The Government of Oman has appointed American consultants, Hill International, to take over the major expansion and modernisation projects at Muscat and Salalah airports after cancelling the contract of the Cowi-Laursen joint venture team that has been involved for the past five years.
News service Flightglobal is reporting sources within Qatar Airways as claiming the Doha airline is abandoning its stake in European freighter airline, Cargolux.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) this week launched its annual safety campaign and exhibition at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Supported by ADAC's regulatory, subsidiary, operational and airline partners, the goal of the campaign was to promote airside safety and occupational health, safety & environment amongst all ADAC employees, and subsidiary employees, in order to ensure a safe and secure workplace, and to maintain the operational integrity of the airport.
Virgin Australia has applied to Australia's regulator, IASC, the International Air Services Commission, for approval to add the Etihad code on its flights to Phuket in Thailand. This is part of the codeshare alliance agreed earlier this year.
Boeing has finished defining in broad terms its newest single-aisle airplane, the 737 MAX, recently completing a major milestone in development known as 'Firm Concept'.
Airbus, EADS Innovation Works and ENN, one of the world's leading Bio-Energy companies based in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the China International Air Show in Zhuhai.
Markus Bucher has been elected as the new CEO and chairman of the executive board with effect from 1.1.2013. He will take over from Oscar J. Schwenk, who will remain as chairman of the board of directors with responsibility for the strategic management of the company.
Turkish Airlines - which over much of the past decade has been a rising star in global aviation and continues to expand and rejuvenate its fleet - is today celebrating a major milestone as it has now reached its goal of operating a fleet of 200 aircraft.
Qatar Airways is celebrating the delivery of the airline's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airplane, the first of 30 787s ordered by the Doha-based airline, is also the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East.
The UAE is spearheading the surge in Middle East online tourism with 60% of all web-based travel bookings originating from the Emirates, Travelport co-sponsored research has revealed.
Saudi Arabia is close to signing a deal worth more than $6.5 billion with Lockheed Martin as it seeks to modernise its airlift and inflight refuelling capabilities.
The European Union's controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been frozen for Non-EU flights for one year, Connie Hedegaard, European commissioner for climate action, said today
Qatar Airways is preparing for what is a historic moment for the airline, the arrival of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner and has unveiled a new video showing the making of the aircraft just days before its scheduled delivery.
Airbus has become the first commercial aircraft manufacturer to deploy Radio-Frequency-Identification (RFID) part-marking to aircraft components on all its aircraft families.
Gulf Air has today announced that after extensive negotiations with Airbus and Boeing - its two key suppliers of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft - it has signed amendment agreements with both aircraft manufacturers to realign its original orders to meet its long-term strategic needs.
Air Arabia Group has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, demonstrating its ability to deliver strong profits quarter after quarter.
Afriqiyah Airways has increased its A350 XWB fleet with a new firm order for four A350-900s and converted its original order for six A350-800s into six of the larger A350-900 model.
