The potential growth for business aviation in the Gulf is being held back because of a lack of appropriate facilities at the region's airports according to the head of the industry in the Middle East.
Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, today announced sale and leaseback agreements on four Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft worth US$320m at list prices with aircraft leasing group Avolon.
With just over a month to go before the largest business aviation event in the Middle East takes place, show organisers F&E Aerospace held a press conference in Abu Dhabi to outline the show's potential
The fourth edition of the Dubai Helishow opened its doors today at the Dubai Airport Expo Centre, inaugurated by Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Art.
RAK Airways has announced the signing of a key cooperation agreement with RAK Insurance, as the airline continues to add to its' range of value-added services
Happy Design Studio, the French studio designing original and tailor-made liveries for aircraft, helicopters and yachts, has created Aviations most prestigious and sought after Trophies.
Royal Jordanian has reported third-quarter profits of JD19.6 million (before provision of JD6 million loss on sale of fixed asset), compared to JD25.5 million in the same period of 2009. Gross profits reached JD65.5 million, against JD73.3 million for the comparison period last year.
Eurocopter will mark its 30-plus year presence in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf region with a major participation at this week's Dubai Helishow 2010, underscoring its helicopter product line's capabilities for evolving applications that include anti-piracy, counter-insurgency and border patrol missions; corporate and VVIP transportation; emergency medical airlift; search & rescue; as well as the servicing of offshore oil/gas platforms.
Emirates announced a net profit of AED 3.4 billion (US$ 925 million), for the first six months of its current financial year ending 30th September 2010. This represents an outstanding 351.2 percent increase compared to AED 752 million (US$ 205 million), for the same period in 2009.
The Arab aviation community has announced its support to colleagues in Yemen following the discovery of explosive devices on two aircraft, the Doha Aviation Summit heard today.
Eurocopter today signed an agreement for the supply of seven AS350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture for crop spraying missions over vast fields of date palm trees – which provide a major source of agricultural revenue for the country.
Airlines, regulators and politicians must work together and with some urgency to avoid an airspace capacity crunch in the Middle East, the Doha Aviation Summit which opens today will be told today.
Experts at the Californian Aircraft Interiors event in Long Beach say design has changed totally from two decades ago and predict travelers will see more radical changes in the next two as well.
Airlines from the region are setting the pace with their implementation of new in-flight entertainment (IFE) and connectivity technologies. Brendan Gallagher reports from the APEX/Aircraft Interiors show in Long Beach, California.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) could soon be regularly monitoring pipelines and the first steps will happen in Africa or the Middle East. But, according to the American engineers who have developed the technology, it won't happen in their own back yard for some time to come.
INEGMA's Laura Dunn and non-resident scholar and research associate Ayat Toufeeq, look at the risk of unmanned aerial systems operating in our airspace.
Mubadala has achieved its goal of being a major force in aerospace. Alan Peaford met Homaid Al Shemarri, who heads the company's aerospace business, to find where it goes next.
Helishow Dubai will be attracting a lot of international support this year. One company making the trip is Arizona-based Timken whose aerospace aftermarket solutions business is upgrading and expanding its facilities at Mesa, near Phoenix, Arizona with the acquisition and conversion of a building next to its existing facilities.
The Middle East remains a focal point for future growth in the helicopter industry. The fourth Dubai Helishow from November 2-4 will provide a useful barometer of the sector's recovery from a difficult two years. Paul Derby reports.
