Aerospace

Airbus is at a crossroads. It needs to address its major twin-aisle product line disadvantage to Boeing, while simultaneously implementing organizational reforms that could leave the company with less cash for new product development.

SMi have announced there will be a special keynote address from the South African National Defence Force on Day two of the MilSpace 2014 conference.

Bombardier Aerospace welcomed today Malawian Airlines of Lilongwe, Malawi, to its family of operators, following the airline's introduction to service of a Q400 NextGen turboprop last month.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the completion of a Turnkey contract Agreement for construction of its cargo terminal 2 and apron, with Unitechnik Systems GmbH of Germany, and Varnero Construction. The total cost of the Cargo Terminal project is 107 million EURO.

Emirates has raised the curtain on its latest sponsorship – Arab Idol, the reality show watched by Arab audiences all around the world.

AVIATION AFRICA 2015 is a 2-day Summit & Exhibition, which takes place 10-11 May 2015 in Dubai, UAE. NEXUS from Saudi Arabia and Wyvern Consulting from USA have joined up with this event to become main sponsors.

Etihad Airways is supporting a campaign to raise awareness of the polio virus and vaccination efforts in the Pakistani community.

Oman Air has won three categories of the 8th Oman Web Awards, which were presented at a glittering ceremony held at the Al Bustan Palace hotel in Muscat.

Etihad Airways' award winning loyalty program, Etihad Guest, has wonn the award for the Best Loyalty Credit Card for its Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) cobranded card (Middle East / Asia / Oceania Region) at this year's 'Freddie' Awards.

Palma Holding Limited (Palma) has signed a firm purchase agreement for four dual-class Q400 NextGen aircraft with Bombardier - with options on four more - which it will lease to Ethiopian Airlines.

The helicopter community in the Middle East and Africa is to get a single voice following the launch of MEAHA, the Middle East and Africa Helicopter Association.

Aviation and aerospace experts from the fast-growing BRICS countries will gather at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi next week, to share their experiences of supporting industrialisation, improving supply chain standards and creating value-added jobs for highly skilled individuals.

Two recent events epitomize radically diverging fates in the global defense industry. At the end of 2013, Singapore ordered Type 218SG submarines from German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for €1.6 billion ($2.2 billion). A month later, the French defense minister awarded a €1 billion contract for the modernization of Dassault's Rafale fighter aircraft (see photo). A good story for both companies? Not quite.

Arik Air, West and Central Africa's largest carrier has continued its rapid growth with the airline's latest passenger figures revealing an 18.6% rise over the same period the previous year.

South African Airways (SAA) has released its 2012/13 Annual Financial Statements showing a cost savings in excess of R1 billion and a 14% increase in total income.

With just three months to go until Africa's first ever dedicated Business Aviation exhibition, AfBAA Expo, taking place in Marrakech 23–26 April 2014, the organisers - the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) and IEC - have announced the participation of leading aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) alongside a number of business aviation services.

The inaugural World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 2nd – 3rd May 2014 is attracting exhibitors from all categories of the leisure, luxury travel and meetings industries.

Although it has been fashionable to declare the death of the regional-jet market, recent trends suggest that not all deaths are created equal.

The drag-reducing benefit of flying in formation has been known for decades—far longer if you are a bird—but making it practical is the challenge. Geese join up in V formations when they migrate, but all are headed in the same direction; finding opportunities for formation flying within military and commercial air-transport networks crisscrossing the globe is harder.

Alexandre de Juniac Chairman and Managing Director of Air France-KLM and Andre Viljoen Chief Executive Officer of Air Mauritius have signed an agreement that reinforces and broadens the scope of the existing collaboration between the 2 airlines.

Does a different backdrop foretell a revival of defense deals in 2014?

DHL Express has been awarded at the Frost and Sullivan awards for Market Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa, which brings the total number of external honors won by DHL Express since January 2013 to over 20.

Barely a decade ago, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) demonstrated that driverless vehicles could navigate desert roads and negotiate city streets. Now car manufacturers from Audi to Toyota are promising that autonomous driving technology will make their vehicles safer by the middle of this decade.

The Emirates Group is celebrating the UAE's 43rd National Day today with a range of activities at its headquarters in Dubai.

Gulf Air has delivered a strong fiscal and operational performance for the first half of the year, ending June 2014, reducing its year-on-year losses by over 30% and building on the airline's positive 2013 strategic restructuring results that put the national carrier firmly on-track towards achieving long-term commercial sustainability.