Fresh off completing the sale of six A-29 Super Tucano to Lebanon, Embraer and its partner Sierra Nevada seek to expand the aircraft’s inroads in the Middle East and Africa with its first-ever Dubai Airshow display of the light attack aircraft.
After years of searching for a foothold on the Indian sub-continent, ExecuJet Middle East has partnered with an as yet unnamed Indian partner to operate a fixed-base and maintenance operation at New Delhi International Airport.
Business jet operator GainJet Aviation of Athens last month added a Challenger 604 and a Gulfstream 650 to its managed fleet of business jets, and is expecting two more aircraft by the end of the year, according to CEO Capt. Ramsey Shaban.
Falcon Aviation Services, a corporate jet and helicopter service provider, is now offering offshore transportation to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., from its base at Al Bateen Executive Airport, the region’s only dedicated business aviation airport.
A team of three PhD students from the Sharjah campus of Khalifa University may have found a method of solving a perennial problem for the region's aviation industry. And in the process, they could also have identified a new application for unmanned aircraft.
The restructuring earlier this year of one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations, Ameco Beijing, will increase its competitiveness at home and overseas, and bring new capabilities to its customers.
Russia’s government arms trade agency Rosoboronexport is restoring ties with Iran, continuing deliveries to Syria and otherwise planning to boost sales to the Middle East region.
Northstar Aviation, the UAE-based company which has developed a bespoke armed version of the Bell 407 light helicopter, is in negotiations with several Middle Eastern states for more sales of the aircraft.
In 2008, the sale of U.S. precision-guided weapons to Saudi Arabia was controversial in Congress. But the sale of all kinds of weapons to the oil-rich kingdom has picked up, particularly since 2010.
With 350 orders in the bag, Bell Helicopter Textron (Chalet A434) is considering an early ramp up in production of the new generation Model 505 JetRanger X.
The Middle East Business Aviation Association does much more than hold a conference and show in Dubai every two years. It is working hard to develop business aviation across the region, and can point to meaningful results.
Embraer is hoping to win its first order from the Middle East for its next-generation E-Jet E2 as the prototype regional airliner comes together at its headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Gama Aviation’s Sharjah fixed base operation has tightened up its business aviation ground-based costs and can now offer services 20% below the regional market average, says Gama Managing Director for MENA Martin Ringrose.
This year’s Dubai Airshow is going to be bigger, better and more varied than anything that has gone before, says Michele van Akelijen, managing director of show organizers F&E Aerospace.
Athens-based VIP charter operator GainJet Aviation is fitting a state-of-the-art quick-change auxiliary fuel tank system to its Boeing 737-400 Classic and hopes to fly it here to the Dubai Airshow.
Satair Group is expanding its 3,700-square-meter facility in Dubai by 800 square meters to increase capacity to support aircraft operators in the region.
Lockheed Martin could offer Turkey’s Stand-Off Missile as a weapon for U.S. Air Force and Navy F-35s, after signing a deal with a Turkish manufacturer to develop the weapon.
Emirates wants more airline operational data for the Airbus A350 before making a decision about an order for the type, or for more Boeing 787s, the airline's President Tim Clark said at the Dubai Air Show.
