Bombardier comes to the show bringing the passenger cabin and cockpit demonstrators of its CSeries twinjet and a trio of executive jets, expressing its confidence in strong market growth in the region.
SA MENA Avionics, a subsidiary of MENA Aerospace Enterprises has obtained a certificate of approval from the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation paving the way for expansion into the country.
Dassault's Rafale and Eurofighter's Typhoon briefly sat side-by-side in the static display here at the show, with a US Navy Boeing Super Hornet close by.
Bahrain's GCC ally the UAE is strongly supporting BIAS. The UAE Air Force and Air Defence has dispatched its new Al Fursan aerobatic team with its seven Aermacchi MB339NATs (plus two spares), as well as a quartet of fighters.
At the show the Royal Bahraini Air Force is taking the opportunity to show off its helicopter types, including examples of the Agusta Bell AB212 (the Huey of Vietnam war fame), the MBB Bo 105, the new Sikorsky UH-60M, and the Bell AH-1 Cobra gunship (pictured).
Bahrain's aspirations to once again be a driving force in the region's aviation industry is given credence by the country's major training organisation.
The latest simulator to join the GAA fleet is the Embraer 170/190. While the regional jet is currently only seeing service in Bahrain with Gulf Air and in Muscat with Oman Air, GAA chief executive Tim Shattock believes there is great potential.
Lebanese authorities have blamed pilot error for the 2010 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 in a fierce thunderstorm, that went down minutes after takeoff from Beirut almost two years ago.
Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 3.9 per cent, except for the A320neo Family price which rises by an average of 6.1 per cent. The new pricing is effective from January 1st 2012.
A senior aviation security inspector from Qatar has attended a Boeing “Educators to Space Camp” programme, held in Huntsville, Alabama - a first for the Gulf country.
Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) has announced that as of Sunday January 15 2012 its unique patented Blended Winglet Technology has saved the world's commercial and business aircraft operators an estimated three billion gallons of jet fuel.
Etihad Airways has cancelled six Airbus A350-1000s, making it the first carrier to have cut its backlog for the type since the aircraft was redesigned last year.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Training and Development Institute and Etihad Airways announced a training partnership during the proceedings of the IATA-AACO Aeropolitical Affairs Forum in Abu Dhabi in a joint effort to develop the human capital of the aviation industry in the region.
RAK International Airport has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Andrew Gower as Airport Director and Mohammed Qazi as Commercial Director.
