Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways ranks among the most on-time airlines in the Middle East and one of the most punctual carriers worldwide.
Air Transport

flynas has reported a revenues surge of 46% for the first half of 2023 compared to the same period of the last year.
Airports & Networks

Honeywell is launching a new KX 200 navigation and communications system designed to meet the needs of pilots operating next-generation cockpits.
Emerging Technologies

Saudia is providing over 7.4 million seats for domestic and international routes during July and August, a 10 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022.
Air Transport

Etihad Engineering has completed a six-year heavy maintenance check on the first in a series of Airbus A380 aircraft.
MRO

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has launched its latest route to Erbil, the ancient capital city of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
Airports & Networks

Emirates is taking the first steps in an innovative initiative of meal pre-ordering.
Emerging Technologies

Qatar Airways has begun its new direct service from Doha, Qatar to Toulouse, France.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways Cargo and disaster response non-profit Airlink have teamed up to coordinate shipments to several disaster-stricken countries.
Air Transport

The inaugural World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-21 September 2023.
Aerospace

Emirates has officially been signed on as the Main Sponsor and Official Airline of the King Salman Club Cup 2023.
Air Transport

Oman Air has entered a new sponsorship deal with Chelsea FC that will see Oman Air become the club’s global airline partner for the next three years.
Air Transport

Jazeera Airways will increase the number of flights to the popular destinations of Sarajevo, Tbilisi, Baku and Colombo.
Air Transport

Emirates is celebrating 30 years of operations to Muscat, Oman.
Air Transport

IATA and Atkins have created a suite of digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon associated with the construction of terminal buildings and aviation assets.
Airports & Networks

Güliz Öztürk, CEO of Pegasus Airlines, received the Executive Leadership: Europe award at the Airline Strategy Awards.
Maintenance & Training

Bader bin Saleh Alsagri, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative at ICAO has been named as the new Chair of the UN organisation’s aviation security committee
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Alan Warnes looks at Bahrain’s military training needs and asks whether a new approach is needed.
Defense

On an average week, over 50,000 travellers connect to their destination of choice on codeshare or interline flights operated by Emirates’ and its partners.
Air Transport

Egypt’s national carrier Air Cairo has appointed TripAdmit to drive sales of tours and activities with the flagship airline.
Airports & Networks

Jazeera Airways has launched its first sustainability report, “Flying Green – a Step towards Sustainable Aviation."
Air Transport

Diamond Aircraft has delivered its first DA62 MPP to Qatar’s Centre for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)
Aerospace

A new flight experience is – based on vital training techniques – is about to be offered in the UAE.
Aerospace

Emirates has partnered with Extime in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, to offer premium travellers a new exclusively dedicated lounge space in Terminal 1.
Airports & Networks

Iraq is said to have concluded a deal to purchase 12 JF-17 combat aircraft from Pakistan.
Defense