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Hungary-headquartered and low cost airline Wizz Air has revealed plans for expansion opportunities in Saudi Arabia, Zawya reports. The airline, the media notes, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Future Aviation Forum to explore airline market development Read more
The Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al Sisi has authorized the ministry of Finance to provide a financial support worth about $3118 million for the national carrier, EgyptAir, to be used by the airline to fulfil external and internal financial obligations, Arab Read more
Abu-Dhabi-based budget airline Air Arabia has said market condition will determine its official launch expected in the second quarter (Q2) of this year while ruling out delay. “There are no plans to delay or postpone,” the spokesman for Air Arabia Read more
Officials of Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority are mulling plans to look up to Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet as the Iranian carriers seek to buy up to 500 aircraft to upgrade their ageing fleets. Ali Abedzadeh, head of the Civil Aviation Organization, Read more
A light aircraft belonging to the kingdom’s wild life Authority crashed north of the country Tuesday killing all the people onboard. The crash, according to Aviation Investigations Bureau (AIB), took place in Tabuk region. The plane, a single-engine aircraft is Read more
The Jordanians will provide special English language training and technical aviation training for Iraqi Air Force technical personnel. This $370 million training, to be completed by August 2013, is funded by the Pentagon. This one-year training, to be carried out Read more
After Syria shot down a Turkish military jet which led to the deployment of massive military troops on both borders as questions of whether the jet was shot in the Syrian or international airspace remained a debate between them even Read more