Sanad Aero Solutions (Sanad), Mubadala Aerospace's component and engine financing solutions company, has executed a comprehensive financing and access agreement with Virgin Australia for the carrier's Boeing 737NG and Embraer E-Jet spare aircraft components.
Al Bateen Executive Airport is gearing up for the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that will be held from 11-13 November. The executive airport is expecting a surge in aircraft traffic leading up to and during the Grand Prix, as last year the business aviation airport handled nearly 100 movements throughout the F1 week.
The current European sovereign debt crisis, and its expected impacts on European banks, gives new impetus to aircraft investment opportunities for Middle East investors, Boeing told the region's bankers and financers.
Africa's aerospace industry has entered a new era with the launch of a ground-breaking multi-role aviation platform. This marks the first time in Africa's history that the continent has independently designed and manufactured its own aircraft. The market potential of the aircraft could add up to half a billion dollars to the industrial output of the South African economy.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reiterated today the air transport industry's commitment to its ambitious agenda to reduce CO2 emissions and urged the European Union (EU) to abandon its misguided plans to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which is due to start next year.
Boeing has delivered its fourth C-17 Globemaster III to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence from the company's C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach.
As the project to build the world's largest airside facility dedicated to the Airbus A380 continues on track at Dubai International, Dubai Airports is reaching out to world class food and beverage operators and service providers to submit expressions of interest for providing services at the upcoming Concourse 3.
CEOs from the world's leading airlines, aircraft manufacturers, satellite companies, and aerospace associations, as well as heads of the world's most prominent aerospace teaching and research facilities, will come together at the inaugural Global Aerospace Summit for four days of strategic level discussions, closed-door debates, networking, and site visits.
UK-based defence manufacturer L-3 is opening a new international office in Abu Dhabi to expand its presence in the Middle East and provide increased, localised support for its customers and partners in the region.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has contracted Gategroup of Switzerland to provide high quality aircraft provisioning and catering services to business aircraft using Al Bateen executive airport.
The first 787 Dreamliner was today handed over to launch customer ANA during a ceremony adjacent to the factory near Seattle where the airplane was assembled. More than 500 employees representing the 787 program walked alongside the all-new jetliner to present it to ANA executives as a crowd of thousands looked on.
Etihad Airways has launched the 'Abu Dhabi Government Employee Travel Programme', dedicated to offering unprecedented benefits and travel services to government employees across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
