Qatar Executive – the Qatar Airways' business jet arm – has strengthened its position as a leader in maintenance services for Bombardier aircraft in the Middle East thanks to two new maintenance approvals.

The winners of the Aircraft Technology Engineering and Maintenance (ATE&M) Awards 2014 were announced at a gala ceremony at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington last week.

Strata Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, has delivered its first advanced composite parts to Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Turkish Technic and Air Arabia signed a component support contract .

Emirates airline signed a 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its new GE9X engines that will power its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft.

Oman Air has signed a new deal with JorAMCo to provide the Omani national carrier with base maintenance services for two Embraer 175 and three Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet.

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), a subcontractor to Bombardier, has delivered its First C Series Fixed Trailing Edge (FTE) to Bombardier at a ceremony held at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey, on August 19, 2014.

Dubai Aerospace's MRO business, StandardAero has seen its European Service Center (ESC), located in Tilburg, Netherlands, approved by Rolls-Royce to become a T56/501D Branch Location under the company's Authorised Maintenance Center (AMC) Agreement.