Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways has appointed Magdi Labib as Country Manager for Egypt, with responsibility for Etihad commercial operations throughout the country.
Maintenance & Training

Safi Airways, Afghanistan's leading international airline, today announced the appointment of a new senior management team.
Maintenance & Training

Fokker Services, in collaboration with flight operations software and services provider Navtech, has today introduced commercial aviation's first affordable hardware and mounting solution for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) technology designed for the Apple iPad.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Global component service provider Avtrade, which has offices in Dubai and has partnered with Arabian Jets in Saudi Arabia, has restructured its management team
Maintenance & Training

EMS Aviation, a division of mobile connectivity firm EMS Technologies has today introduced the Aspire Portable AirMail System - an easily transportable system for operators to add email connectivity via an Iridum antenna
Interiors & Connectivity

Turkish Technic, has signed two C Check maintenance services agreements for one base maintenance C check on Airbus A320-232 with Kogalymavia (Kolavia) Airlines and for one base maintenance C check on Airbus A320 for Spanish airline Spanair.
MRO

Etihad Airways has designated 2011 as “the year of Abu Dhabi” with the launch of its “essential abu dhabi” destination marketing campaign. Designed to enhance Abu Dhabi's place as a top tourist and MICE destination, the campaign will see Etihad unveil a number of exciting promotional activities across the globe.
Aerospace

Morocco is preparing to welcome the first of its 24 T-6C training aircraft to its Marrakesh training base.
Defense

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