The two newest members of the Dassault Falcon family of business jets, the 2000S and 2000LXS, have received their EASA certification. Approval from the FAA and other regulatory bodies is expected to follow shortly.
A flight from Kuwait has made a milestone for the Boeing 747-8 as a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam saw the new jumbo serve its 100th airport just 16 months after entering service.
The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are investing millions of dollars in airports technology and system upgrades to ensure seamless and safer passenger and freight movement.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC)'s operations division, has been awarded the ISO 9001: 2008 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001: 2004 (Environmental Management System) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) certifications for its activities.
Oman's ministry of tourism and Oman Air have announced the launch of “Oman Short Breaks”, a joint project to provide ready-made holiday packages in various major tourist destinations in Oman.
Nextant Aerospace, maker of the Nextant 400XT, has bolstered its global sales team with the promotion of Jay Heublein to executive vice president, global sales and marketing and has also added a specific role for an African and Middle East sales director
Turkish Airlines (THY) has ordered additional GE CF6-80E1 engines to power its two new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with options for an additional three A330 aircraft.
Egyptian low cost carrier Air Cairo is to launch direct flights from the Egyptian bases at Alexandria and Assyut to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting March 25th.
Dubai World Central (DWC) has announced that it will be showcasing a variety of office solutions available at DWC's Business Park during the 13th edition of the Airport Show, the key B2B aviation industry event to be held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre from May 6 to 8, 2013.
Aviation experts attending the 13th edition of the Airport Show and the debut Global Airport Leaders' Forum (GALF) in Dubai in May, have underscored the need for launching airport leadership development programmes and capacity building initiatives to meet the rapidly changing requirements of the commercially-run airports.
VBC, providers of welding wire, vacuum braze media and honeycomb seal material to OEM and MRO aero customers, is further developing its customer rating in the region after it opened a sales office in Dubai last September.
Dassault Falcon's new FalconBroadcast airborne health monitoring service is now available on all Falcon 2000 and Falcon 900 models equipped with the EASy cockpit, the French manufacturer said today.
Associated Air Center (AAC) – which operates the large transport category VIP completions centre in Dallas, Texas has received approval as an authorised maintenance organisation from the aviation authorities of Kuwait and Oman as well as Nigeria and China .
Emirates Airline needs about $5 billion to pay for the new aircraft it needs in 2013 to meet its growth targets. According to Brian Jeffery, senior vice-president for corporate treasury, in an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, the money will be raised from “a mixture of all the sources we have considered in the past, so commercial bank, operating leases, some export credits,”
Abu Dhabi National Leasing Company (ADNL), the wholly owned lease finance arm of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), Abu Dhabi's largest bank has signed an MoU with European manufacturer Airbus to cooperate on aircraft financing and leasing.
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has called for a speedy resolution to the challenges facing the country's flag carrier, Kuwait Airways.
Statistics from the aviation industry in the UAE are to reach new levels following a top level meeting held between the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBOS).
