When flynas and Turkish Airlines announced a codeshare on 28 July, the release talked about connectivity and Saudi Vision 2030 and said little else. The routes tell a more specific
almatar, the Riyadh-born online travel agency, has expanded its use of Sabre’s Mosaic platform a year into a renewed partnership, according to a Sabre release issued on 6 October, highlighting
The February 2026 strikes on Gulf airports created an immediate operational crisis. Hubs closed. Aircraft were grounded. Thousands of flights were cancelled. Six months later, the deeper problem is still
The 60 day ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired on August 16 with no extension agreed, and both sides remain at an impasse over control of the Strait
Emirates, Etihad, flydubai and Air Arabia are running four different distribution strategies out of the same airport system. The gaps between them say more about where this industry is headed
Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation closed the Kuwait Flight Information Region to overflights on July 18, following missile and drone attacks linked to renewed Iranian strikes on the country.
Average business airfares across the Middle East and North Africa climbed from $389 in January to $567 in June, a swing of nearly 46 percent inside two quarters, according to
The default framing in global distribution conversations treats emerging markets as a single lagging category, somewhere behind North America and Europe on a shared timeline, waiting to catch up. That
Egypt has spent the first half of 2026 accumulating distribution news the way few North African markets have. A flag carrier deployment that leapfrogged the region on NDC sophistication. A
There is no single “Africa is behind” or “MENA is ahead” story. Both regions contain markets moving at radically different speeds. There are multiple regional stories, and the closer you
