Sustainability

Etihad Airways' flight from Seattle to Abu Dhabi – the delivery flight of the airline's newest Boeing 777-300ER that arrived on January 24 – was the first in the Gulf to be operated using sustainable biofuel.

Etihad Airways' flight from Seattle to Abu Dhabi – the delivery flight of the airline's newest Boeing 777-300ER that arrived on 24 January – was the first in the Gulf to be operated using sustainable biofuel.

Gulf Technics (GT), the Bahrain MRO house has secured Islamic funding for its expansion into commonent support. The $25 milliom agreement with Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) and Al-Baraka Islamic Bank (AIB) was signed as the Bahrain Airshow came to an end.

Strata Manufacturing (Strata), Mubadala Aerospace's advanced composite aerostructures plant in Al Ain, has won a work package on the new Airbus A350 XWB; the first Airbus aircraft with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of advanced composite materials.

Airport developers are increasingly incorporating design strategies that are particularly effective in an arid climate. New airport projects emerging from the MENA region have been instrumental in identifying solutions associated with the challenges of desert architecture. Keith Mwanalushi reports.

Air France has begun flying its A380 on the Paris-Dubai route

European turboprop airframer ATR is exhibiting at the Dubai Airshow (stand: C400) in the wake of a record year for sales.

More than 100 aviation experts from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have gathered for two days of intense discussions in Jordan, to find new ways to improve the efficiency, safety and sustainability of air transport. The meeting comes as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed traffic figures showing a sharp fall in capacity growth from the Middle East carriers, reflecting the uncertain economic outlook.

IATA's new environment committee head has been named as Etihad Airways' environmental affairs chief, Linden Coppell

Lufthansa has launched the world's first ever daily commercial passenger flights using biofuel.

Gulf Air has today outlined its corporate social responsibility (CSR) plan and initiatives for 2011.

Vanderlande Industries kicked off the Airport Show in Dubai this morning with an environmental boost for the industry as it unveiled to the Middle East for the first time, its new, environment-friendly blueveyor conveyor system.

Boeing has partnered with the UAE charity Action Care to help young children in Kuwait, through its support of an Start Early programme.

Geoff Thomas gets under the skin of aircraft painting to understand coatings.

Claims that the decision on the UAE fighters may not yet be final have been given credence as UAE makes a closer look at Typhoon.

James Hogan, CEO, Etihad Airways, addressed the World Tourism Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland, this week on the subject of sustainable growth.

Commercial opportunities along with military and humanitarian demands driving the need for sustainable space and satellite programmes across the Middle East will be in focus at the Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF) 2011.

Two Emirati staff of Abu Dhabi airline Etihad are being sent out in the cold - but it is all in a good cause.

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

Etihad Airways has become a member of “Business in the Community” (BITC), an organisation that will support the implementation of the Abu Dhabi-based airline's sustainability strategy and provide access to best practice in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Aircraft of the future can be powered by biofuels farmed using seawater from Abu Dhabi's arid and saline rich coastline according to new research from the partnership set up last year between the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad, Boeing and Honeywell.

Lufthansa is launching the world's first ever scheduled commercial passenger flights using bio-fuel in the first half of 2011, with an IAE (International Aero Engines) powered Airbus A321 aircraft.

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air unveiled today a completely revamped compensation and benefits system for its staff.

Chinese and American investors have joined together to buy a majority shareholding in Turkish MRO provider My Technic.

The chance for leaders of some of the Gulf's major airlines to defend the region's carriers following the recent international row over alleged unfair competition, will rise e at the Doha Aviation Summit, which is being held from October 30th - November 1st, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Doha.