• King Abdulaziz International Airport top Saudi performer in November

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport, Abha International Airport, Al-Ahsa International Airport and Gurayat Airport are among the top performers on the General Authority of Civil Aviation's monthly performance reports of the Kingdom's airports in November. The airports are assessed according to...
  • Saudi civil aviation authority announces economic policy of sector

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced the economic policy of the civil aviation sector in the Kingdom and the adoption of three economic regulations for airports, ground services, air freight and air transport services, which came into force on Monday. The economic policy...
  • Kuwait and South Korea sign MoU to regulate airline operations

    Kuwait -- Kuwait's General Administration of Civil Aviation (GACA) and the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 28 to regulate air operations between the two countries and increase their cooperation in civil aviation. The MoU, which amends the agreement signed...
  • UAE’s GCAA signs agreement with ICAO to boost collaboration

    Montreal, Canada--The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has signed a joint cooperation agreement to deepen collaboration. The agreement was signed by Mohammed Abdullah Al-Salami, Chairman, Department of Civil Aviation, in Fujairah, GCAA Deputy Board Chairman, and Juan Carlos Salazar, ICAO Secretary General. This came...
  • Saudi authority signs aviation safety pact with British CAA

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has signed an agreement with the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the field of aviation safety, including upgrading the organizational systems for safety in aviation and improving the national safety program.The agreement was signed by GACA Executive Vice President...
  • Iraq and Qatar look to boost cooperation in aviation sector

    Iraq and Qatar are looking to enhance cooperation in the field of civil aviation, especially in technical, air transport, and aviation security.
  • Dust storm hits Iraq once again, grounding flights at airports

    Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common.
  • Qatar signs air services agreement with Jordan

    The agreement is said to have been formally signed in Qatar’s capital city Doha.
  • GACA and Oracle sign MoU to steer digital transformative initiative

    Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has signed an MoU with Oracle to develop and support a roadmap for digital acceleration using Oracle cloud services in GACA’s digital transformation initiative. The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the Global Tech Conference "LEAP" held in Riyadh. It includes...
  • ADQ taps Etihad for services

    The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
  • Deadline set for Iran reparations for downed Ukraine flight

    The Canada-led International Coordination and Response Group had repeatedly asked Iran to meet in November to negotiate redress, but got no reply.
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines the least complained about carrier in kingdom

    Saudi Arabian Airlines has been the least complained about airline in the kingdom during October 21, followed by Flyadeal. For every 100,000 passengers, Saudi Arabian Airlines received seven complaints and it had a complaint-processing rate of 82 percent. At 16 complaints per 100,000 passengers, Flyadeal came second. It had a...
  • UAE halts all flights to Kabul after Taliban takeover

    The United Arab Emirates has cancelled all flights to Afghanistan, after Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul was overrun by thousands of residents desperate to flee the capital.
  • Hoping to defy Covid-19 anxiety, Egypt to restart flights to Africa

    In a meeting with EgyptAir officials, the country’s civil aviation minister stressed for promoting the airline’s sales in light of the pandemic’s impact on global travel The airline, to begin with, will fly to destinations in Ghana and South Sudan, and then spread the network to other nations in the...