Iranian and Russian authorities have updated the bilateral agreement between their countries, fixing the maximum scheduled flights operated by each side at 28 per week.
Libya's government has ordered Air Libya and Afriqiyah Airways (to suspend their respective services to Sudan with effect from February 28, reports ch-aviation.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the decision by representatives at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a CO2 efficiency Standard for commercial aircraft.
The Supreme Organising Committee for the Bahrain International Airshow is has announced that IATA has chosen the event to host a seminar regarding its new safety programme for smaller aircraft which will be held on the third day of the show (January 23, 2016).
Abu Dhabi Airports has unveiled one of the country's biggest district cooling plants that will serve Abu Dhabi International Airport's new Midfield Terminal Building (MTB).
For the fifth consecutive year, Business France, the national agency supporting international development of the French economy, is organising the French Pavilion at Middle East leading shows dedicated to the fitting-out and maintenance of aircraft - Aircraft Interiors and MRO Middle East, which will take place in Dubai on 3 and 4 February 2016.
Following the recent introduction of a robust regulatory framework concerning helideck and helipads by the GCAA (General Civil Aviation Authority) in the United Arab Emirates, a new locally based company Oryx Aviation Consulting (OAC) has been founded in order to assist major Oil and Gas, Government and Private clients achieve the approval or certification of their helicopter landing facilities, as now required.
Emirates will be enhancing its on-board experience and increase capacity on its Zambia and Zimbabwe flights by deploying a Boeing 777-300ER, starting next month.
Iraq has requested a potential purchase from the US of 5,000 AGM-114K/N/R Hellfire missiles; Ten 114K M36E9 Captive Air Training Missiles; associated equipment; and defense services at a value of around $800 million.
Inflight connectivity provider AeroMobile, in partnership with Panasonic Avionics, has connected over one million flights. AeroMobile was the first to introduce inflight connectivity in 2008 and now has over 340 roaming agreements in more than 145 countries.
The eight ‘new’ markets comprise Canberra, the airline’s fifth destination in Australia; Dublin, Ireland; Las Vegas, the airline’s eleventh destination in the United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Medan’s Kualanamu International Airport, the airline’s third destination in Indonesia; and Tabuk and Yanbu, its ninth and tenth destinations in Saudi Arabia.
Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker has marked the airline's first year of a joint business agreement with Royal Air Maroc and its expansion to Marrakech earlier this year.
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) and Safety Line have unveiled a strategic partnership that will enable airlines to benefit from significant fuel savings.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded the CS100 and CS300 airliners with the Same Type Rating (STR) which provides operators with significant cost-saving opportunities.
JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N. Ye. Zhukovsky (TsAGI), an aircraft design and test centre, completed another series of tests with regard to Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft.
As Airbus celebrates the milestone inaugural test flight of the new A350-1000, the largest variant of the A350XWB family, Routesonline looks at approaching two years of commercial operations with the smaller A350-900.
Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg has named Kevin G. McAllister president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, succeeding company vice chairman Ray Conner in that role.
Cessna Aircraft Company has said that the second aircraft in the Citation Longitude flight test programme has successfully completed its first flight just over one month after the first prototype aircraft took to the skies in October.
