Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) is completing the creation of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre for Mi-8/17 helicopters based at the facilities of Helwan Factory for Developed Industries (HFDI) in Helwan (Egypt). The Holding Company plans to certify the MRO centre in Egypt in 2019.
After the successful opening of the University of South Wales (USW) Dubai in September, admissions are now open for the University’s BSc (Hons) Aircraft Maintenance Engineering top-up course, to be offered at its Dubai South campus from February 2019.
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the all-new, clean-sheet Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 will make their first appearance at the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) airshow Dec.ember 10-12 in Dubai.
Royal Air Maroc is to join oneworld. Its election as a oneworld member designate was announced as the chief executives of the alliance’s 13 current member airlines gathered in New York for their year-end Governing Board meeting, just weeks before the alliance celebrates the 20th anniversary of its launch.
H.E. Jamal Al Hai, member of UAE Federal National Council (FNC), deputy chairman at Dubai Airports, is the opening keynote speaker on Tuesday 11 December onsite at MEBAA Show Dubai. His speech will be on business aviation, a support for National Economy.
When the MEBAA Show 2018 opens on 10 December, the static display area will showcase some of the industry’s newest and most eye catching private jets for attendees to view and visit across the three days of the event.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to maximise the economic and social benefits of aviation.
Opening the second day of Global Air Traffic Management (GATM), chairman Carlos Cirilo, regional director safety and flight operations, IATA, summarised the previous day by saying “I think we can all agree that the theme of yesterday was ‘collaboration’”.
EgyptAir has hosted the 51st Annual General Assembly Meeting of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization (AACO), held in Cairo from the 5th till the 7th of November, 2018.
UAS International Trip Support (UAS) Co-Owner/Founder and Executive President, Mohammed Husary has been named in the inaugural National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Top 40 Under 40 for his leadership and business management skills at the helm of UAS.
Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) and the largest Multi Pilot training programme in MENA, Alpha Aviation Academy, have launched a partnership for the delivery of the Core Flying Skills components of Alpha’s pilot training programme.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are forecast to spend over $100 billion on their defence capabilities for the first time next year, with increasing budgets in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) driving growth between 2018 and 2027.
Qatar Airways has become IATA’s global launch partner of RampVR – an award-winning system pioneered by IATA that utilises the latest virtual-reality technology to simulate real airside conditions for ground handling and ground service operator training.
Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, has partnered with Abu Dhabi Mall, giving shoppers the chance to win up to 1.5 million Etihad Guest Miles between now and 26 September 2018.
Dassault Aviation has agreed what it described as an “amicable settlement” with Safran putting an end to the dispute concerning the Silvercrest engine planned to equip the Falcon 5X.
Emirates has celebrated a double win this week at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards, after being named ‘Best Business Airline’ and ‘Best Airline – Long-Haul Holiday’.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has recently issued five licenses for Saudi female pilots, permitting them to work as pilots on Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft, reports abouther.com.
Al Maktoum Airport is to be reinvented as an aviation hub that can handle supersonic, hypersonic and even space planes in addition to aircraft. Steve Nichols reports.
TAV Airports Holding, Turkey’s global brand in airport operations, increased passengers 31% and served 67 million passengers. The company increased net profit 55% and reached EUR 93 million.
The iconic and internationally acclaimed sporting event Ironman 70.3 will be held in Oman, supported by the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) with Oman Air supporting the event as the official carrier.
