Airlines across the Middle East and North Africa have put crisis management plans into place to deal with hundreds of flight cancellations as much of European airspace closed due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption
Middle East MRO giant Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) - a subsidiary of Mubadala has appointed a new chief executive to oversee the integration with SR Technics and help steer the company into Asian expansion.
The spat between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over landing rights at Cairo Airport is continuing even though Egypt's CAA said yesterday that it will not be dragged into a 'war of words'.
Students at the Qatar Leadership Academy (QLA) got to understand a lot more about the military when ex-fighter pilot, Craig Penrice, took them through their paces with a thrilling presentation about new generation combat aircraft, such as Eurofighter Typhoon.
Al Jaber Aviation, AJA, received its first 'all new' Lineage 1000 from the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The new Lineage 1000 will join its two sisters the Legacy 600 that were introduced by AJA in June 2009.
The Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis – INEGMA is to present the second edition of the Security Middle East Show – SMES that will take place between the 7th and 9th of April 2011 at Biel, Beirut.
Etihad Airways today reported 25.4 per cent growth in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) in the first quarter of 2010, far out-pacing the industry average and running ahead of the airline's available seat kilometres (ASKs) growth of 22 per cent.
Bahraini Gulf Air has rolled out another new service – a dedicated B2B (Business to Business) internet booking tool - for its corporate customers and travel agents as part of the airline's growing number of solutions offered to its corporate and trade partners.
Qatar Airways yesterday launched its latest daily flight to India when it introduced the first of the daily services to the southern Indian IT city of Bengaluru (Bangalore).
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways' board is intending to raise the share capital of the company by KD20 million ($69 million) through a share issue, according to Air Transport Intelligence.
Pegasus Airlines, Turkey's leading low-cost carrier is launching new direct flights from Birmingham in the UK to the Turkish holiday destination of Antalya on 2nd May 2010.
The 2009 customer satisfaction survey for Gulf Air has been made public today and has shown the airline's overall satisfaction ratings increase by 8% from 2008 and its cabin crew rated as excellent.
Egypt's civil aviation minister, Air Marshall Ahmed Shafik was full of praise for two of the Egypt Air business that have won international recognition.
The new pipeline to supply aviation fuel to New Doha International Airport from Mesaieed refinery will become operational by the end of this year according to Mohamed al-Sobai, vice-chairman and managing director of Qatar's Woqod .
The UAE's Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), signed an MOU in Montreal, Canada, under which the GCAA with the Academy of Technical Training (ATT) and the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), will offer training courses and grants to AFCAC countries over the next two years for “developing specialised human resources in the civil aviation field.
Oman Air has raised its authorised capital by 67%, to a total of RO500 million ($1.3 billion), and chief executive Peter Hill has warned that the airline faces another tough financial year.
