Flydubai announced yesterday that it is investing $20 million (Dh73 million) in developing in-house aircraft maintenance capabilities for its growing fleet of 16 Boeing 737-800NG aircraft.

Authentic spares for Russian helicopters MI 8/MI-17 will now be easily available in the Middle East after Aviahelp Asia announced today it is opening a sales office and warehouse in Sharjah, UAE.

America and the European Union have officially concluded a long-awaited bilateral aviation safety agreement (BASA) designed to make government oversight of aviation more efficient and to pave the way for future regulatory cooperation.

In a special ceremony held at the Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa in Muscat today, Oman Air and CFM International celebrated 10 years of cooperation and together marked the achievement of 500,000 engine flight hours on the airline's fleet of CFM56-7B engines.

Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly on the first PurePower PW1217G engine to test for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft.

Lufthansa Technik reported its annual financial performance saying it ended fiscal year 2010 with a slight increase in revenue in a market in which demand is now also rising.

Best selling author on maintenance issues, Joel Levitt, was the special guest at an in-house training day at Jordan Aviation

ExecuJet Middle East has announced that their Embraer Legacy Authorised Service Centre agreement has been extended for their base maintenance capability in Dubai.