Egypt’s advertising industry has overtaken the UAE’s as spending in the North African nation increased by 36 per cent in the first half of this year, the Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC) reports.

TURKISH Airlines (THY) president and CEO Dr Temil Kotil says that the airline has set itself a 10-year target to become as big as Germany’s Lufthansa, which is currently one of the largest carriers in the world.

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), announced today the start of its direct services from its latest hub in Alexandria, Egypt, to the UAE’s Capital Abu Dhabi.

As part of its endeavor to provide convenience and continuous connectivity to its passengers, Egypt Air, the flagship carrier of the Republic of Egypt, has joined STC's international roaming on board flights enabling passengers to use their mobile phones during air travel.

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry operating both the Galileo and Worldspan global distribution systems (GDS), today announces its investment in Bahrain, where it has established new Galileo operations to provide enhanced support to the local travel trade.