Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in sustainable aviation biofuel development, finding that desert plants fed by seawater will produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will increase its Abu Dhabi - Dublin service from ten flights per week, to double daily from 15 July 2014.
Dubai Airports has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract for the delivery of the Analytics module of its Airport Realtime Collaboration (ARC) suite to Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS).
The 2014 INEGMA is pleased to announce that the 7th Edition of the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference (MESOC 2014) will be held on May 5, 2014, at the Le Royal Hotel in Amman, Jordan.
Dubai International registered another banner year with annual passenger traffic reaching 66,431,533 in 2013, following a record-breaking December when passenger numbers eclipsed the 6 million mark for the first time.
Jazeera Airways Group has announced a net profit of KD16.7 million for the year 2013, beating once again previous years' record earnings for three years in-a-row despite ongoing regional political unrest and fuel price volatility.
Oman Air has announced the appointment of Dr Rashid Al Ghailani as its chief officer – human resources. Dr Al Ghailani takes up his post with immediate effect and reports to Oman Air's chief executive officer, Wayne Pearce.
Emirates and Proflight Zambia have signed an interline agreement that will make it easier for international passengers to reach domestic destinations throughout Zambia.
ATR ended 2013 breaking new annual records. The manufacturer increased its turnover to US$ 1.63 billion, an increase of 13% compared to the previous year (2012: 1.44 billion).
Emirates operates the world's largest fleets of A380s and Boeing 777s, and to serve these aircraft, it runs the world's largest state-of-the-art aircraft paint hangar owned by an airline.
Embraer's business aviation sales and marketing teams in the Middle East, Africa and Europe will have new leadership following the resignation of vice president EMEA, Colin Steven.
Qatar Airways has been named 'Business Airline of the Year', and for the second year in a row 'Best Long-Haul Airline' at the high profile UK Business Travel Awards 2014 which was held in London recently.
Romanian company Aerostar is attending the forthcoming MRO Middle East exhibition and conference in Dubai (February 4-6) to continue its penetration of the wider Middle East market.
Qatar Airways has been named 'Business Airline of the Year', and for the second year in a row 'Best Long-Haul Airline' at the high profile UK Business Travel Awards 2014 which was held in London recently.
