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Etihad Airways has welcomed the ruling by the higher administrative court in Luneburg reversing an earlier judgment and allowing it to continue operating 26 out of the 31 codeshare flights for the full winter schedule - which ends March 26, 2016.
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Gulf Air's financial figures for 2015 will see a further substantial improvement and take the airline close to the target it set itself when it began its major restructuring in early 2013, according to the company's acting CEO.
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Airbus's first deliveries to flag carrier Iran Air are due as early as July, Arabian Aerospace has learned
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Forty years ago today, the world focused on Bahrain as the first commercial flight by a British Airways (BA) Concorde touched down at the kingdom's international airport.
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Gulf Air has announced its long-awaited fleet replacement plans, with orders for 29 A320neo-family single-aisle jets.
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Finmeccanica's Airborne and Space Systems division has opened a state-of-the-art new Eurofighter Typhoon maintenance training centre at its electronic warfare site of excellence in Luton, UK.
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IATA will be holding its seminar regarding its new safety program for smaller aircraft, the IATA Standard Safety Assessment, tomorrow at the show.
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Gulf Air has announced a three-year extension of its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) agreement with Joramco under which Joramco will provide Bahrain's national carrier with Heavy Maintenance checks for its current fleet of 28 aircraft – A330s, A320-ERs, A320s and A321s.
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While the recent oil price slump creates obvious challenges for major oil producers, including Arabian Gulf states, management and technology consultants Helios say it could be good news for the region's aviation sector.
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The Emirates Group, comprising Emirates airline and Dnata, has released its fifth annual environmental report for 2014-15.
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CAPA's Iran Aviation Summit 2016, the first international aviation conference in Iran for nearly four decades, opened on 24-Jan-2016.
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Iran has signed an agreement with Airbus Industrie for the acquisition of 118 aircraft critical to its fleet renewal plans, reports Ch-aviation.
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Boeing's 737 MAX 8 made its first flight yesterday (US time) beginning the comprehensive flight-test programme on schedule.
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Rolls-Royce is feeling the benefit of the lifting of sanctions against Iran with a series of new orders for powerplant.
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Kish Air is set to acquire two Airbus A321s as part of its fleet modernisation.
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Airbus has reported a good aircraft order start to 2016.
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Airways Aviation is celebrating the launch of the Kuwaiti Cadet EASA fATPL Programme with Kuwait Airways and welcomes the inaugural class of trainee pilots at its Spanish flying school.
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Saudia has had a busy start to February when on the 3rd of the month it took delivery of no fewer than three aircraft – two of the new Boeing 787-900 Dreamliners and a Boeing 777-200ER.
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Every year, leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance puts thousands of the world's top brands to the test, evaluating which are the most powerful and the most valuable, including the 50 most valuable airline brands.
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Iran Air will take delivery of its first of twenty ATR72-600s on firm order from Avions de Transport Régional in November of this year, reports ch-aviation.
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Gulf Air has recently appointed APG Network, an airline-focused representation network, as its representative in 10 countries to provide Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) support and administrative services to Gulf Air in Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Poland, Taiwan and Tunisia.
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Emirates Airline's first non-stop service between Auckland and Dubai will be one of the longest air routes in the world by distance, but with the assistance of clever technology and good planning, passengers will get to their destination in the shortest possible time.
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More than 220,000 passengers have flown the two-class A380 on over 450 flights since it first entered service in December 2015.
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Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is on the verge of signing a deal for 50 of its regional jets with Iran.
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Some of the most valuable thoroughbred race horses in the world and those that look after them, have a new means of transport for getting to those classic events.
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