The Airline Economics Aviation 100 Awards run for 2023 kicked off in Dubai tonight with a celebration of the foremost aviation companies in the Middle East & Africa region, along with the annual Middle East & Africa and Islamic Finance Deals of the Year Awards. The awards celebrate all the top performers in the region as well as recognising the achievements of treasury, finance and legal teams in closing some of the most innovative and challenging aviation finance deals over the past 12 months. The awards ceremony, hosted by Airline Economics managing director Philip Tozer-Pennington, took place at the Ritz-Carlton