Middle East & North Africa

Qatar Airways' corporate jet division, Qatar Executive, is showcasing its Bombardier Global 5000 business jet at this week's Singapore Airshow, the largest aerospace event in Asia.
Business Aviation

IMG Media, part of IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media company, has teamed up with electronics giant Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), to launch the first-ever live global premium 24-hour sports channel – SPORT 24 - for airline passengers from this week.
Emerging Technologies

Pratt & Whitney used the Singapore Airshow today to announce a $19.2 million material management programme (MMP) contract with three, one-year options from the United States Air Force in support of F100-PW-220E engines powering the Royal Jordanian Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
MRO

Turkish Technic has signed a heavy maintenance services contract, which covers base maintenance C checks on Boeing 737-700s, including livery painting. The first maintenance work is being carried out at Turkish Technic's facilities at Istanbul, Turkey.
MRO

EGYPTAR M&E has won the contract from NAS Air for heavy maintenance checks for a number of aircraft types A320 & E-190.
MRO

London hosted the International Quality Crown Award this week with Hocine Slimani of Hadid International Services, a leading company in its sector and in Algeria, proudly accepting the BID International Quality Crown Award .
Aerospace

JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) once again opened its doors to Madrasati students to expose them to the world of aviation.
Maintenance & Training

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air is announcing the closure of its services to four destinations; Damascus, Athens, Milan and Kuala Lumpur. Services to Damascus will be stopped from 2 March while flights to Athens and Milan will be stopped from 12 March and Kuala Lumpur from 25 March 2012.
Airports & Networks

Emirates is setting its sights on the land of Vasco da Gama by announcing flights to Portugal from 9th July.
Airports & Networks

ALAFCO Aviation Lease And Finance Company - the Kuwait-based international aircraft leasing company - has finalised a purchase order for 35 A320neo aircraft bringing its total for the type to 85.
Aerospace

Bell's new 525 Relentless is to feature a state-of-the-art flight deck, called ARC Horizon, the company said at HAI in Dallas earlier today
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways has announced it will increase the fuel surcharge on its European flights to offset the costs being imposed on the airline by the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Airports & Networks

Oman Air has announced that it is to be the Official Airline of the Extreme Sailing Series.
Aerospace

Saudi Airlines Cargo is to launch 'BellyFlex', a low-end belly product with longer transit times at hubs for attractive rates.
Air Transport

Iran Aseman Airlines has acquired an Airbus A340-300 (MSN 002) indirectly from US lessor GMT Global Republic Aviation, Flightglobal.com has reported.
Aerospace

Hadid International Services has been awarded the British International Quality Crown Award in the aviation field at the International Quality convention in London.
Aerospace

Bell Helicopter has today unveiled the world's first "super-medium" helicopter, the Bell 525 Relentless, at the 2012 Heli-Expo in Dallas, Texas.
Aerospace

Mubadala Aerospace is celebrating in Singapore this morning as Piaggi Aero - the business aircraft manufacturer in which the Abu Dhabi business owns a third share - has made its first entry into the Chinese market.
Business Aviation

The Turkish air force has halted flights with its Cessna T-37 jet trainers to perform technical checks on the type, Flightglobal.com has reported.
Aerospace

Recaro Aircraft Seating has received the 2011 “Fit for Tomorrow – Efficient and Flexible Corporate Management” Axia-Award.
Aerospace

BAE Systems announced today a range of new contract wins across its Regional Aircraft Support and Engineering businesses and outlined new initiatives for improved support offerings.
Air Transport

Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) has announced that under the Peace Drive II Program, the first F-16 modernised at TAI was delivered to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during a ceremony held at TAI's facilities on Wednesday.
MRO

Air Partner has announced that Richard Everitt, the current senior independent director, will succeed Aubrey Adams as non-executive chairman of the company, with immediate effect.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi's Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has become the world's first offshore oil operator to enhance the safety and productivity of its helicopters with the BLR Aerospace FastFin tail rotor enhancement and stability system.
Aerospace

The world's first flight using a four dimensional optimized and upgraded Air Traffic Management (ATM) technology has taken place with Airbus' dedicated A320 test aircraft flying from Toulouse to Copenhagen and Stockholm. The project is called I-4D (Initial-4D).
Emerging Technologies