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Zone: Middle East/Africa

Air Canada moves operations to Terminal 3 at DXB

Air Canada and Emirates reached a major customer service milestone in their strategic partnership with Air Canada moving its operations to Dubai International’s (DXB) flagship Terminal 3 from July 26. This move will significantly improve passenger experience transiting in Dubai between America on Air Canada and on Emirates between Middle…

NCAA initiates enquiry after reports of water-contaminated fuel in aircraft

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has started an investigation after receiving reports of significant quantities of water-contaminated fuel within an aircraft. The authority will investigate Nigeria’s airports and fuel suppliers to identify the root cause of the issue. NCAA has also alerted airlines operating flights to and from Nigeria…

Ethiopian inks TotalCare agreement with Rolls-Royce for Trent engines

Rolls-Royce and Ethiopian Airlines inked a TotalCare service agreement for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines that will power four new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. As a part of the agreement, Rolls-Royce will provide Ethiopian with known cost for the services and maintenance. TotalCare is designed to provide operational certainty for customers by…

Etihad Cargo expands partnership with SF Airlines

Etihad Airways has expanded its existing partnership with China’s SF Airlines to strengthen ties and further cooperation to increase cargo capacity between China and the rest of the world via Etihad hub in Abu Dhabi. The new agreement includes expanding cooperated flights to Ezhou Huahu Airport, China’s first cargo-focused airport,…

Astral Aviation partners with Airlink for disaster relief shipments

Astral Aviation has signed its first formal partnership agreement (MOU) with disaster response nonprofit Airlink. As a part of the agreement, Astral Aviation will transport 50 tons of humanitarian aid over the next year. Astral Aviation operates a network that connects East Africa to the Middle East, Asia, and Europe…

Riyadh Air orders 90 GEnx-1B engines for its new B787-9 Dreamliner fleet

Riyadh Air has signed a deal for 90 GEnx-1B engines to power its new fleet of 39 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The order also includes spare engines and a TrueChoice services agreement. Commenting on the purchase order, Tony Douglas, Chief Executive Officer of Riyadh Air said: “The agreement highlights our determination…

Airports in Saudi Arabia gear up for annual Hajj pilgrims

The airports in Saudi Arabia are currently gearing up for the arrival of annual Hajj pilgrimage. About six Saudi airports are expected to receive 1.7 million pilgrims during Hajj season, via 7,700 flights The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has upgraded its international airports, in cooperation with the…