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.
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'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.
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.
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.
FOD means different things to different people. To some it spells 'foreign object damage', to others it's the cause of the problem and stands for 'foreign object debris'. But, whatever you deduce from the acronym, it's nearly always financially expensive and can – in the worst circumstances – cost lives. Geoff Thomas reports.
This year's IDEX will see nations across the MENA region assessing their air-launched missile requirements and, as Claire Apthorp finds out, the market for these weapons is already growing dramatically.
The Middle East suffers from a high number of illegal charter operations – known as the 'grey market'. But the problem is wider spread. Jon Lake reports.
Libya may appear to be one of the most restrictive countries in the world in which to fly but recent light aircraft tours made by private pilots show the country may be opening up to the possibilities of GA. Dan Tye, reports.
Piper Aircraft has delivered 14 new aircraft to the Qatar Aeronautical College. The fleet sale consists of four Piper Seneca Vs and 10 Piper Archer IIIs.
Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Mr. Samer Majali will spearhead discussions among leading global aviation professionals as Chairman of the Aviation Travel and Tourism Governors Meeting for Annual Meeting 2011 at the World Economic Forum
Working professionals or students who are looking for a career in aviation are invited to attend Open Day at Emirates Aviation College (Building B) on Saturday, 5th February 2011 from 0900 to 1630.
Aircraft maintenance costs are set to more than double over the next decade with major fleet increases in the region, driving impetus to this year's MRO Middle East, the third edition of the successful aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul conference and exhibition, produced by F&E Aerospace and Aviation Week.
