The first Eurofighter Typhoon for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has been formally presented in a ceremony held this week at BAE Systems' Military Air & Information business at Warton, Lancashire, in the UK.
At the recent Duty Free News International (DFNI) Asia/Pacific Awards for Travel-Retail Excellence, which were held in Singapore, Dubai Duty Free won the 'Middle East Travel Retailer of the Year' award for the seventeenth consecutive time.
Airbus has launched a private jet version of its A330neo at EBACE today. The new VVIP jet combines new-generation engines and aerodynamic and other improvements which the company said will deliver even more comfort, efficiency and true “nonstop to the world” range.
Communication between pilots and ATC is set to improve following the introduction today at EBACE by TrueNorth, of a new FANS-1/A over Iridium data link unit (DLU) with voice capabilities.
BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, continues spreading its presence in aviation training world. The training centre is expanding its services to the Middle Eastern market by establishing BAA Training UAE training base in Sharjah, which offers Type Rating, Cabin Crew training and FFS services.
Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, has celebrated reaching five million members by gifting 500,000 Miles and an upgrade to Gold status to the milestone member, Rashid Al Shehhi.
Stefan Pichler has been appointed president and chief executive Officer of Royal Jordanian Airlines, succeeding Captain Suleiman Obeidat. He takes up the post from June 1.
AJW, that has an office in Dubai, has won a power-by-the-hour (PBH) component support contract with JC (Cambodia) International Airlines, one of Cambodia's leading airlines, for its new A320 fleet.
Aviation IT specialist, SITA, rolled out several community innovation demos with an eye toward the future at this year's Air Transport IT Summit being held in Barcelona. These forward-looking innovations are part of SITA's 2016 multi-million investment across five main focus areas to explore new solutions to some of the air transport industry's most pressing challenges.
Abu Dhabi Airports has selected 19 candidates from its National Development Programme (NDP) to join its Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) team, which was launched earlier this year to prepare the Midfield Terminal Building for operations.
Emirates has launched its “Together” initiative in collaboration with key partners: Dubai Customs, Dubai General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA), Dubai Police, and Dubai Airports.
Emirates took home “Best Airline in the World” and “Best Middle Eastern Airline” at the ULTRAS 2017 Awards last week, as voted by the well-travelled readers of The Telegraph's luxury travel magazine in their annual survey.
lndependent maintenance programme provider Jet Support Services. (JSSI), and Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet, have agreed to develop a maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) service centre agreement.
The General Civil Aviation Authority has started a series of workshops with the attendance of H.E. Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi Director General and Laila Hareb Al Muhairi, Assistant Director General of Strategy and International Affairs in order to prepare for the Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Awards.
Boeing last week completed a series of upgrades that substantially enhance the technological capabilities of Saudi Arabia's E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
