EgyptAir has selected Rockwell Collins avionics for five A330 aircraft with an option for three additional aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled from August 2010 through 2012.
The Engine Alliance's GP7200 engine has marked a successful first year in service with Emirates. Since entering service in August 2008, the GP7200-powered Airbus A380 has had no in-flight shutdowns, and the engine has demonstrated a departure reliability rate greater than 99.9%.
Qatar Airways has been elected as a member of the International Air Transport Association's Environment Committee (ENCOM), one of IATA's six groups focusing on different industry-related issues.
Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments and Virgin Group announced today that they have agreed to enter a strategic partnership, which will see Aabar take an equity stake in the world's first commercial spaceline - Virgin Galactic. To date, Virgin Galactic has been wholly owned and funded by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.
SITA, an aviation IT company, said the Arab Air Carriers Organisation is endorsing its newly-developed software that accurately measures carbon emissions from aircraft operations, reported the Khaleej Times.
Boeing subsidiary Aviall Serviceshas opened a new customer service centre in the Middle East, following a formal event at Dubai Airport Free Zone on June 25.
Rolls-Royce has been awarded European certification for its BR725 engine, allowing Gulfstream to begin flight-testing the G650 ultra-long-range business jet later this year
ARINC Direct and Rockwell Collins have today announced the successful integration of their broadband solution for business jets on a customer's Bombardier Challenger 604.
Mubadala Development says it has formed a new company called Strata that will manufacture advanced composite aerostructures including fairings, ailerons, spoilers and assemblies for Airbus and ATR regional aircraft from 2010 onwards.
ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales company, announced at Paris Air Show today that its TCAS 3000SP system has been selected as standard equipment for the Embraer Lineage and the rest of the E-Jet family.
Etihad Airways will announce tomorrow the engine selection for the large aircraft order that the Abu Dhabi airline placed at the Farnborough Air Show in 2008.
Avionics display provider Barco has won a sizable order from Highland Integrated Surveillance Systems Inc. (HISS), Toronto, Canada, for the supply of MDU-268 avionics-grade mission display units. The units will be installed aboard thirty helicopters for an undisclosed customer in the Middle East.
French business jet manufacturer Dassault has gone back to the drawing board with plans for its super mid-size (SMS) Falcon business jet and has shaken up the propulsion manufacturers by going back on its decision to appoint British company Rolls-Royce as the provider of a new class of engine for the Falcon 50 replacement.
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Rockwell Collins has today introduced a next-generation simulation architecture that leverages advanced technologies and a modular design to maximize life cycle value and enhance training effectiveness across military and civil training platforms.
Jazeera Airways announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Navitaire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, to use its New Skies 3.0 next generation reservation system. The system will allow the airline to provide customers with a more efficient reservation system and to bolster value creation for the airline, it said.
Qatar Airways is reinforcing its green credentials and as part of its support of World Environment Day, the airline is sponsoring a photographic exhibition portraying the State of Qatar's unseen natural beauty. The three-day exhibition will be held at the Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall in Doha between 5-7 June.
Those hoping that Virgin Galactic will be utilising the Abu Dhabi spaceport for future space tourism were celebrating today as Virgin Galactic announced the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space.
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines which are to power the first Boeing 787 were fired up for the first time today at the Boeing Everett plant in Washington, USA.
