IAN GOOLD considers industry experience with the Airbus A380 as Singapore Airlines conducts the first two-year maintenance check, Emirates follows and Qantas marks 12 months of service with the quad-aisle quad-jet.

General Electric and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Company have lost no time in moving to implement the initial steps of the comprehensive maintenance, repair and overhaul agreement signed at the Paris Air Show.

Alan Peaford meets Bashir Abdul Hadi, CEO of Jordan's leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operator JorAMCo,and finds a man who has never been nervous of competition.

Jordanian MRO company, JorAMCo has won two major international contracts – further establishing the Amman based company's credentials as a serious maintenance contender in the rapidly expanding Middle East MRO market.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has selected Messier-Bugatti to supply wheels and carbon brakes for 70 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft to be delivered new from Boeing starting in 2010.

Pratt & Whitney and Saudi Arabian Airlines signed an agreement today expanding Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower engine wash service network to the MENA region

Rotocraft manufacturer and dealer, Russian Helicopters has held its first regional conference seeking to increase deliveries to the Middle East and ensuring reliable helicopter operations in the region.

Mubadala-owned MRO provider SR Technics is to build a maintenance facility in Malta and its first customer will be easyJet with which it has signed a $1.6 billion maintenance deal.