Middle East & North Africa

Middle East Airlines (MEA), the national carrier of Lebanon, is to become part of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Air Transport

Jordan Airline Training and Simulation (JATS) has stepped up its simulator services with the introduction of Embraer 170/190 and Boeing 737 and 767 simulators.
Maintenance & Training

Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering (EM&E) and Alitalia have signed a mutual agreement for Alitalia B777-200ER maintenance check and Egypt A320 landing gear overhaul
MRO

Saudi Arabia's National Air Services Company (NAS Holdings), the owners of budget carrier nasair and the Netjets Middle East operations through nasjets is to launch a new business in the air transport field - “NAS Charter Services .
Aerospace

Turkish ground handling company Celebi is in talks to acquire a 49% stake in Dusseldorf International Airport's operator Flughafen Dusseldorf.
Airports & Networks

The UAE's air traffic movements broke all previous records in 2010 according to figures released by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Airports & Networks

Aircraft of the future can be powered by biofuels farmed using seawater from Abu Dhabi's arid and saline rich coastline according to new research from the partnership set up last year between the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad, Boeing and Honeywell.
Emerging Technologies

Saudi authorities have said that the issue of tourist visas to foreigners has been temporarily stopped “to achieve larger interests,” Arab News has reported. The move throws into question a recent boom in flights to the Kingdom and a perceived opening up of the Kingdom to international tourists.
Airports & Networks

CANSO, the global voice of air traffic management (ATM) issued its 'UAE Declaration', a statement announcing plans to undertake a Joint Middle East Airspace Study and develop a coordinated approach to optimising the region's airspace structure - at the organisations conference in Abu Dhabi yesterday
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Q8Aviation has signed a major Services Agreement with National Oil Ethiopia (NOC), further strengthening the Kuwait Petroleum Company's (KPC) subsidiary presence in Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Boeing announced today that it completed full scale static testing of the P-8A Poseidon's airframe on Jan. 7. The series of tests, which began in May 2009, confirmed the airframe's structural integrity.
Defense

Gulf Air has added Addis Ababa to its growing network with the launch of non-stop scheduled flights to the Ethiopian capital.
Airports & Networks

Hawker Beechcraft is targeting special mission applications to drive its growth in the Middle East market, the company said today.
Defense

Emirates is set to add a new European country when the Dubai-based international airline launches non-stop, daily flights to Copenhagen in Denmark on 1st August.
Airports & Networks

VistaJet, a provider of luxury private aviation services, has announced an agreement with Harvey Nichols, the globally renowned retailer, to supply all on-board standard catering snacks across the company's fleet of aircraft.
Business Aviation

Flydubai operated its second inaugural flight in two days yesterday when flight FZ857 landed in the Saudi Arabian city of Gassim.
Airports & Networks

Major FBO operator and flight support business, Signature Flight Support has promoted Joe Gibney to vice president and managing director of its Europe Middle East and African activities.
Maintenance & Training

UAE cargo operator Maximus Air Cargo has today announced a significant expansion to its fleet.
Air Transport

The UAE's major defence MRO provider has a new key shareholder.
MRO

Boeing has confirmed that the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner will now take place in the third quarter of this year.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways today announced capacity increases to an array of destinations across its global network to be phased in from March 1.
Airports & Networks

Bahrain is to get a new state-of-the-art FBO for general and business aviation which the country's airport operating company says will be one of the largest in the MENA region.
MRO

Budapest Airport welcomed its first Middle Eastern scheduled carrier this week.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jet has appointed Qurum Business Group (QBG) as the Oman General Sales Agent (GSA) for all its private charter and medical evacuation services.
Business Aviation

Airbus has increased the average list price of its aircraft by 4.4 per cent. The increment applies for all new aircraft from the beginning of January 2011, apart from the A380, for which the increase is 8.4 per cent.
Aerospace