Middle East & North Africa

The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran's Mahan Air, after accusing the airline of “secretly ferrying operatives, weapons and funds” on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Air Transport

ASIG has announced it has renewed its agreement with Emirates to provide passenger handling services on behalf of the carrier at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has started an engine upgrade programme for more than half its Airbus A330 fleet.
Air Transport

Turkish Technic has announced that in February 2011 it signed a pool contract with Ariana Afghan Airlines, covering two of the airline's B737-400 model aircrafts. The services will be carried out at Turkish Technic Istanbul facilities.
MRO

With the 13th November launch just around the corner, Emirates held a gala dinner in Baghdad on Tuesday night, giving the city a glimpse of the airline's award-winning hospitality.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has unveiled major expansion plans for Pakistan with the launch of additional flights to Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar.
Airports & Networks

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings and Pantheon Enterprises have been working together over the last two years to develop an advanced chrome free aircraft pretreatment that will be sold through AkzoNobel Aerospace Coating's global distribution network.
MRO

Rolls-Royce has agreed to partner Pratt & Whitney in developing engines for the future single aisle aircraft from Airbus and Boeing and at the same time to sell its shareholding in International Aero Engines to P&W its former partner in the consortium.
Emerging Technologies

Controversial delay to the delivery of the first Boeing 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux - the company part-owned by Qatar Airways - was over today when Boeing handed the aircraft over to the Luxembourg airline
Air Transport

The Middle East is hosting Airport Council International (ACI) Europe and Asia-Pacific's major annual gathering for the very first time.
Aerospace

Dubai Airshow organiser, F&E Aerospace, is predicting it may pass the 1,000 exhibitor mark for this year's show – the last to be held at the city's Airport Expo.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced today the completion of the first phase of the Oracle E-Business Suite implementation.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air today took delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft retrofitted with Panasonic Avionics Corporation's (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite.
Air Transport

Eclipse Aerospace, is now taking orders for the Eclipse 550, the new twin-engine jet model in the Eclipse Jet family which was launched at NBAA in Las Vegas
Business Aviation

There are just three weeks left to register for the second edition of the Border Control, Airport and Seaport Security Conference 2011 (BCASS), which takes place on November 2 at the InterContinental, Abu Dhabi.
Aerospace

Turkish Technic has signed a contract with Vienna, Austria-based scheduled airline NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH to provide base maintenance and paint services for five Airbus A320 Aircraft.
MRO

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) maintenance, repair and overhaul subsidiary StandardAero Business Aviation, announced today its first installation of FAA-certified High-Mach Blended Winglet on a Falcon 900.
MRO

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) has been given a double boost from the Middle East with orders from Oman and Saudi Arabia
Business Aviation

Royal Jet has confirmed record levels of business through its FBO and VIP Terminal facility during the first two Grand Prix held in the capital. It is now geared up to make it three in a row.
Business Aviation

Private aircraft charter and management services are looking for a B2 challenger 604/605 engineer in Doha, Qatar
Aerospace

Private aircraft and management services are looking for a B1 Hawker Engineer
Aerospace

Cessna has introduced its second all-new Citation jet in as many weeks when it launched the Latitude mid-size business jet at NBAA today.
Business Aviation

Founding chairman of MEBAA – the Middle East Business Aviation Association – Ali Al Naqbi has been appointed to the board of Comlux. The Swiss-headquartered VIP charter with a major base in Bahrain.
Maintenance & Training

Dubai's Empire Aviation Group has agreed, a contract for the operation and management of one large Legacy 650 executive jet. The deal was revealed during a press conference at NBAA in Las Vegas,
Business Aviation

Arinc Direct is to expand its Middle East operations with the opening of an office in Dubai.
Maintenance & Training