Middle East & North Africa

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Oman Air for Trent 1000 engines to power six Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Russia's NordStar Airlines placed an order for three ATR 42-600s at the show yesterday, bringing to seven, the total number of the type it has ordered this year.

Dubai's Medrar financial group has taken a majority interest in Diamond Aircraft Holdings (DAH), Canada for an undisclosed sum.

Raytheon has finished the installation and testing of its AutoTrac III (AT3) air traffic management (ATM) system at Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport.

Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has revealed the Aircar, a new general turboprop aircraft, which is an evolution of the Y12 series.

Fresh from operations over Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Marine Corps Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey is making its regional airshow debut at Dubai.

Diamond Aircraft is showing the prototype of its new maritime surveillance aircraft at the Dubai Airshow.

Though the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master prototypes have been a regular sight at international air shows, Dubai sees the public debut of the production aircraft, in the shape of the first T-346 to be delivered to the Italian Air Force's Reparto Sperimentale Volo at Pratica di Mare.

Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Pakistan's Chief of the Air Staff, underlined the importance of the new JF-17 Thunder which, he said, “represented a much-needed capability for the Pakistan Air Force”.

CFM's new baby – the LEAP engine – has already racked-up orders and commitments for around 2,450 units to power Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX and COMAC C919 airliners at a list price of more than $29 billion.

Flight departments across the Middle East will now have access to a whole new range of audit and safety management services.

Austria's VistaJet is to add more new long-range Bombardier aircraft to its fleet in the Middle East in response to strong demand for its services across the region and in particular from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE.

Turkey's Eclipse Aerospace is to start production of the latest iteration of the Eclipse 500 very light jet, the Eclipse 550.

A popular feature of each day's flying display is the appearance of the Chinese twin turboprop regional airliner, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) MA600.

Nearly 2,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft will be needed in the Middle East by 2030.

ExecuJet and Saudi's National Air Services' subsidiary NasJet have partnered to open a new FBO at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

Delays in the software development of the fly-by-wire systems for the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 will not delay the entry of the aircraft on to the market, according to Embraer's Claudio Camelier, vice president market and product strategy.

Britain's Gama Group is to expand its services into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Lufthansa Technik has signed a second completion contract for a Boeing 747-8, sealing the deal with an undisclosed customer here at the Dubai Airshow.

Oman Air has signed an order for six Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, completing an arrangement with Boeing and Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO.

Honeywell has signed a maintenance cost agreement with flydubai worth more than $20 million over 10 years.

The fastest selling airliner in aviation history – the Airbus A320neo – received another massive vote of confidence, from Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease & Finance Company (ALAFCO).

Comlux, the aviation group, has a signed a commitment for an Airbus ACJ321 – the first ever placed with Airbus for the type – expanding the Airbus corporate jet family.

The UAE is to get five Total Eclipse very light jet (VLJ) aircraft following the GCAA certification for the type yesterday.

Mubadala Aerospace and Boeing cemented their developing relationship with the signing of two agreements at the show.