Magazine Issue

Arabian Aerospace: May - July 2023

VOL. 15 NO. 2 May 09, 2023
Arabian Aerospace: May - July 2023

The UAE declared 2023 as the year of sustainability to enhance the nation's efforts in leading the climate action in the aviation sector - see how the region is firmly on board.

Read how Gulf Air has made changes to collect a 'world-best' award.

All sectors' news can be reviewed.

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Can Bahrain plug its pilot gap?

Jul 14, 2023
Alan Warnes looks at Bahrain’s military training needs and asks whether a new approach is needed.
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Dubai's vertical take-off with AAM

Jun 27, 2023
Dubai has taken another step in developing its aerospace ecosystem by creating the world’s first advanced air mobility integration centre.
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El-Khafif looks to engineer something special

Jun 23, 2023
EgyptAir M&E – the MRO arm of the country’s flag-carrier – is planning for expansion.
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Emirates' SAF demo flight a first for the Middle East

Jun 28, 2023
In late January, Emirates successfully completed the Middle East’s first demonstration flight using 100% SAF with a Boeing 777-300ER powered by GE90 engines.
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Home schooling the key to EFTA success

Jun 19, 2023
The Emirates Flight Training Academy recently achieved three huge milestone. Tom Westcott talked to its vice president, Captain Abdulla Al Hammadi.
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How the ‘grand old lady’ found love in the boutique

Jun 21, 2023
Gulf Air’s strategic plan to become a ‘boutique airline’ is firmly under way. The carrier’s chief executive, Waleed Al Alawi, talks about the changes that have seen it collect a ‘world-best’ award.
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Muted celebrations but Turkey powers on

Jun 16, 2023
The devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this year, leaving more than 50,000 people dead, had a major impact on planned celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of Turkish independence and they also affected a number of aerospace-related launches.
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On the trail of greener operations

Jul 12, 2023
Etihad Airways and UK aerospace company, Satavia, have signed a contract that aims to dramatically reduce atmosphere-warming contrails.
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ONDA way to FBO modernisation

Jun 12, 2023
Morocco’s business and private aviation sector has taken another a step forward with the opening of a fixed-base operation (FBO) at Dakhla Airport in Western Sahara.
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Planting the seed of our sustainable future

Jun 14, 2023
An unremarkable shrub with the ability to grow in salt water may hold the key to plentiful and affordable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – and researchers in Abu Dhabi are determined to prove it.
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Saudi switches on the remote control

Jul 03, 2023
A ‘virtual’ air traffic control tower in Saudi Arabia may be the first of many in the region.
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Spirit plays its part...

Jul 07, 2023
Aerostructures specialist, Spirit Aerosystems, is powering ahead with an increased range of components produced in its Casablanca, Morocco facility.
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Still sweet on 16

Jun 30, 2023
The Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) has become the first air arm in the world to receive a Block 70 production model of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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Welcome to the Jaz era

Jul 05, 2023
Record profits and passenger numbers – not to mention a new Saudi sister-company – are focusing attention on Kuwaiti low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways.
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Why P2F MROs are gaining more converts

Jul 10, 2023
Reports that the passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion market is overheating may be premature, an opinion that MROs are backing up with their actions.