Middle East & North Africa

A Comoran investigator said today that the black boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean in June are damaged.
Air Transport

Honeywell announced that Tim Mahoney has been named President and CEO of its $11 billion Aerospace business, effective immediately. Mahoney will report to Honeywell's Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.
Maintenance & Training

Jazeera Airways has announced that it is adding two additional weekly flights to its schedule for the Kuwait-Jeddah route, following consistently high demand for the service.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways is offering premium class travellers a series of value-for-money return Business Class fares from Hong Kong to selected cities in Europe and the Middle East from as little as HK$10,890.
Air Transport

UAE national airline Etihad Airways, has launched flights from its home-base at Abu Dhabi to the American city of Chicago. Flight EY151 took-off on Wednesday 2nd September, landing 14 hours later at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
Air Transport

The United States Air Force (USAF) is crafting several options designed to meet an Iraqi request for Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter aircraft, according to a senior U.S. Air Force official.
Defense

Turkmenistan Airlines - Turkmenistan's national flag carrier - has confirmed an order for three 737-700s, worth approximately $192 million.
Air Transport

An Iranian aviation official on Wednesday dismissed the remarks by a Russian official about the cause of the crash of a Tupolev passenger plane near Tehran in July 2009 and similar incidents in the past, calling them "non-expert statements".
Air Transport

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) confirmed today tha it had funded the delivery of two new Boeing 737-800s (serial numbers 40233 and 40234) to flydubai Airlines to help the carrier's fleet expansion. Both planes were delivered in July.
Aerospace

Iran is due to build a new model of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by the end of September, a senior Iranian army commander announced on Sunday.
Defense

Flydubai added a second African destination to its network when flight FZ601 touched down at Djibouti Ambouli International Airport.
Air Transport

Travco Group, an Egyptian travel and tour operator with a strong presence in the UAE, will launch a new budget carrier soon, the company said in a statement.
Aerospace

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air flew its first flight to Baghdad yesterday. The flight marked the start of a new five-times a week service the carrier is operating to the Iraqi capital.
Air Transport

Kuwaiti premium service carrier Wataniya Airways has announced it will delay the launch of its daily flights to Jeddah until the end of October.
Air Transport

The management of Morocco's flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), and its pilots association has begun a new round of negotiations to settle the dispute that has cost the company millions of dollars, reports Morocco Business News.
Air Transport

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Scott Carson announced today that he will retire from the company at the end of the year.
Defense

Low-cost carrier Air Arabia has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), an internationally recognised evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates chief Tim Clark said Monday that he expects that the carrier's Airbus 380 flights will return to New York in the first six months of 2010, because passenger demand should be recovering by then, reported The Associated Press.
Airports & Networks

Sharjah-based no-frills carrier Air Arabia has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
Air Transport

Saudi budget carrier Nasair will add Sana'a, Yemen flights from tomorrow from its Jeddah hub.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways will increase its frequency on its Doha-Zurich week by an extra flight from October 25, bringing the total up to five flights per week.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways has appointed Lufthansa Technik to perform C4-Checks on its Airbus A320 Family and A330 aircraft in an agreement that covers 24 aircraft.
MRO

Etihad Airways has said it will open a new premium lounge at London Heathrow airport as part of the airline's flights moving from Terminal Three to Terminal Four on 30 September 2009.
Airports & Networks

Dubai's Empire Aviation Group, has become the first aircraft operator in the GCC to take delivery of the latest Hawker Beechcraft Corporation business jet - the Hawker 4000
Business Aviation

Etihad Airways has introduced its highly-anticipated new first class suite into service with the first flight running between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow yesterday on board the airline's latest Airbus A340-600.
Air Transport