Jeppesen HAS introduced design enhancements to its industry-leading commercial airline overlay (CAO) chart library and has added 400 new airport/approach charts to the series for more than 70 global locations to benefit airlines operating worldwide.
Turkish Airlines (THY) has again selected the International Aero Engines AG V2500 SelectOne™ engine to power its A320 family aircraft. International Aero Engines (IAE) will deliver 10 engines in 2013.
Many international sources are warning that the Middle East is becoming a major source of cyber-crime. Egypt is one of the most phished countries in the world, followed closely by other countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar.
Kuwaiti low cost carrier Jazeera Airlways has continued to grow market share according to the latest report issued by Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Jordan Aviation has been recognised as a 'national carrier' of Jordan and will be looking at the bilaterals in order to begin scheduled flights around the Arab world and into Europe
Gatwick Airport is making a concerted effort to demonstrate its improved service quality and speed of process through the airport makes it attractive for point-to-point routes to London.
ExecuJet Middle East has added two additional large cabin aircraft to its regional fleet.The first is a 2008 Gulfstream G450 and the second a 2005 Falcon 900DX EASy. Both will be based in Dubai.
Qatar Airways Technical Division has once renewed its supplier approval of A J Walter Aviation (AJW), the integrated aviation spares support specialist.
Royal Jordanian and aviation IT specialist, SITA, today announced a major deal for a fully managed service for desktops, printers, servers and infrastructure to the airline's global network of 56 out-stations over five years.
A new initiative by Dubai-based Fly Aviation Services will see an African charity benefit every time a delegate at the EBACE show in Geneva visits the trip support provider at its stand
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to the UK and French Ministries of Defence for the design, development, production and support of a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
The latest model of the ATR regional turboprop – the ATR 72-600 – will be handed over to launch customer Royal Air Maroc at this year's Paris Air Show, but the European manufacturer is also looking at a growing potential for the type throughout the MENA region
RAK Airways chief executive Omar Jahameh defended the decision to suspend the Ras Al Khaimah airline's services in 2009 which he said enabled it to be in a position to relaunch last year – and now grow a new market segment.
With demand for global air travel to double again in the next ten years, airlines should stop squabbling and instead focus on meeting the challenge of that growth, said a senior Emirates executive at today's Aviation Outlook MENA conference in Dubai.
The number of passengers travelling through Beirut's Rafik Hariri International airport dropped by 9.4 percent since February of last year, an official survey on the airport's activity i has shown.
Gulf airlines could exhaust the supply of nationals for new pilots and would need to look at extending cadet schemes to international recruits, according to a training specialist.
