East & North Africa

Jazeera Airways Group on Tuesday announced record profits for the first quarter and the third profitable quarter since the turnaround plan was introduced last year.
Aerospace

A J Walter Aviation has been entrusted to provide Global Jet FZCO with a wide range of integrated aircraft support services.
Business Aviation

Global Space and Satellite Forum(GSSF) in Abu Dhabi to host United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has announced its corporate jet division, Qatar Executive, will add three new Bombardier aircraft to its fleet starting from later this month.
Business Aviation

Qatar Airways plans a route network expansion beginning in November with the launch of flights to Uganda and Central Asia from its Doha hub.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has added more flights, additional seats and more convenient flight options to several key destinations, in addition to opening up three new destinations this summer.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has won four titles at the annual World Travel Awards ceremony for the Middle East, held last evening, including the coveted title as the Middle East's Leading Airline.
Aerospace

Oman Air has been named as the top on-time performer at London Heathrow Airport.
Air Transport

Royal Jet has recorded an unprecedented four consecutive years of recognition as the Middle East's Leading Private Jet Charter operator by the World Travel Awards.
Aerospace

Cessna chief, Jack Pelton has retired from the company after 11 years service during which time he led the company from near bankruptcy to record growth.
Maintenance & Training

Paul Griffiths, Dubai Airports' CEO, has predicted Dubai International will become the busiest airport in the world for international passenger traffic as early as 2015.
Airports & Networks

European freight airline CargoLux has confirmed that it is in talks with Doha-based airline, Qatar Airways to sell a 30% stake to the Gulf carrier.
Aerospace

Fokker Services and Lufthansa Technik have signed agreements for the support of Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier components. The agreements signed are valid for five years.
MRO

Gulf Air has appointed Karim Makhlouf as Chief Commercial Officer. He joined Gulf Air in October 2010 as Director Commercial Planning and was leading one of the airline's business-critical departments ensuring the company's business strategies are delivered.
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air has become the fifth major carrier in the Middle East to adopt SITA's software solution for fares management, Airfare Insight, in a seven-year contract announced today.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced scheduled international traffic results for March 2011 showing that year-on-year growth in passenger demand had slowed to 3.8% from the 5.8% recorded in February. Conversely, year-on-year growth in freight markets rebounded to 3.7% in March from the 1.8% recorded in February.
Air Transport

Head of Emirates Airline, Tim Clark, gave a keynote address atthe Arabian Travel Market today where he spoke about fuel prices among other challenges and opportunities for regional and global aviation.
Aerospace

Jazeera Airways has announced that it passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the airline industry's benchmark operational safety audit.
MRO

Oman Air will be resuming services between Salalah and Dubai from May 4th and between Muscat and Zanzibar from May 16th.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai and DNRD have joined forces to announce a partnership to provide a self-service facility for customers to book and purchase their flights in one transaction.
Air Transport

A private Aviation Company in Abu Dhabi are urgently seeking a Finance Manager with experience in managing the cost of aircraft maintenance with particular reference to airframe components.
Aerospace

Hawker Beechcraft is reporting signs of improvement.
Aerospace

Arinc has today launched an new cloud-based platform which will extend the common-use passenger processing service (CUPPS) for airports and airlines
Airports & Networks

Emirates, welcomed HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai to its iconic stand, known as the Emirates Globe, as the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) show opened today.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Atlasjet airline made its inaugural flight to Najaf today from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport
Airports & Networks