Qatar Airways’ top executive said the Middle Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing’s forthcoming 777X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least 3 new routes to the United States in the next 12 to 18 months.

TAV Construction, one of the top three airport construction companies in the world, won the design and construction tender for the King Khaled Airport Terminal-5 in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh.

Low-cost carrier Air Arabia announced that the third Arab Aviation and Media Summit will held under the patronage of Maitha Al Mahrouqi, Undersecretary of Oman’s Ministry of Tourism on June 2 and 3 in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman.

State-run Kuwait Airways will spend KD850 million dinars ($2.98 billion) on 25 new Airbus jets and aims to lease a further 13 to upgrade its ageing fleet, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday.