The countdown to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Middle East region's pioneering airline, begins today as it turns sixty on 24 March 2010 while looking ahead to the next sixty years and beyond.
Aviation today touches nearly every aspect of our lives, and its success will, to a degree, shape our society and the world economy over the next century. Business aviation is an integral component to this growth and it unleashes the value of mobility to the fullest extent.
In 2009, the most difficult year so far in the airline crisis, the Lufthansa Technik Group bucked the general trend in the maintenance,repair and overhaul (MRO) sector, achieving a EUR 246 million (+ 6.6 percent) increase in revenue to EUR 4.0 billion.
One very keen reader of the new Show Business – the show daily newspaper produced in association with Arabian Aerospace – was His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum, the chairman of Dubai Airports, President Emirates Airline group and the head of the Dubai civil aviation authority.
Ten well known French companies will be participating at AIME 2010 under the auspices of the France Pavilion,when the show opens at Dubai Airport Expo on Sunday.
Middle East airlines are expected to increase their demand for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) by 7.6 per cent a year over the next 10 years, bringing the total spend to US$4.8 billion by 2019.
Air Partner continues to assist with relief flights to Haiti and has just airlifted more than a dozen support vehicles to aid the clean-up and re-building operation.
Emirates Airline was never used as a bargaining chip in Dubai's talks with Abu Dhabi over funding HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum told newsagency Zawya Dow Jones yesterday.
Dubai Airshow organiser F&E Aerospace is set to attract aviation professionals involved in inflight comfort, capability and connectivity to the forthcoming 'Aerospace Week'.
The Middle East Aerospace Consortium (“MEAC”) is preparing to host its Aerospace Manufacturing 2020 Conference to be held in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi on 3rd March 2010.
Following a meeting today of the Board of Directors of low cost carrier Air Arabia, the company announced a proposed a cash dividend of 10 per cent for 2009. This proposal is subject to ratification at the company's upcoming Annual General Meeting, which will be held on March 18, 2010, in Sharjah.
In advance of Transport Canada certification, the first new-production DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter has taken its initial flight from Viking's final assembly facility in Calgary, Alberta.
Royal Jordanian has declared its 2009 results posting a net profit of JD28.6 million ($40 million), turning around a net loss of the same size from 2008.
The World Food Programme (WFP) - under the patronage of H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board - with the collaboration of the GCAA is organising a Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) and Threat Error Management (TEM) Conference in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 March, 2010 at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Hotel.
The region's largest low-cost carrier, Air Arabia, has released its financial results for 2009 and shown continued profitability and very high levels of efficiency during what it described as “an enormously challenging period for airlines worldwide.”
Hawker Beechcraft today reported sales of $3.2 billion and an operating loss of $712.0 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared to sales of $3.5 billion and an operating income of $140.3 million for the same period in 2008.
The Middle East Aerospace Consortium (“MEAC”) today announced the official opening of its Shanghai Office, complementing its existing presence in the UAE, UK, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.
Advanced Electronics Company (AEC)of Saudi Arabia and US firm Rockwell Collins today agreed to co-develop and market products and solutions to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East.
