Turkish Technic and the Goodrich Corporation have finally completed the deal to form a joint venture company to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Istanbul.

ExecuJet Dubai has been awarded the Embraer Legacy maintenance approval from the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The European Union has banned most of Iran Air's jets from European airports, saying that the decision was based on safety concerns, and not because of UN sanctions against the country over its nuclear programme.

Jordanian carrier Royal Falcon has selected A J Walter Aviation to provide power-by-the-hour support for the first A319 of its planned A320 series fleet. AJW already provides A320 series PBH support to several carriers across the region and to over 120 aircraft globally.

Tarom, Romanian Air Transport has selected EgyptAir Maintenance to provide line maintenance for its fleet.

VIP Charter Operator, Royal Jet, based in Abu Dhabi, has awarded a new engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract to Snecma (Safran group) for its CFM56-7B engine fleet.

Turkish Technic and Wind Jet have signed an APS3200 APU repair services which covers one APU repair but is extendable to all APU's on the Wind Jet fleet.

Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering has announced it has been successful in contract bids with two new airlines Air Italy and UT-Air Ukraine.