In an effort to increase efficiency and to provide better service to passengers, from today Oman Air is to close check-in counters an hour before the scheduled time of departure for all flights departing from Muscat.
Qatar Airways is reinforcing its green credentials and as part of its support of World Environment Day, the airline is sponsoring a photographic exhibition portraying the State of Qatar's unseen natural beauty. The three-day exhibition will be held at the Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall in Doha between 5-7 June.
The Middle East has a voracious appetite for helicopters. It is a hunger fuelled by the region's plentiful reserves of oil and a decade of rapid economic expansion. PAUL DERBY reports
The UAE's foreign minister has confirmed that the UAE and France are continuing negotiations on UAE's potential purchase of French Rafale fighter planes,
Fewer rescue missions were undertaken by the Air Wing of Dubai Police in the first five months of the current year as compared to the previous year according to the Dubai newspaper, Khaleej Times
Emirates airline has demanded a public apology from the European Commission over a report accusing the carrier of misleading passengers over website ticket prices.
Those hoping that Virgin Galactic will be utilising the Abu Dhabi spaceport for future space tourism were celebrating today as Virgin Galactic announced the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space.
Air Arabia Maroc, Morocco's new low-cost carrier (LCC) has commenced new services to Milan Bergamo Airport and flights to Lyon and Paris. Roundtrip flights to Milan will operate three times a week between Air Arabia's Maroc's hub in Mohamed V International Airport, Casablanca, and Bergamo International Airport, Milan.
Emirates airline has demanded a public apology from the European Commission over a report accusing the carrier of misleading passengers over ticket prices at its Web site.
The UK-based International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) has announced expansion of its aircraft asset management and risk advisory services which the organisation says will benefit operators in the Middle East.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international traffic data for April showing a 3.1% decline in passenger demand and a 21.7% fall in cargo demand compared to April 2008. The average passenger load factor was 74.4%.
Engine Alliance partners GE and Pratt & Whitney have concluded delivery of a spare "propulsor" to Airbus A380 operator Emirates according to flightglobal.com
Arabian Aircraft Service Company (Arabasco) has been appointed as an authorised service centre for Hawker Beechcraft and Honeywell in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Initially for the Hawker 800 series but the company has plans to add the 900XP in the "near future" and its associated Honeywell TFE 731 (-2 to -5 Series) and APU Line (GTCP36-6 Series) powerplant units.
A major restructuring of the way Libya carries out its aircraft handling and MRO services has been announced by the country's major operator - The Libyan African Aviation Holding Company (LAAHCO).
Egypt will move ahead with its $1.1 billion (6.3bn Egyptian pounds) expansion plan, despite the economic slowdown according to a government official reported the Khaleej Times.
Hainan Airlines' general sales agent for the Gulf Sharaf Travel has said the airline will launch its first direct flight from Dubai to Beijing from next Monday.
