Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker, joined Her Majesty The Queen, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, at the official opening of the new Terminal 2: The Queen's Building at London's Heathrow Airport – nearly 60 years after the original Terminal 2 opened.
Etihad Airways last week celebrated a major milestone as the fastest growing airline in commercial aviation history, when it took delivery of its 100th and 101st aircraft on the same day.
DC Aviation has announced it has successfully completed IATA'S Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) – usually considered as the quality standard for commercial airlines.
Gulf Air today announced it will increase its flights between Bahrain and Cairo from 10 to 12 flights per week to meet high passenger demand following successful negotiations between the Kingdom of Bahrain's Civil Aviation Authority and Arab Republic of Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority, to increase air traffic rights between the two countries.
Airways Aviation Training Academy (AATA ) a subsidiary of the Airways Aviation Group is to launch aviation theory and aviation foundation courses from its Dubai Knowledge Village facility with further opportunities for students to then go on to undertake practical aeroplane or helicopter flight training at one of the Airways Aviation bases in Australia, the United Kingdom or Montenegro.
Sabic - the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - has launched two “revolutionary” polycarbonate sheet solutions called Lexan to be used in aircraft interiors
Saudi Arabian domestic start-up, SaudiGulf Airlines, has selected the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 engine to power four A320ceo aircraft and has also signed an eight-year V-Services maintenance service agreement with IAE.
The Middle East has boosted Bombardier CSeries sales campaign with a new letter of intent from Jordan's Petra Airlines and the conversion to firm orders by an Abu Dhabi operator
Oman Air's commitment to customer services excellence was in the spotlight recently when the Minister for Transport and Communications, His Excellency Dr Ahmad Al Futaisi, presented certificates to 29 members of the airline's staff.
Arabian Aerospace editor-in-chief Alan Peaford has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement award in the International Aerospace Media awards at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London
Bombardier Aerospace has announced that it continues to expand its worldwide local response networks with the opening of a new Regional Support Office (RSO) in Dubai.
Qatar Airways today made the largest aircraft order in its history for a single aircraft type at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2014, finalising an order for 50 Boeing 777-9Xs, whilst increasing the order with an additional 50 Boeing 777-9X Purchase Rights.
Oman Air has signed a new deal with JorAMCo to provide the Omani national carrier with base maintenance services for two Embraer 175 and three Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet.
Qatar Airways has been recognised in three of the top awards at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, including winning World's Best Business Class for the second year in a row. Qatar Airways was also voted runner-up in the Airline of the Year category.
Emirates airline signed a 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its new GE9X engines that will power its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft.
Abu Dhabi's Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has signed an MoU with Boeing subsidiary CDG, to provide EASA Part 21J engineering and supplemental technical documentation services for Falcon's new VIP Completion Center at Dubai World Central.
Abu Dhabi's tourism industry is heading for Australia later this month for a three-destination road show aimed at capitalising on growing awareness in, and business from, Down Under.
