Magazine Issue

Arabian Aerospace: November 2022 - January 2023

VOL. 14 NO. 4 November 04, 2022
Arabian Aerospace: November 2022 - January 2023

The world will be watching avidly as Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup providing carriers and airports around the region to showcase their service standards and facilities. Other events to review are the Bahrain International Airshow and MEBAA Show.

Our cover story features Turkey’s incredibly successful low-cost carrier, Pegasus.

All sectors news can be reviewed.

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AviLease flags up Saudi ambitions

Jan 05, 2023
The launch of Saudi Arabia’s AviLease in July 2022 signalled another significant move by the kingdom as it gears up its air transport sector to drive traffic in support of the ‘vision 2030’ strategy.
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Be prepared to weather the storms

Dec 09, 2022
From flooding to sandstorms and wildfires, extreme weather events linked to climate change are affecting airline operations with increasing frequency, disrupting schedules and reducing the performance of aircraft and engines. Tom Batchelor reports.
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Business aviation is growing – but it’s also under attack

Dec 07, 2022
The last two years have been very successful for business aviation worldwide, and particularly the Middle East.
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CAR pool

Jan 27, 2023
A Tunisian helicopter unit has been operating for a year in the Central African Republic under the banner of the United Nations multidimensional integrated stabilization mission in the CAR (MINUSCA).
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Could Embraer’s C-390 be Saudi’s transporter of delight?

Dec 02, 2022
What chance does Embraer’s C-390 tactical transport have of replacing at least part of Saudi Arabia’s large, but ageing fleet of C-130 Hercules?
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Egypt grows its modern family

Jan 18, 2023
Egypt is continuing a major modernisation of its armed forces – and especially the air force. This has, in recent years, discarded its last F-4E Phantoms, Dassault Mirage 5s, and Chinese built F-7 ‘Fishbeds’, and is replacing them with more modern fighter types.
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Hope's Mars discovery is blowing in the wind

Dec 19, 2022
The UAE’s Hope Mars mission has discovered an interesting new type of aurora around the Red Planet.
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Lightweights add a heavy punch to north African air arms

Jan 09, 2023
Libya has reportedly ordered an undisclosed number of Hürkus-C turboprops from Turkish Aerospace (TAI), with Major General Muhammad Gojil, the Libyan Air Force chief of staff, signing a formal agreement.
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MEBAA blazes a trail for business aviation

Nov 30, 2022
Since the pandemic, the Gulf region has been at the forefront of advances in business aviation. Now, the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA Show) will demonstrate why.
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MENA sits comfortably with Martin-Baker

Jan 02, 2023
Ejection seat designer and manufacture, Martin-Baker, has recently been busy visiting various customers across the MENA region qualifying the new US18E ejection seat for the export versions of the Lockheed Martin F-16.
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Opportunity knocks in the Algerian sky

Jan 11, 2023
Now that Algeria has lifted health restrictions following the Covid-19 pandemic, it has allowed the country to increase flight numbers, opening up great prospects.
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Pegasus spreads its wings

Dec 05, 2022
In April, Güliz Öztürk became a member of a very select group of female airline CEOs. As she steers Turkish low-cost carrier, Pegasus Airlines, through the bumpy exit from the pandemic.
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Return of the Superjumbo?

Dec 28, 2022
As the aviation sector rebounds strongly from the pandemic, will the much-maligned Airbus A380 ‘Superjumbo’ make a comeback?
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Saudi boosts modification alliance

Dec 13, 2022
As demand for aircraft modifications and cabin refits builds, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance (IAMA) has expanded its membership and geographical footprint into Saudi Arabia.
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Shortage means fight for pilots will hot up

Jan 20, 2023
The saying goes that an airline is either short of aircraft or short of pilots – but, as Tom Batchelor reports, supply chain bottlenecks, an unexpectedly rapid recovery in post-Covid domestic and international air travel, and a tight labour market risk leaving operators in need of both.
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Spinning the web all around the globe

Jan 25, 2023
OneWeb’s in-flight connectivity solution – claimed to be a “watershed moment” by the company – is on track for service introduction in mid-2024.
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TAI order book is on the ATAK

Dec 21, 2022
Turkey’s ATAK attack helicopter is enjoying something of a resurgence in popularity.
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Turkey powers on with ambitious schedule for new stealth fighter

Dec 15, 2022
Turkish Aerospace is working to an ambitious timetable on its national combat aircraft – the Milli Muharip Uçak (MMU) programme.
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WORLD CUP: Building a defensive wall against the rogue drones

Nov 17, 2022
Qatar is working with the US Department of Homeland Security to throw a security blanket around the FIFA World Cup.
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WORLD CUP: Super Typhoons on the team

Nov 15, 2022
The new Eurofighter Typhoons of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) No7 Squadron will provide round-the-clock air defence cover for the 2022 FIFA World Cup this winter.
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WORLD CUP: Transfer window

Nov 14, 2022
The Middle East’s airlines have one goal as they gear up for a huge sporting event in Qatar.