With the ongoing threat of submarine activities across the Gulf, GCC states are eyeing the latest militarised version of the Boeing 737. Alan Dron reports.
Turkish Airlines' board has announced the appointment of Ahmet Bolat as vice general manager responsible for investments and technology and Abdullah Soner Akkurt as vice general manager responsible for trade, according a company press release.
Engine maker CFM has reported a record year for 2011, logging orders for 1,500 commercial, military and spare CFM56 engines and commitments for 3,056 LEAP engines for a combined value of $51.7 billion at list price.
Alliant Techsystems is to delever a second Combat Caravan to Lebanon next year following an order from the US Air Force. The American company recently delivered a third AC-208B to the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission in Kirkuk.
Fujairah International Airport has joined Brazilian manufacturer Embraer in confirming participation in the Abu Dhabi Air Expo, the general aviation show which runs from the 6th to the 8th of March 2012 at Al Bateen Executive Airport.
An IATA pilot project saw Emirates and Delta Airlines chosen to test the potential uses of more efficient flight paths – but it wasn't quite that straight forward. Jill Stockbridge reports.
As Abu Dhabi Airport Company battles to keep up with the ever-increasing numbers wanting to use the facility, Alan Peaford meets CEO James Bennett, the man behind a number of ambitious plans for the future.
Plans are under way to build and develop a cost-effective, state-of-the art passenger terminal at Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina. Keith Mwanalushi talks to TAV chief executive Sani Sener about the strategy for developing Islam's second holiest gateway.
Mubadala Aerospace is developing a wide-ranging footprint in the region's MRO scene with the latest success story – Sanad Aero Solutions – demonstrating it has a big part to play. Alan Dron reports.
With the stability, security, and business development in the Kurdistan region of Iraq opening the doors to domestic and international business prosperity, it is no surprise that private aviation traffic into Iraq is growing. Kelly Green meets one of the top men making it happen - Dori Abouzeid, who used to fly Frank Sinatra.
The Dubai Airshow heralded the celebrations of the nation's 40th year. Halls, pavilions and chalets displayed the colours of the UAE national flag in celebration of the anniversary. But, running in parallel, there were also darker discussions and dire warnings surrounding the murkier aspects of business aviation.
In September Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) conducted testing for their jointly developed Talon Laser Guided Rocket (LGR) system on the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, bringing the flight test programme to a successful close. The system is now fully qualified for the AH-64D and ready for production contracts. Claire Apthorp reports.
Though the UAE closed down its US-based F-16 training operation in October 2010, the Emiratis continue to maintain a small fleet of Block 60 F-16s in the USA for testing new systems, weapons and capabilities.
One of the success stories of last year's air operations over Libya was MBDA's Brimstone missile, especially in its dual mode form. Jon Lake looks at how the hardware performed.
Saudi Arabia has faced challenges introducing the Eurofighter Typhoon into service, not least in establishing local production – which has yet to start. But, as Jon Lake reports, despite this the Royal Saudi Air Force is pushing hard to adopt new capabilities and is believed to have been driving the pace of the development of new air-to-ground capabilities for the tranche 2 aeroplane.
Gulf Technics (GT), the Bahrain MRO house has secured Islamic funding for its expansion into commonent support. The $25 milliom agreement with Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) and Al-Baraka Islamic Bank (AIB) was signed as the Bahrain Airshow came to an end.
Al Bateen Executive Airport, operated and managed by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), today reported a 11% increase in overall commercial aviation movements when compared to 2010 and more than 50% increase in visiting business aviation traffic.
Bahrain's Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has awarded the European and USA based Pilot Training College (PTC), one of the world's largest pilot training colleges, a major contract to conduct a pilot training course for Bahrainis
Bahrain's MRO specialist Gulf Technics has today signed a deal with Kooheji Contractors to build a state-of-the-art hangar at Bahrain International Airport.
When the Saudi Ministry of Defence was asked to send an aircraft to BIAS, it naturally chose an example of its latest fighter – the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Bahrain was the first export customer for the UH-60M Black Hawk, currently the most advanced variant in the UH-60/S-70 family, and is proudly displaying one of its new helicopters at BIAS.
