Aerospace

Airbus comes under attack from environmental groups for weakening Europe’s position on the stringency level for the first global fuel-efficiency standard for aircraft.

Munich-based aviation finance arranger EMP, working in conjunction with Aviation Finance Company (AFC), Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and a German institutional investor, closed a ten-year sale lease-back transaction with Emirates for a 2013 vintage A380-800.

Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) – the Middle East's largest commercial helicopter operator – is gearing up for expansion in Saudi Arabia following the competition of a financial feasibility study and business plan by its joint venture ADA Millennium Consulting (ADAME).

Organisers of the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) 2017 have announced a new location at Marrakesh Menara Airport, from 12-13 September.

Qatar Airways Cargo will this week transport 118 of the world's most admired show jumping and dressage horses from Liege, Belgium to Doha, Qatar on board three specially chartered Boeing 777 freighters equipped with air stables designed to allow the precious cargo to travel in maximum comfort.

Statistics revealed by Qatar Airways Cargo show international airfreight carrier increased its tonnage by 37.5 per cent in 2015.

Satair is to market and distribute the ground support equipment from Dedienne Aerospace across the whole of Africa .

AviaDev Africa is to be launched this year in Rwanda, providing a platform to bring together airlines airports, hotel and hospitality investors.

AviaDev Africa, a unique platform bringing together airlines, airports, hotel and hospitality investors for the first time is being launched this year in Rwanda.

How is currency exchange volatility impacting aerospace suppliers?

Aviation Advisory and Consultancy experts Avisa Gulf, based in the UAE, has joined forces with Rose Aviation of Ireland, an international helicopter technical services provider, to offer a comprehensive suite of helicopter technical services in the UAE.

Emirates has come out on top again as the world's most valuable airline brand, according to the 2016 Brand Finance Global 500 report, which was released yesterday.

Low-boom supersonics heads NASA’s flight-demonstrator options, but advanced subsonic transports are also in the mix

What do the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and U.S. Special Operations Command have in common?

An elephant poaching gang has shot a British pilot dead in Tanzania after manoeuvring helicopter to save his colleague's life.

Formation Flexrotors; submersible UAVs; miniature missiles for more punch; Lufthansa’s drones for hire; build an assembly robot for Airbus.

Research and test center in Filton, England, will mature technologies for more fuel-efficient next-generation Airbus wings.

Demand for mass-produced smallsats leads Clyde Space to expand its U.K. operations and establish a subsidiary in the U.S., where the defense market beckons.

Ideas around ballooning in Ethiopia were all just hot air until a Dutch company backed a local venture in 2012. Now the new company is hoping to hit the heights. Kaleyesus Bekele reports from Addis Ababa.

David Oliver reports on the vital role of airdrops as the World Food Programme delivers assistance to the people in South Sudan.

Boeing is still on the hunt for a launch application for its unconventional Blended Wing Body concept, bolstered by positive results from more than two decades of testing at some of the U.S.’s premier research facilities.

The Boeing Company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $23.6 billion and core earnings per share (Non-GAAP) of $1.60.

NASA’s electric-propulsion X-plane program shows signs the agency is getting back to its aeronautical research roots in “learning by doing”.

Back-to-back landing tests mark rapid pace of private space sector achievements.

German General Aviation operator and air ambulance specialist FAI rent-a-jet AG is marking another successful year as it closes its books on 2015.