The biggest budget carrier in the Middle East, Air Arabia, may open its new hub in Alexandria as early as this month , a move experts say could eventually drive down prices across the country, and revitalize the airline business in Egypt's second largest city.
Qatar Airways has embarked on the second leg of its 2010 expansion programme with the launch of flights to Denmark and further strengthening of its operations in Scandinavia.
Gulf Air confirmed the report in last week's Arabian Aerospace radio that the airline will be launching services two new destinations, Alexandria and Aleppo, from June 2010.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that February 2010 international scheduled air traffic showed continued strengthening of demand. Compared to February 2009, passenger demand was up 9.5% and cargo demand grew 26.5%, with the strongest gains - in any region - posted by carriers in the Middle East.
According to an article by EADS CEO Louis Gallois - published today on Emirates Business 24/7 - the Middle East has become a key market for EADS, generating nearly 9% of the group's €42.8 billion (Dh211.83bn) revenues during 2009.
SELEX Galileo – part of the Finmeccanica group, has launched a new wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to its business activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Qatar Airways today announced that it will begin daily flights to Brazil and Argentina from June 24, marking the airline's first operations to South America.
Etihad Holidays has launched three new brochures for 2010, promoting holiday destinations to Abu Dhabi and across the UAE, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.
Etihad Airways has commenced non-stop flights from its home base in Abu Dhabi to Tokyo, becoming the first Middle Eastern airline to operate to the Japanese capital.
Qatar Airways is meeting with Airbus to look at cargo conversions of its A330-200s as the carrier looks to redeploy its older passenger widebodies to its freight division. Qatar chief executive Akhbar Al Baker has plans to locate a conversion centre at the carrier's Doha base.
Space tourism in the Middle East came a step closer this week after Virgin Galactic's successful test flight of its new spaceship over the Mojave desert in California.
The heads of the world's regional airline associations today issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to the industry-wide global sectoral approach to aviation and climate change.
Independent complete aircraft support specialist, A J Walter Aviation, launched its 2010 MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management bursary award in association with City University London at MRO Africa in Algiers today.
Hochtief Facility Management Bahrain has taken over the facility management of Bahrain International Airport in partnership with Bahrain Airport Company (BAC).
Dubai-headquartered JetEx Flight Support was today enjoying the thanks of world record breakers for enabling them to set a new mark for circumnavigation of the globe.
Universal Aviation in Shannon's clients can now preclear all U.S. Customs and Immigration, proceeding directly to a growing list of approximately 200 airports within the U.S.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released its monthly traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which shows strong passenger and cargo growth for February 2010, over the same month last year.
The countdown to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Middle East region's pioneering airline, begins today as it turns sixty on 24 March 2010 while looking ahead to the next sixty years and beyond.
Aviation today touches nearly every aspect of our lives, and its success will, to a degree, shape our society and the world economy over the next century. Business aviation is an integral component to this growth and it unleashes the value of mobility to the fullest extent.
