Middle East & North Africa

Emirates SkyCargo has signed an MoU at the show to work together to develop an e-commerce end-to-end global logistics platform.

EgyptAir and Saudi Ground Services (SGS) have signed a contract by which SGS will serve the Egyptian flag-carrier in all the kingdom’s main airports, as well as Abha and Qassim.

Joramco has announced the continuation of its maintenance agreement with the Irish budget airline operator Ryanair.

Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions for the maintenance and repair of its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement.

FIVE has purchased the first ACJ TwoTwenty from the Comlux Group in Switzerland.

EgyptAir Training Academy and Airbus have signed an agreement to provide the academy with the latest techniques for training maintenance engineers on Airbus A320.

Saudia Cargo showed its resilience as Covid struck and air cargo came into its own as the enabler for e-commerce.

Mutual assistance between two of the Gulf’s aerospace companies should help them both increase market share through leveraging each other’s capabilities, one of their senior executives said at the Dubai air show.

The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) Show will support the recovery of the business aviation sector as the industry grows.

Emirates will retrofit 105 of its modern wide-body aircraft with its Premium Economy product, in addition to other cabin enhancements.

Diamond Aircraft is at the centre of the world training market with its DA40 single engine trainer and its DA42 multi engine aircraft, and is now introducing an electric powered aircraft.

Day 4 of the show and it was all about emerging markets as Boeing comes bouncing back with a 737 Max order for a new Indian carrier.

There can be few passengers who have felt the uncomfortable effects of air trouble with sore dry eyes etc. Paradoxically, you are more likely to feel it if you are travelling in the premium cabins such as business class or first class.

With defence forces focusing on the concept of network centric defence, at the heart of the drive is connectivity between systems and people.

Embraer has been in action for more than 50 years producing commercial airliners, executive jets and a range of defence equipment for land, sea, space and cyber including Airborne Early Warning and Control, Command and Control Centers, Radars and ISR systems.

Boeing has signed an MoU with Ethiopian Airlines that will help the airline to bring cost savings to its maintenance operations with Boeing's 787 landing gear exchange programme.

Thales’ new FlytX cockpit, as seen on the new VR Technologies’ VRT500 helicopter, represents a step-change for the company.

Kuwaiti low-cost carrier, Jazeera Airways, will almost double its fleet in the second half of this decade, after it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 28 A32neo family aircraft at the show yesterday.

The penultimate day of the show saw Nigeria’s Ibom Air purchase 10 A220s. The deal marks Airbus’ 4th announcement during the event.

EDGE and Strata Manufacturing (Strata) have signed a framework agreement which will further boost the establishment of a sustainable aerospace industry in Abu Dhabi.

Australian-based search-and-rescue surveillance specialist provider, Sentient Vision Systems, has teamed with Austria’s Airborne Technologies and UAE- and UK-based Phoenix Aerospace to create a Middle East centre of excellence for sensor integration.

Saudia’s upcoming fleet of 35 Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321XLR aircraft will offer GX Aviation high-speed inflight broadband solution by Inmarsat.

Honeywell has appointed Wahaj, a Saudi Arabia-based company, as a strategic supplier for manufacturing commercial aerospace parts.

Air Tanzania has made orders for a 787-8 Dreamliner, a 767-300 Freighter, and two 737 MAX jets at the show.

Airbus has revealed that Dubai-based FIVE Holdings is the purchaser of the first ACJ TwoTwenty, through the Comlux Group in Switzerland.