Etihad Airways' Treasury department has won three major awards in June – two in the United Arab Emirates at the Association of Corporate Treasurers Middle East (ACT ME) annual awards, and one in the United Kingdom at the Adam Smith awards.
Qatar Airways has been honoured with three of the top aviation accolades at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, winning Airline of the Year for a third time – a major accomplishment for an airline to reach multiple times.
Sikorsky – one of the biggest names in the rotor wing market and the manufacturer of the Black Hawk seen across the region's air forces – is looking for a new owner.
INEGMA has announced its organisation of the Manama Air Power Symposium (MAPS) to be held on January 20, 2016, as the official event of the fourth Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) taking place from 21 to 23 January, 2016 hosted at Sakhir Air Base, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Paris Air Show was the venue for the first ever international advisory board meeting for next year's Global Aerospace Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi 7-8 March 2016.
Bell Helicopter announced an order at the Paris Air Show, tfor another Bell 525 in VIP configuration for a customer in the Middle East. With over 60 letters of intent for the advanced aircraft around the world, demand for the Bell 525 Relentless is intensifying with momentum gaining in the Arabian region.
Boeing today released a follow-up to its popular 787-9 Dreamliner demonstration video, bringing the public into the flight deck as Boeing's expert crew rehearsed for the 2015 Paris Air Show.
Qatar Airways has completed what it describes as a successful week at the Paris Air Show where it made history by being the first airline to ever display five aircraft on static display at the show.
Air Seychelles, in partnership with Etihad Airways, has been recognised with three highly-prized accolades at this year's World Travel Awards (WTA), including the title of 'Indian Ocean's Leading Airline.'
Etihad Airways has launched a competition on its social media channels to capture the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan and help reunite family members during the most important time of the year.
International Airfinance Corporation (IAFC) has appointed Quantum Investment Bank Ltd (Quantum) and Palma Capital Limited (Palma) - both DIFC based and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) - as exclusive arrangers for the largest aircraft leasing deal in Saudi Arabian Airlines' (Saudia) history.
Endeavouring to reach Hawaii from Japan - to encourage the use of clean technologies - the solar powered aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg took off this morning on the longest leg of the Solar Impulse's Round-The-World mission, relying on communications from SITA OnAir using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-based satellite comms link, to facilitate all comms and aircraft health monitoring on the 120 hour flight over the Pacific.
Shell Aviation has extended its collaboration with the AeroSuperBatics Wingwalking team, one of the world's most famous aerobatic formation wing-walking teams.
The UAE's highly diverse population leaves organisations facing unique customer service challenges but its buoyant aviation sector has proved they can be addressed, according to the President of The International Customer Service Institute.
Attendees at the Gulf Aviation Training Event in November will benefit from a keynote speaker with over four decades of aviation experience leading discussions regarding the future of aviation training in the region. Kevin L. Hiatt, FRAeS, will draw on his extensive legacy as both a pilot and as Senior Vice President of Safety and Flight Operations at IATA to ensure the attendees gain maximum value from the conference.
Turkish Airlines, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, hosted charity iftars to feed over 300,000 disadvantaged people across 18 destinations in Africa, eight destinations in the Balkans, Al Quds, Medina, Aceh and Arakan and across the GCC.
Emirates Team New Zealand took to the water this weekend for the very first event in the 35th America's Cup, the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Portsmouth.
Etihad Airways has experienced one of the busiest travel periods in the history of the airline with 291,518 guests flying across its global network during Eid-Al-Fitr, an increase of 12 per cent on the 260,641 guests flown in the same five day period in 2014.
The UAE's buoyant aviation sector has shown the country's unique customer service challenges can be addressed with its airlines now global benchmarks for service delivery, according to the president of The International Customer Service Institute (TICSI).
