Middle East & North Africa

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.
MRO

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.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways today announced plans to launch scheduled flights to a further two destinations in the Republic of Iraq from this summer.
Airports & Networks

Pegasus Airlines has launched daily flights to Barcelona from Istanbul.
Airports & Networks

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.
Aerospace

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.
Air Transport

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).
Airports & Networks

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.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian has this morning begun flight operations from the new terminal at Queen Alia International airport in Amman.
Air Transport

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,”
Aerospace

Advance details of the new Concourse B at Hamad International Airport (HIA)in Doha's soft opening on April 1 have been released today.
Airports & Networks

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 .
MRO

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.
MRO

Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has dismissed as "untrue" circulated media reports and rumors about the number of aircraft currently in use in the country's Amir's aircraft fleet, a KAC press statement said today
Business Aviation

Dubai Aerospace (DAE) subsidiary StandardAero announced today the appointment of Firoz Tarapore as interim president and CEO to replace Rob Mionis, who resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.
Maintenance & Training

The Bombardier CSeries is on target to achieve first flight within the next three months according to president Guy Hachey.
Air Transport

Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka is rapidly becoming a bit of a nightmare for Emirates Airline.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Technics – the MRO division of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat - to believed to have suspended operations.
Maintenance & Training

ExecuJet Aircraft Trading has announced an exclusive mandate to sell an Airbus ACJ320 aircraft, thereby expanding its offering of large business jets.
Business Aviation

Former London Heathrow chief executive Tony Douglas has been appointed as ceo of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC).
Maintenance & Training

Aviation professionals, engineers and selected students gathered in Muscat this weekend for a key event in the Omani aviation calendar. 'The Future by Airbus' showcased Airbus's vision of sustainable aviation in 2050 and beyond and included a special screening of 'Smarter Skies' – a 20 minutes movie. Airbus also presented a market forecast and talked about the future of flight, relevant innovations and talent.
Aerospace

Dubai International passenger numbers continued to soar in February with 5.08 million customers passing through the facility up 11.4 per cent from the same period in 2012, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by Dubai Airports.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced this morning that it has appointed Taylor Woodrow International Construction to carry out major expansion work at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Full time working on a permanent basis Based in Saudi Arabia Candidates MUST by type rated and current on the Hawker 900 and have a minimum of 3000
Aerospace

Dubai International passenger numbers continued to soar in February with 5.08 million customers passing through the facility up 11.4 per cent from the same period in 2012, according to the monthly traffic report issued this week by Dubai Airports.
Airports & Networks