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Aviation Business Middle East, part of ITP Media Group, is the leading publication and digital platform dedicated to the aviation industry in the MENA region.

 Dubai, UAE
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IndiGo has extended flight cancellations to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah until 14 November 2026 amid regional airspace restrictions. Read more here: zurl.co/gNoSd #Aviation #Travel #Saudi #India #Indigo
IndiGo Extends Suspensions To Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam And Madinah

IndiGo Extends Suspensions To Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam And Madinah

IndiGo has extended flight cancellations to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah until 14 November 2026 amid regional airspace restrictions

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Sharjah Airport plans to combine home check-in with its Al Diyafah premium service to simplify passenger formalities and baggage handling. Read more here: zurl.co/sAE1w #Aviation #Sharjah #Airport #Travel #Tourism
Sharjah Airport Plans Door-to-aircraft Passenger Service

Sharjah Airport Plans Door-to-aircraft Passenger Service

Sharjah Airport plans to combine home check-in with its Al Diyafah premium service to simplify passenger formalities and baggage handling

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Captain Jesper Horskjaer brings more than 22 years of aviation experience and 12,000 flight hours to RoyalJet’s flight operations leadership. Read more here: zurl.co/Q8lPq #Aviation #Business #Travel #UAE #AbuDhabi
RoyalJet Appoints New VP Of Flight Operations

RoyalJet Appoints New VP Of Flight Operations

Captain Jesper Horskjaer brings more than 22 years of aviation experience and 12,000 flight hours to RoyalJet’s flight operations leadership

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C-130 aircraft operated by the Dubai Royal Air Wing are carrying UNICEF winter blankets and other relief supplies towards Gaza. Read more here: zurl.co/5iOnC #Aviation #Dubai #Transport #Humanitarian #Gaza
Dubai Royal Air Wing Deploys C-130s For Gaza Relief

Dubai Royal Air Wing Deploys C-130s For Gaza Relief

C-130 aircraft operated by the Dubai Royal Air Wing are carrying UNICEF winter blankets and other relief supplies towards Gaza

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The UAE’s growing Antarctic research programme raises questions about transport access, aircraft capability and the potential for domestic polar aviation expertise. Read more here: zurl.co/PcewA #Aviation #UAE #Transport #Aircraft #C390
The UAE Has Reached Antarctica, But Can It Get There On Its Own?

The UAE Has Reached Antarctica, But Can It Get There On Its Own?

The UAE’s growing Antarctic research programme raises questions about transport access, aircraft capability and the potential for domestic polar aviation expertise

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Dubai-based airline flydubai is nearing completion of its 32,600sqm aircraft maintenance centre at Dubai South, with construction scheduled to finish by the end of 2026. Read more here: zurl.co/c0r2B #Aviation #MRO #flydubai #Airline #Engineering
Flydubai Targets Year-end Completion For $190m Maintenance Centre

Flydubai Targets Year-end Completion For $190m Maintenance Centre

The 32,600sqm facility at the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub is due to finish construction by year-end before commissioning begins

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The new four-times-weekly service uses Etihad’s Airbus A321LR, connecting Luxembourg with Abu Dhabi and onward destinations across the airline’s network. Read more here: zurl.co/Tc2QU #Aviation #Etihad #Airline #Travel #Luxembourg
Etihad Becomes First Middle Eastern Airline To Serve Luxembourg

Etihad Becomes First Middle Eastern Airline To Serve Luxembourg

The new four-times-weekly service uses Etihad’s Airbus A321LR, connecting Luxembourg with Abu Dhabi and onward destinations across the airline’s network

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DAE has completed a 10-aircraft sale-and-leaseback deal with United Airlines, bringing its leased fleet with the carrier to 26 aircraft. Read more here: zurl.co/e5x8S #Aviation #DAE #Airline #Boeing #OEM
DAE Delivers Final Boeing 737 MAX To United Airlines

DAE Delivers Final Boeing 737 MAX To United Airlines

DAE has completed a 10-aircraft sale-and-leaseback deal with United Airlines, bringing its leased fleet with the carrier to 26 aircraft

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The new service will use Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and connect Western Sydney with Doha, offering onward links across Qatar Airways’ global network. Read more here: zurl.co/1gbrk #Aviation #Airline #Qatar #Boeing #Travel
Qatar Airways To Launch Western Sydney Flights In 2027

Qatar Airways To Launch Western Sydney Flights In 2027

The new service will use Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and connect Western Sydney with Doha, offering onward links across Qatar Airways’ global network

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Passengers travelling between Dubai and Durban will have more flight options during the Christmas and New Year period, with extra services on selected dates. Read more here: zurl.co/RDnOk #Aviation #Travel #Dubai #UAE #Tourism
Emirates Boosts South Africa Capacity With 14 Extra Flights

