Vanderlande Industries kicked off the Airport Show in Dubai this morning with an environmental boost for the industry as it unveiled to the Middle East for the first time, its new, environment-friendly blueveyor conveyor system.
Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies and Adacel, the UK-based developer of advanced air traffic control simulators and automated ATM systems announced an agreement ahead of their joint presence of the Airport Show which opens in Dubai on Tuesday.
Six weeks after its first public presentation at the international Aero-Expo in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Airbus sponsored technology demonstrator “eGenius” performed its maiden flight yesterday in the late afternoon from the airfield in Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany.
OnAir and TriaGnoSys have today launched the most lightweight and complete turnkey solution for business jets. It enables passengers to use their mobile devices and laptops for calls, text messages, emailing and Internet browsing, as they do on the ground.
In a move to provide airlines with optimised delivery of online services, airline technology company SITA today announced a partnership with content delivery network provider, CDNetworks. Together the companies will enable airlines to service customers up to three times faster via the Internet and mobile devices, and to handle peak traffic more efficiently.
Honeywell's HTF7250G turbofan engine which will power the Gulfstream G250 super mid-size business jet G250 super mid-size business jet has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the company said at EBACE today.
Operators of aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins' Pro Line 21 avionics will soon be able to realize the operational benefits of synthetic vision, the company said today.
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that the Challenger 300 business jet fleet, powered by Honeywell's HTF7000 turbofan propulsion system, has surpassed one million hours of in-flight engine service.
Qatar is already a pioneer of natural gas-based fuel for aviation. Now, Dr Eulian Roberts of Qatar Science and Technology Park tells Brendan Gallagher, the race is on to develop CO2-busting biofuels.
Oman Air has become the fifth major carrier in the Middle East to adopt SITA's software solution for fares management, Airfare Insight, in a seven-year contract announced today.
French aerospace giant Safran announced today the merger of subsidiaries Messier-Bugatti, Messier-Dowty and Messier Services to form Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (MBD)
The Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF) 2011, held at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi from 9-11 May, will host the second European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC).
UPS announced yesterday that it will equip its air fleet with the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), becoming the first international air carrier to take such a step. Installation of the enhanced safety equipment comes at the recommendation of the Joint UPS-Independent Pilots Association (IPA) Safety Task Force.
International Launch Services (ILS) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) of Tokyo, Japan, announced a new contract today for the launch of Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B on ILS Proton. Turksat 4A is scheduled to launch in late 2013 and Turksat 4B in early 2014.
The Director of the Iranian Space Agency Hamid Fazeli announced yesterday that Iran will design and build a remote sensing satellite in cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO).
Commercial opportunities along with military and humanitarian demands driving the need for sustainable space and satellite programmes across the Middle East will be in focus at the Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF) 2011.
In its continuous efforts to ensure passenger health and safety on board its aircraft, Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has installed a new live-saving device on its fleet, automated external defibrillators.
When Mubadala's training subsidiary Horizon selected a simulator for its Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel helicopter training the Al Ain company had a very special request.
