American MRO provider Aviation Technical Services (ATS) has been awarded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) certification.

Riyadh-based Alpha Star has signed a letter of intent with Sikorsky Aerospace Services to begin discussions to form a joint venture dedicated to providing comprehensive military and commercial aviation support and maintenance services in Saudi Arabia.

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air traffic movements in the UAE grew at a rate of 10.3% in January 2011 compared to the same month last year. The GCAA monthly report indicated that total air traffic movements in January 2011 were 57,227 with an average of 1846 air traffic movements per day.

Rolls-Royce has won a $2.2bn TotalCare long term services contract from Emirates, covering Trent engines for 70 Airbus A350XWB aircraft. The agreement will bring the airline's Rolls-Royce powered fleet of 128 aircraft, in service and on order, under TotalCare arrangements.

French high-tech specialist Sagem – a subsidiary of the Safran group- has signed an exclusive five-year contract with Emirates Airline, covering maintenance services for all Sagem equipment on the airline's fleet of 37 Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul jetliners.

Following last week's MRO Middle East conference in Dubai, Jordanian MRO specialist JorAMCo has been selected by Air Arabia for heavy maintenance services, to be provided nose to tail, on seven A320 aircraft.

MNG Technic the Turkish MRO provider has moved into a new larger hangar at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company, StandardAero announced today that it has signed an exclusive maintenance agreement with West Atlantic airline. This long-term contract covers over 80 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 and PW126A engines