Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
Aerospace

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

Partnership is the key to Lockheed Martin's international success as Ray Piselli, vice president of international business at Lockheed Martin, explains to Alan Peaford.
Aerospace

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

The crowds flocked again to the show on Day 3 as the relentless pace of meetings continued unabated.
Aerospace

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

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

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.
Aerospace

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

The deal will keep up with the exponential growth of demand for education and training of the aviation workforce in the KSA, with the help of its exclusive financial advisor, Alrajhi Financial Solutions.
Aerospace

Turkish Technic and Flydubai have signed a commemorative certificate following their partnership on the C-check operations of Boeing 737-800 type aircraft.
Aerospace

Mention the word ‘Amazon’ to most people and it conjures up images of home-delivered goods, Prime videos, or Fire tablet computers.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabian Airlines signed two major deals here aimed at enhancing the passenger experience on its upcoming fleet of 35 Airbus A321neo and A321XLR aircraft.
Aerospace

Panasonic Avionics has been selected by Iraqi Airways to provide in-flight entertainment and connectivity solutions for its new fleet of 21 narrowbody and 10 widebody aircraft.
Aerospace

EDGE Group has extended its existing machining contract with Boeing to perform in-house metallic machining of vertical fin rib assemblies on Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft.
Aerospace

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke was at the show in support of the Al Worden endeavour scholarship.
Aerospace

One of the centrepieces of the massive EDGE stand at Dubai is the Al Tariq glide-bomb.
Aerospace

A new start-up in Dubai is already making an impact in the world of MRO.
Aerospace

Aeroter has received a letter of intent from Tawazun Economic Council to purchase 100 VRT500 helicopters at a value of Euros 216.9 million ($248.45 billion/Dhs913 million). Delivery of the light single-engine, seven-seat helicopter, perfectly suited for emergency and security transport, is expected by the end of 2023.
Aerospace

Evgeny Adrachnikov, Deputy General Director, VIP & Corporate Jets, Irkut Corporation, talks to Jill Stockbridge onboard his beautiful Aurus business jet, which is making its debut in Dubai at the air show, about what makes the aircraft unique, and why it is such a good fit for Middle East owners.
Aerospace

By Alan Peaford
Joramco has plans to expand its business outside of its home base of Jordan.
Aerospace

Emirates SkyCargo will induct two new Boeing 777Fs into its fleet in 2022 and also convert four of the airline’s Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft into freighters between 2023 and 2024.
Aerospace

Day 2 of the Dubai Air Show and we have the launch of a new basic trainer from Pilatus.
Aerospace

The 2020 Abraham Accords signed by the United Arab Emirates, Israel and the United States opened a new era of collaboration in the Middle East.
Aerospace