Etihad Airways' Manchester call centre moved one step closer to becoming operational today when 25 staff members graduated from an intensive four-week training course at the airline's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Veghel - Vanderlande Industries has been awarded the contract to supply and install the baggage handling system for the new terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that it will hold its 13th Global Summit in Abu Dhabi in April/May 2013. Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and Etihad Airways will be official hosts of the biggest annual gathering of travel & tourism leaders.
With traffic and capacity on the rise for British Airways in the Middle East, travellers from the UAE who want to discover more of Britain, Europe and North America can now take advantage of ongoing discounted fares announced by the airline.
Captain Hany Azmy has been appointed vice president for the EgyptAir Training Center and plans to see the organisation reach out to the burgeoning African airlines
Etihad Airways has successfully carried more than 100 historic manuscripts from Berlin's State Library to the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
The Gulfstream G650 has received its provisional type certificate (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration. This clears the way for the company to begin interior completions of the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jet in preparation for customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2012, as originally planned.
UAE air crash investigators are working with the military and Italian government officials following the crash of an Alenia Aeromachhi 346 trainer on its way back to Italy after the Dubai Airshow
Royal Jet proved it has the right formula when it comes to handling the large volume of private aircraft movements that took place around Etihad Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Abu Dhabi-based Maximus Air has announced it has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), recognised as the global standard for assessing airlines' operational safety, management and control systems.
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, was chosen as the best airline for promoting corporate social responsibility in the aviation industry.
New agreements announced during this week's Dubai Airshow further enhance Eurocopter's Middle East footprint with agreements including creating a cooperative maintenance program for Royal Jordanian Air Force AS 332 M1 Super Pumas and establishing customer support services for helicopters with the United Arab Emirates' Armed Forces.
Etihad Airways has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation to provide the in-flight entertainment systems and in-flight connectivity, including broadband Internet and live TV, for the airline's entire long-haul fleet of wide body aircraft.
The supreme commander of the UAE armed forces and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nayhan spoke publicly about the collapsed deal between Dassault and the UAE Defence Force for its Rafale fighter aircraft saying all the diplomatic and political will in the world would not overcome uncompetitive and unworkable commercial terms
Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company signed a deal at the show to create an alliance with American unmanned air systems(UAS)specialist Insitu to provide support and sustainment of Insitu's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) UAS products and services in the Middle East.
Qatar Airways is to become the launch customer for Boeing's new Electronic Flight Folder (EFF).The carrier will install the EFF on its entire fleet of Boeing 777s, making it the first in the world to transmit day-of-flight data such as flight plans and weather information directly to the 777 Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB).
American low-cost airline Spirit has signed an MoU with Airbus to buy 73 A320 family airliners, comprising 45 A320neos and 30 standard A320s at a total book value of US$6.7 billion.
