The Royal Air Force of Oman (Al-Quwwat al-Jawiyya al-Sultaniyya al-'Umaniyya) is not the largest air arm in the GCC, nor is it the most modern, but it is one of the most professional air forces in the Arab world, enjoying an enviable reputation and long operational experience. Jon Lake reports.
Oman Air has moved from a little known regional carrier to a renowned international airline brand. Alan Peaford meets the outgoing CEO of the airline to find out what lies ahead.
The Sultanate of Oman is a relatively sleepy country but with hard work from the ministry of tourism and Oman Air, this formerly quiet place is starting to shout out to the world that it has woken up and can offer visitors a true taste of Arabia. Marcelle Nethersole reports.
Safi Airways, the leading International airline of Afghanistan, has appointed dnata as its General Sales Agent (GSA) representing the airline for its new flight between Abu Dhabi and Kabul.
At the three-day Food and Hotel Expo 2011, which has just been held at the Oman International Exhibition Centre in Muscat, a team of experts from Oman Air Catering's pastry kitchen demonstrated advanced culinary skills to the visitors.
Flydubai announced today that it has added two additional Iraqi destinations to its network with flights to Baghdad and Najaf due to start in the New Year. The new routes bring flydubai's network to 48 destinations across 27 countries in the GCC, Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia and the fringes of Europe.
The first T129 ATAK helicopter prototype assembled by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) made its maiden flight on August 17. Jon Lake looks back over the programme.
Etihad Airways has agreed to increase its stake in airberlin, Europe's sixth largest airline, to 29.21%, becoming airberlin's largest single shareholder and at the same time now offers more destinations than any other Gulf airline through the German connections.
Flying faster than the speed of sound is the stuff that dreams are made of. Since the demise of Concorde in 2003, several inventors have attempted to relight the supersonic fire for civil aviation. Liz Moscrop reports.
After a long and often tortuous process, the UAE is understood to be in the final stage of negotiations for the procurement of about 60 Dassault Rafale fighters with many industry insiders predicting that contracts could be signed during the Dubai Airshow. Jon Lake reports.
Cabin crew uniform is often the first thing that distinguishes one airline from another in the minds of passengers and, therefore, is vital for carriers to get it right. Kelly Green looks at how airline fashion is changing.
Airlines in the Middle East are driving sales for the new 777 freighter. As deliveries continue, Keith Mwanalushi explores the operational benefits by talking to the carriers that use it.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is in Doha today on a three-day visit, as part of the global 'Dream Tour'. Pictured here is the Dream Tour airplane, ZA003 that is in Doha as part of Qatar's National Day celebrations.
flydubai played a part in a milestone event for manufacturer Boeing yesterday when it took delivery of the 7000th B737 to come off the production line.
Human factors were to blame for a tail strike suffered by an Emirates A340 at Melbourne in March 2009, concluded a report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)issued yesterday.
On September 26 Boeing delivered its first 787 Dreamliner to Japanese launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA)… around 40 months late. Every airliner in history has been manufactured thanks to an extensive network of component designers and makers – the supply chain. But Boeing took the term 'supply chain' to a completely different level and the result was a nightmare of monumental proportions. Geoff Thomas reports.
UK-based aircraft asset management company, Falko, has secured an exclusive remarketing mandate from Royal Air Maroc to arrange the sale or long-term lease of four Airbus A321-200 single-aisle airliners.
After working very closely together for many years, baggage handling company Vanderlande Industries and Beewen agreed on a take-over of Beewen by Vanderlande.
