ABS Jets executives are meeting with clients from the Gulf region at the show to discuss the services and facilities it can offer at its facilities in Prague and Bratislava.
Buying interest is flying high in the Middle East according to ExecuJet, which is delighted to report positive aircraft sales in the region, new aircraft for its managed fleet based in the UAE and a significant increase of FBO activity.
Austrian jet card and charter services provider VistaJet has announced a firm order for three new Bombardier business jets: a Global 5000 and two Challenger 850s. Valued at around US$110 million, the aircraft augment the firm's US$2 billion order backlog.
Germany's 328 Support Services is at the show promoting its new 328SP series, a customised version of Dornier 328 turboprop and jet airframes. The 328SP allows buyers to add state-of-the-art equipment on a modular basis, meaning they can upgrade their aircraft at a timeframe to suit their budgets.
Cessna is promoting two new products at the show that it says will be “game-changing” in the Middle East. The Wichita, Kansas-based firm launched its new mid-size Citation Latitude business jet last month, featuring its new cabin management system Clairity.
Inmarsat is working on new “bearers” or waveforms that will push its L-band SwiftBroadband service to the limit. The existing (up to) 432kbps download speeds may be pushed to 500kbps, or even as much as 700kbps, when the new high data rate (HDR) bearers are introduced in 2013.
Esterline CMC Electronics was selected recently by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to supply its latest generation CMA-9000 flight management system (FMS) and CMA-5024 global positioning system wide area augmentation system (GPS WAAS) sensor.
Satcom1 is promoting its recently-launched individual satellite airtime billing solution for charters, fractionals, airlines and business jet operators.
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines announced the launch of double daily flights between London and Istanbul and to destinations across Turkey, North Cyprus and beyond at World Travel Market (WTM) 2011.
Spectators at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday will witness a 'fly-by' by a low flying Airbus A340-600 shortly before racing commences.
UK-based aerospace design, analysis and modelling software solutions company j2 Aircraft Dynamics Ltd has announced it has won a $170,000 contract with the Ministry of Science and Technology in Iraq to provide them with an aircraft design lab in Iraq and associated training and education over a 2 week course in the UK.
Jet Aviation has appointed Abdullah Al-Ghamdi as the new customer relations manager and sales representative for aircraft management and charter services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & GCC.
A total of 31 UAE national cadet pilots, 10 graduate managers, one engineer graduate and 77 contact centre staff from the UAE and an additional 11 graduating cadet pilots of other nationalities, were welcomed to Etihad in a ceremony held yesterday at the Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Boeing workers have started assembling the 1,000th 777. The airplane is a Boeing 777-300ER model. It will be delivered to Dubai-based Emirates Airline in March 2012.
The NH90 programme has reached a major milestone with the declaration of compliance for the NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) variant's Final Operational Configuration, This marks the NH-90 TTH's development completion, and enables deliveries to begin before year-end in the helicopter's full operational definition.
Ruedi Kraft, the face of Gulfstream in the Middle East has left the business jet manufacturer to take up a key role with another General Dynamics subidiary, Jet Aviation
Northrop Grumman is to highlight its global security capabilities at this year's Dubai Airshow, including airborne surveillance, UAS', airborne early warning and control systems, fire control radars and infrared countermeasures, plus its training and support services.
