Middle East & North Africa

Air Arabia has selected the SITA Horizon passenger management system to provide a seamless transit service at Air Arabia's 70 departure points across 32 countries as the airline expands its network.
Airports & Networks

Mubadala Aerospace is taking active steps to increase its Emiratization and is taking part in Najah 2011, the Education Training Exhibition and Career Fair taking place at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi today.
Maintenance & Training

RAK Airways has increased its GCC network with daily flights from Ras Khaimah to Kuwait and Doha, Qatar. RAK Airways will offer seven flights a week to Kuwait effective 20 November 2011 in addition to increasing the frequency of its flights to Doha to seven times a week effective 30 October 2011.
Airports & Networks

Airbus has completed installation of the first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB flight-test engine on the A380 “flying-testbed” aircraft (MSN 001).
Emerging Technologies

Northrop Grumman Corp has pulled out of the 2012 Farnborough International air show as part of a drive to cut costs in what it describes as leaner times in the global defence market but it is honouring its commitment to the Dubai Air Show.
Aerospace

Piper Aircraft's Altaire personal jet has been placed under review by the American manufacturer along with a major leadership change announced today.
Maintenance & Training

Patrick Enz, the experienced CEO of Rizon Jet has left the Doha-based private jet company.
Maintenance & Training

JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) is the latest aerospace company to buy-in to the initiative of introducing young people to the world of aerospace.
Maintenance & Training

Schoolteachers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar along with a student from the UAE have a greater understanding of Space, thanks to an educational initiative from Boeing in the US.
Space

Etihad Airways today announced it will soon begin flights to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Airports & Networks

A senior official at the Iranian Aviation Organization (IAO) has claimed the country has developed its own MRO network to ensure maintenance is continued on the country's ageing fleet while sanctions remain.
MRO

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