The Yahsat Y1A satellite, launched to provide high definition television (HDTV) to audiences across the Middle East, Africa and South West Asia, has successfully reached its orbital slot at 52.5 degrees East, two weeks after launch.
Bahrain based Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has successfully won key “Regional Training Partner” (RTP) and “Authorised Training Centre” (ATC) Accreditations from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Business Travel Market (BTM) has announced that it will be expanding its Executive PA programme at this year's event, taking place on 22nd and 23rd June, at London's Excel, with an Etihad Airways sponsored promotion specifically aimed at this important travel booking channel.
The first panel session of GSSF 2011 saw Mohammed Al Mansoori, Director General of Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology (EIAST) join a panel of international industry experts addressing the impact of satellite applications on our daily lives.
The Global Space and Satellite Forum 2011, held at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, was officially opened today by His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates.
Gulf Air CEO and Chairman of the 2011 World Economic Forum Community for Aviation, Travel and Tourism, Samer Majali attended the World Economic Forum in Africa, where he was a member of the panel that released a white paper on the Policies and Collaborative Partnership for Sustainable Aviation.
The business aviation industry is recovering and meets in May at Geneva for EBACE, the annual European business aviation event. Liz Moscrop looks at the MENA involvement in the show.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, a new entrant to the regional jet market, has high hopes of beating off rivals in the crowded marketplace and sees the Middle East as an important market. But can it overcome the competition? Alan Dron reports.
Dubai-based Swift Freight International LLC is to be rebranded following its acquisition by Barloworld Logistics, part of the South African Barloworld group, in 2008.
Etihad Airways has launched new amenity kits for male and female passengers travelling in First class on flights between Abu Dhabi and the following destinations: London; Paris; Geneva; Sydney; and Melbourne. In the following weeks, the new kits will be made available progressively across the airline's First class long-haul route network.
The prolonged military operation in Libya is starting to have its toll on the image and status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and is increasing the chances of Libya breaking up or turning into a safe-haven to Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb writes Riad Kahwaji, CEO, of INEGMA
Boeing forecasts that airlines in the Middle East will require an estimated 2,340 airplanes worth $390 billion by 2029, with demand being driven by the rapid growth of air travel in the region.
US manufacturer Boeing believes previous forecasts for Middle East growth could have been conservative and has now said airlines in the Middle East will require an estimated 2,340 airplanes worth $390 billion by 2029,
Gulf Air has announced the results of its 2010 customer satisfaction survey, which saw the airline's cabin crew rated as “excellent” for the second consecutive year.
Kuwait aviation fuel specialist Q8Aviation has won its first contract at Vienna international Airport, supplying jet fuel to Air Transat, Canada's leading holiday travel airline
A rival to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism venture is wooing potential buyers who might wish to bring the prospect of space travel to the UAE.
Before the global financial meltdown a raft of orders were announced for the provision of ground power solutions at several Middle East airports. While some installations are nearing completion, work on other sites continues. Keith Mwanalushi reports.
With large-scale airport expansion taking shape in the MENA region the pressure is mounting, reports Keith Mwanalushi, to achieve ever-improving levels of airside safety.
January's decision by Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) to ban the use of Tupolev Tu-154s by the country's airlines following a series of crashes, closes off yet another equipment avenue to the country's hard-pressed airline industry. Alan Dron reports.
