Egyptian private and public shareholders are teaming up with US leasing business ACG to establish a new joint venture company to provide lease deals to airlines in the Middle East and north Africa.
Oman's government has signed a series of agreements for the construction of a string of new domestic airports as well as the modernisation of the country's two international gateways in Muscat and Salalah, Gulf News has reported.
Abu Dhabi-based Waha Capital has acquired 50% of AerVenture Limited, and aviation leasing company of AerCap, a New York Stock Exchange quoted firm for $135 million, reported the Khaleej Times.
Kuwait Airways will be fully privatised and up and running as a private concern by the end of the year said Minister of Communications and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Mohammad Al-Busairi, reported the Kuwait News Agency.
The Bahrain International Airshow, which is due to take place 21-23 January 2010, has signed contracts with the UK's Farnborough International as joint organisers of the inaugural show.
Eurocopter is working closely with Turkish operator Kocoglu Aviation to speed deliveries of new EC135 helicopters to the company which has 12 helicopters on order.
Dubai Airport has signed a contract with the UK's Serco Group worth $400m over ten years to renew and expand its air traffic services at Dubai International Airport.
Governments in Africa and the Middle East are being targeted for a new medium range maritime patrol SAR (Search and Rescue) and critical infrastructure surveillance and security platform, based on the new Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft
F&E Aerospace has joined with Halldale Media Group to launch the first-ever aerospace training show, to cater for the growing demand across the Middle East for civil and military aerospace training, recruitment and simulation.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is exhibiting at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget where it will be holding talks, signing agreements and making a number of important announcements throughout the week. The biannual event runs from 15-21 June 2009, and brings together the world's leading organisations in the aviation and aerospace industry.
F&E Aerospace - the organiser of the Dubai Air Show - has joined with Halldale Media Group to launch the first-ever aerospace training show for the Middle East pitching the event as a one-stop solution to the growing demand across the region for civil and military aerospace training, recruitment and simulation.
Jazeera Airways announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Navitaire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, to use its New Skies 3.0 next generation reservation system. The system will allow the airline to provide customers with a more efficient reservation system and to bolster value creation for the airline, it said.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its global forecast of losses for the industry to $9 billion for 2009. Nearly double its March estimate of $4.7bn.
Airbus is working with the National Geographic Society and the UNEP Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to launch a world-reaching biodiversity communication campaign, 'See the Bigger Picture' as part of today's World Environment Day.
The Route Development Group (RDG) is due to hold its 4th Routes Africa event on 7-9th June in Marrakech, Morocco. The final in the series of Routes' regional events, Routes Africa caters especially for African and Middle Eastern airlines and airports, allowing them to meet and do business, before they head to World Routes in Beijing (13-15th September 2009), where the discussions and relationships forged at Routes Africa will be continued - with the emphasis steered towards global route development.
The UAE's GCAA has initiated an Air Services Agreement and signed a MoU with Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia to increase flights between the two countries.
The Ukraine is to supply two air ambulance versions of the Antonov An-74 aircraft to Libya within a year, says Dmytro Kiva CEO of Antonov state aircraft-building corporation
Dubai Airshow 2009 will break all its previous exhibition space records with the addition of a fourth exhibition hall, sponsored and hosted by the Dubai-based international airline, Emirates.
Italian-Anglo helicopter manufacturer Agusta Westland has won an order from Egypt's Petroleum Air Services for two AW139 helicopters plus an option for two further models of the medium twins.