Emirates Boosts South Africa Capacity With 14 Extra Flights

Passengers travelling between Dubai and Durban will have more flight options during the Christmas and New Year period, with extra services on selected dates

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Nominate your aviation leaders, teams and organisations for the Aviation Business Middle East Awards 2026 before the October 30 deadline. Read more here: zurl.co/9sr89 #Aviation #Travel #Awards #Nominate
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Turkish Airlines and CFM have agreed engine supply and service support for the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, alongside plans for a LEAP MRO facility in Türkiye. Read more here: zurl.co/6Z5tz #Aviation #MRO #LEAP #Airline #Engineering
Turkish Technic To Develop LEAP Engine MRO Capabilities

Turkish Technic To Develop LEAP Engine MRO Capabilities

Turkish Airlines and CFM have agreed engine supply and service support for the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, alongside plans for a LEAP MRO facility in Türkiye

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Logistics Leaders MENA 2026 returns to Dubai on November 19 to examine investment, infrastructure, AI and connectivity shaping regional logistics. Read more here: zurl.co/WYsMi #Aviation #Logistics #Cargo #Dubai #UAE
Logistics Leaders MENA 2026 To Bring Industry Leaders To Dubai

Logistics Leaders MENA 2026 To Bring Industry Leaders To Dubai

Logistics Leaders MENA 2026 returns to Dubai on November 19 to examine investment, infrastructure, AI and connectivity shaping regional logistics

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Airline executives discuss pilot screening and cockpit security after a flydubai co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain during a flight. Read more here: zurl.co/hHMVJ #Aviation #Airline #Security #Flydubai #Pilot
Flydubai Attack Exposes Limits Of Cockpit Security

Flydubai Attack Exposes Limits Of Cockpit Security

Airline executives discuss pilot screening and cockpit security after a flydubai co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain during a flight

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Lufthansa, IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air suspend Riyadh services after Houthi threats and a claimed missile attack on the Saudi capital’s airport. Read more here: zurl.co/UaNOp #Aviation #Lufthansa #Riyadh #Houthi #Travel
Airlines Suspend Saudi Capital Flights Amid Security Concerns

Airlines Suspend Saudi Capital Flights Amid Security Concerns

Lufthansa, IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air suspend Riyadh services after Houthi threats and a claimed missile attack on the Saudi capital’s airport

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Morocco and Harmattan AI have signed an agreement to develop IRIFI, a sovereign autonomous drone designed for missions of up to 2,000km. Read more here:zurl.co/MQWFz #Aviation #Defence #AAM #Drone #Morocco
Morocco Signs Deal For Autonomous 2,000km Strike Drone

Morocco Signs Deal For Autonomous 2,000km Strike Drone

Morocco and Harmattan AI have signed an agreement to develop IRIFI, a sovereign autonomous drone designed for missions of up to 2,000km

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Boeing and Airbus have been unable to meet their delivery dates, airlines are now looking inwards to meet market demand. Read more here: zurl.co/r82ej #Aviation #Airline #OEM #Aircraft #Retrofit
The Retrofit Relief Plugging Holes In Airline Capacity

The Retrofit Relief Plugging Holes In Airline Capacity

Boeing and Airbus have been unable to meet their delivery dates, airlines are now looking inwards to meet market demand

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ASEAN airports supported 23.3 million jobs and $244bn in GDP in 2025, but the region will need $341bn in airport investment through 2056. Read more here: zurl.co/hcjvB #Aviation #AEAN #Airport #Finance #Travel
ASEAN Airports Support $244bn In GDP And 23.3m Jobs

ASEAN Airports Support $244bn In GDP And 23.3m Jobs

ASEAN airports supported 23.3 million jobs and $244bn in GDP in 2025, but the region will need $341bn in airport investment through 2056

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With World Mental Health Day approaching, aviation breaks stigma, builds trust, and puts wellbeing at the heart of safety. Read more here: zurl.co/K21Oa #Aviation #WorldMentalHealthDay #Travel #Psychology #Career
OPINION: Debunking Aviation’s Culture Of Silence

OPINION: Debunking Aviation’s Culture Of Silence

With World Mental Health Day approaching, aviation breaks stigma, builds trust, and puts wellbeing at the heart of safety

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British Airways is undertaking a major A380 cabin retrofit, cutting total seats while expanding premium capacity across its 12-aircraft fleet. Read more here: zurl.co/IJCLB #Aviation #Travel #Airline #Luxury #BritishAirways
British Airways Undertakes One Of Aviation’s Biggest Retrofits

British Airways Undertakes One Of Aviation’s Biggest Retrofits

British Airways is undertaking a major A380 cabin retrofit, cutting total seats while expanding premium capacity across its 12-aircraft fleet

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