Etihad Airways Engineering, the host sponsor of MRO Network's upcoming Airline Engineering & Maintenance: Middle East conference will be a holding a tour of their state of the art facility, exclusively available to conference delegates.

Emirates today announced its largest ever order with Rolls-Royce, worth $9.2bn, for Trent 900 engines and TotalCare service support to power 50 Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft that will enter service from 2016.

Sharjah's ACCL Airmotive Services has given the first of two PW4000 engines to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco Beijing), for overhaul.

Engine leasing specialist Sanad Aero Solutions (Sanad), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, has increased its financings to US$600 million, in a club deal that further expands the company's spare engine and component product offering.

Etihad Airways has signed a 10-year contract with Paris headquartered OEMServices, a joint venture of Diehl Aerospace, Liebherr Aerospace, Thales and Zodiac Aerospace, for the supply of component pool and repair services for its growing A380 fleet.

Two major new engine MRO facilities could open in the Middle East in the coming decade to service a predicted “huge regional demand” a conference in Abu Dhabi has heard.

Joint ventures and mergers will define the Middle East's MRO landscape over the next decade as the region produces increased demand which could only be hampered by a lack of an ample skilled workforce, a conference in Abu Dhabi has heard.

As part of its strategy to continue developing strong customer relationships with major airline and MRO customers throughout the Middle East, component service provider Avtrade, has today announced the appointment of Patrick Armstrong as Regional Sales Executive.