Aerospace

Jon Lake looks at the heritage that makes the Saudi air force the success it is today.

Mike Martin visits the joint venture that makes simulation the real thing.

Jet Aviation and Arabasco will soon be sharing more than intense rivalry in the business aviation FBO and maintenance market in Saudi Arabia – a new state of - the-art facility at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport. Mike Martin visited the facility on the eve of its opening and spoke to both operators about it and the state of the business aviation market in the kingdom.

If Saudi Arabia's growing need for pilots is to be met by nationals then training is vital. Alan Peaford meets the team making it happen.

Brendan Gallagher visits an MRO operation in Jeddah that has aspirations to be the best in the business.

Keeping business aviation moving in the Kingdom.

Set up 20 years ago as an offset company under the US-Saudi Peace Shield command, control and communications programme, Alsalam Aircraft is now a multi-faceted company with three current main lines of business.

Saudi Arabian business/VIP aircraft management provider Arabian Jets has moved into a facility at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and plans to have a MRO capability for Hawker Beechcraft King Air turboprops up and running by the end of 2011.

Mike Martin meets the company that plans to dominate the private charter business.

Mohammed Al Zeer, chairman of MAZ Aviation, has words of advice for Western manufacturers and business aviation service providers who arrange sales tours with an aim to breaking into the lucrative Saudi Arabian market – think and act local.

Careers for young Saudis and an international reputation are goals for the Kingdom's private aviation group. Alan Peaford reports.

Outspoken and passionate about his industry – Saad Wallan shares his views with Mike Martin.

Decades of experience has seen Saudia's freighter's in action all over the world. Brendan Gallagher reports.

Saudi Arabia's second airline is making a big impact. Alan Peaford meets the people who have revitalised the floundering start-up low-cost carrier and helped develop it into a serious international player.

Route developers will find a Kingdom that beats expectations. Mike Martin reports.

The former British RAF Coastal Command base at St Mawgan in Cornwall – now serving as Newquay Cornwall Airport – is currently playing host to Lynx and Merlin helicopters emblazoned with Arabic script and bearing an unfamiliar green, red and white star and crescent moon insignia.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified the US Congress of a planned sale of the Boeing C-17 strategic transport aircraft to Kuwait.

With coalition forces progressively disengaging from Iraq, its own armed forces are increasingly taking over the responsibility for fighting the insurgency and ensuring the nation's security. Jon Lake reports.

Has the Saudi decision to buy Boeing F-15 Strike Eagles put an end to the hopes for the Eurofighter Typhoon or is there more going on behind the scenes. Jon Lake investigates.

The UAE Air Force and Air Defence is finally drawing to a close its 12-year long deployment at Tucson International Airport.

The UAE's new Al Fursan (The Knights) aerobatic team has started to receive its upgraded Alenia Aermacchi MB-339A (NAT) aircraft, and all ten are expected to be delivered by the end of the year.

Airline loyalty systems have been around for years but now some may need to be dusted down or completely revamped. Phil Nasskau reports.

Libya's two international airlines are due to join forces. But when? The timetable for the long-planned merger between Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways continues to drag, with no clear indication of precisely when the two Tripoli-based carriers will become one. Keith Mwanalushi and Alan Dron have been looking at the airlines.

Marcelle Nethersole speaks to the managing director of Marlborough recruitment.

With the current rapid growth in commercial aviation in the Middle East and Gulf regions, global aerospace company Goodrich Corporation is reaping rewards after establishing a major MRO operation in Dubai's Jebel Ali free zone only three short years ago. Geoff Thomas reports.