Al Jaber (AJ) Aviation is to be the launch customer for Satcom1's Flight Billing solution for Inmarsat connectivity.

Air Arabia has selected Rockwell Collins's second-generation digital programmable audio video entertainment system (dPAVES) in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for 44 new Airbus A320 aircraft.

Raytheon has finished the installation and testing of its AutoTrac III (AT3) air traffic management (ATM) system at Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport.

Fresh from operations over Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Marine Corps Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey is making its regional airshow debut at Dubai.

Diamond Aircraft is showing the prototype of its new maritime surveillance aircraft at the Dubai Airshow.

CFM's new baby – the LEAP engine – has already racked-up orders and commitments for around 2,450 units to power Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX and COMAC C919 airliners at a list price of more than $29 billion.

A popular feature of each day's flying display is the appearance of the Chinese twin turboprop regional airliner, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) MA600.

Delays in the software development of the fly-by-wire systems for the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 will not delay the entry of the aircraft on to the market, according to Embraer's Claudio Camelier, vice president market and product strategy.