Authentic spares for Russian helicopters MI 8/MI-17 will now be easily available in the Middle East after Aviahelp Asia announced today it is opening a sales office and warehouse in Sharjah, UAE.
Residents in the Al Ula region of Saudi Arabia are already campaigning to the new chief of the country's civil aviation authority GACA to get up to speed with their local airport project.
Commercial opportunities along with military and humanitarian demands driving the need for sustainable space and satellite programmes across the Middle East will be in focus at the Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF) 2011.
ALAFCO, the Kuwaiti aviation lease & finance company is calling on Wataniya Airways principals to pay back about $70 million for the remaining period of an aircraft leasing deal.
A new private aviation terminal is to be built at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority GACA is calling for companies to bid to develop and operate the new facility.
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its 25th Boeing 777. The airplane is a 777-300ER (extended range) model, which can carry up to 335 passengers in a two-class configuration up to 7,930 nautical miles (14,685 km)
Gulfstream Aerospace confirmed today that a Gulfstream G650 crashed Saturday morning during takeoff-performance tests in Roswell, in New Mexico, USA. Two Gulfstream pilots and two Gulfstream flight-test engineers died in the crash.
Boeing is said to be aiming at a decision about the further development of its 777 programme in the second half of this year according to Air Transport Intelligence.
History was made in Afghanistan this week when on Wednesday a team of all-female flight crew took to the skies to provide close air support for coalition and Afghan ground forces, marking the first combat mission flown from Bagram to be planned, maintained and flown entirely by women.
This week it was announced that Cathay Pacific Airways will be offering a new four-times-weekly service from Abu Dhabi to Hong Kong from the 2 June 2011.
The first Iraqi air force instructor pilot to graduate from the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron at Tirkrit Air Base, Iraq, Lt. Col. Hamid Hussein, has flown his first official training mission with an Iraqi student pilot in a Hawker Beechcraft T-6.
Qatari Air Force pilots are now operating alongside the French forces in sorties over Libya as part of the United Nations enforced No Fly Zone while the UAE is set to join operations today or tomorrow.
The SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo in Florida experienced severe weather yesterday afternoon, causing significant damage to an estimated 50 exhibitor and privately owned aircraft as well as a large number of tents and other temporary structures.
America and the European Union have officially concluded a long-awaited bilateral aviation safety agreement (BASA) designed to make government oversight of aviation more efficient and to pave the way for future regulatory cooperation.
Iraq air force officials took a step closer to self-sustainment after hosting their first T-6 Texan trainer aircraft programme management review at New Al Muthana Air Base just days before a historic instructor pilot flight.
Turkish Airlines has exercised options for 15 Next-Generation 737s. The order, comprised of 10 737-800s and 5 737-900ERs, has an average list-price value of more than $1.2 billion.
In its continuous efforts to ensure passenger health and safety on board its aircraft, Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has installed a new live-saving device on its fleet, automated external defibrillators.
Qatar Airways has unveiled a brand new advertising campaign aimed at highlighting the unique characteristics of each region within the airline's expanding global network.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Abu Dhabi Airports Company's Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) with the aim of developing specialised civil aviation human resources through the provision of specialised scientific, technical and administrative training courses.
