Oman Air has appointed Jamal Al Azki to the newly-created position of Assistant Country Manager for the UK and Ireland. He will be based at Oman Air's UK office in Chiswick, London, and will report to Country Manager Rohan Alce.
Qatar-based private aviation company Rizon Jet has been granted a number of new approvals, allowing the company to increase the range of services it offers to its international clients.
Pilatus Aircraft has announced that the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has awarded a contract to Pilatus for the procurement of a complete PC-21 Training System, consisting of a fleet of 24 PC-21 trainer aircraft, a suite of Ground Based Training System assets and an extensive logistics support and maintenance package.
Dr. Theodore Karasik, director, research & consultancy and Anirudh Sivaram, of INEGMA look at the controversial issues over use of UAVs in the Middle East and the wider region
The next time you prepare to take-off on an Air Arabia flight, you will be greeted on the television monitors inside the aircraft cabin by the airline's youngest flight crew members.
As the political situation in Syria worsens with full-blown civil war, Jordan's airline Royal Jordanian (RJ) has suspended its flights to Damascus and Aleppo in Syria as of today.
Etihad Airways has been given the go-ahead by the Australian Government to to increase its equity stake in Virgin Australia Holdings to a maximum of 10 per cent.
Gulf Air has released the results of its quarterly customer service analysis. Customer comments for the period from January to March 2012 revealed an overall 27% increase in compliments and a 31% decrease in complaints compared to the same period last year. During the same period the airline witnessed a 23% increase in passenger numbers.
Etihad Airways has chosen Rolls-Royce subsidiary Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) to implement a new fuel management solution to maximise fuel use, cut carbon emissions and reduce overall fuel costs.
Hawker Beechcraft today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the company's motion to enter into exclusive negotiations with Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. (Superior). Approval of this motion allows Hawker Beechcraft to spend up to 45 days exclusively negotiating with Superior regarding a strategic combination that would preserve jobs and product lines.
GE Aviation has upgraded repair warranties for CF6-80C, CF6-80E and CFM International CFM56 engine parts. Warranty hours for GE repaired CF6-80C/80E engine parts have tripled to 6,000 hours and CFM56 warranties have doubled to 4,000 hours.
Business aircraft operators flying to the UK for the Olympics and beyond are being offered new reduced handling prices by Cambridge Airport – one of the designated Olympics airports.
Avisa Gulf, the Middle East joint venture between Avisa UK and Al Jaber Aviation has been awarded the first ever UAE and MENA region airworthiness GCAA Part M CAMO (Continued Airworthiness and Maintenance Management Organization) approval from the General Civil Aviation Authority for a standalone company.
Oman Air has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems for a long-term agreement to be the maintenance provider for the APS2300 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on its existing fleet of 5 Embraer 175 series aircraft.
Air Arabia has announced that it has welcomed 1.3 million passengers in the second quarter of 2012, an increase of over 15 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2011.
A key element of the UAE's state-of-the-art air navigation centre has been formally opened by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE.
