As IATA director general Giovanni Bisciani warns that Europe's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme in illegal and airlines begin a legal challenge, IAN SHEPPARD looks at the situation facing operators both large and small.
Abu Dhabi's aerospace outreach was strengthened today following an agreement between two of the leading organisations to work together and market from a shared base at London's Stansted Airport.
The price of insurance for the aerospace industry looks likely to decline in 2010, for the fourth year in a row, according to Aon's Aerospace Insurance Markets Outlook 2010 report released today
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that Lufthansa will host the IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Berlin from 6-8 June 2010.
Following consultation with lawyers, global banks, insurance companies, and the UK based financial services authority, Securus Escrow Company Limited has launched a robust and secure escrow service tailored to the aviation market and one that will suit many Middle Eastern companies
The Aircraft Registry of Aruba is celebrating Aruba's accession to the ICAO Cape Town Convention making it the first of the civil aviation offshore aircraft registration jurisdiction to have done so.
INEGMA Chief Executive Riad Kahwaji, and director Theodore Karasik, Director, R&D, warn that the lessons from the Icelandic volcano chaos must be learned by Gulf States for the future
The Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis – INEGMA is to present the second edition of the Security Middle East Show – SMES that will take place between the 7th and 9th of April 2011 at Biel, Beirut.
Etihad Airways today reported 25.4 per cent growth in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) in the first quarter of 2010, far out-pacing the industry average and running ahead of the airline's available seat kilometres (ASKs) growth of 22 per cent.
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways' board is intending to raise the share capital of the company by KD20 million ($69 million) through a share issue, according to Air Transport Intelligence.
Oman Air has raised its authorised capital by 67%, to a total of RO500 million ($1.3 billion), and chief executive Peter Hill has warned that the airline faces another tough financial year.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced today that it has executed a deal with Emirates for the purchase/leaseback of eight GE90-115B engines to support the carrier's Boeing wide body fleet.
Pilatus Aircraft has recorded its highest ever operating income and record deliveries as well as celebrating its biggest ever order for PC-21 military trainers from the UAE
The UAE is in mourning following the tragic death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahyan the 41-year-old head of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, ADIA, and the younger brother of Abu Dhabi's ruler.
The biggest budget carrier in the Middle East, Air Arabia, may open its new hub in Alexandria as early as this month , a move experts say could eventually drive down prices across the country, and revitalize the airline business in Egypt's second largest city.
According to an article by EADS CEO Louis Gallois - published today on Emirates Business 24/7 - the Middle East has become a key market for EADS, generating nearly 9% of the group's €42.8 billion (Dh211.83bn) revenues during 2009.
SELEX Galileo – part of the Finmeccanica group, has launched a new wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to its business activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Independent complete aircraft support specialist, A J Walter Aviation, launched its 2010 MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management bursary award in association with City University London at MRO Africa in Algiers today.
Dubai-headquartered JetEx Flight Support was today enjoying the thanks of world record breakers for enabling them to set a new mark for circumnavigation of the globe.
