Middle East & North Africa

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

A J Walter the UK headquartered and Dubai-based independent provider of commercial aircraft spares support is moving into the business aviation market.
Business Aviation

Etihad Airways has signed a multi-tiered agreement with Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) to support the emirate's involvement in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race.
Aerospace

RAK Airways has expanded its route network with flights to Peshawar and Lahore in Pakistan. Effective November 2011, RAK Airways will offer two flights a week to Peshawar and Lahore.
Air Transport

RAK Airways is celebrating the first anniversary of its re-launch today with a special seat sale promotion.
Air Transport

Production of Bombardier's new Learjet 85 aircraft has officially begun as the programme successfully exited the Aircraft Level Critical Design Review, Bombardier said at NBAA today.
Business Aviation

A Turkish Sky Airlines plane carrying 156 passengers on a flight from Baden Baden in Germany has a landing gear collapse when landing at Antalya airport in southern Turkey earlier today.
Air Transport

Embraer is facing delays to its Legacy 500 programme which it says is down to a software problem in the fly-by-wire programe which is now being worked on by the software supplier.supplier.
Business Aviation

Jeddah's Aviation Link management company signed a deal at NBAA in Las Vegas for two Airbus aircraft. One is an ACJ319 corporate jet and the other in an A319 airliner.
Business Aviation

Qatar Airways' cargo division has announced it will begin scheduled dedicated freighter services to three North American destinations – Atlanta, Houston and Toronto.
Airports & Networks

A new corporate jetliner formally entered the market at NBAA in Las Vegas today when Bahrain-based, Swiss-owned Comlux became the launch customer for the Sukhoi Business Jet (SBJ).
Business Aviation

Bombardier Aerospace said today that the interior completion of its new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets - which will be capable of non-stop flights between Dubai and Sydney - will take place at its Global Completion Centre in Montreal.
Interiors & Connectivity

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) became the first airport operator in the region to publish a corporate resposibility report detailing the organisation's impact on the environment and its relationship with the community both in the company and with its neighbours
Airports & Networks

Air Arabia, has begun flights to Donetsk in Ukraine . Donetsk is Air Arabia's second destination in Ukraine after Kiev.
Airports & Networks

Emirates Airline has signed a multi-million pound sponsorship deal for the UK capital city's first new urban cable car, to be named Emirates Air Line.
Air Transport