Troubled Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has stunned European manufacturer Airbus with a cancellation of 30 aircraft that has put the Europeans into a loss situation for the first two months of the year
RUAG has broadened its approval for Honeywell engines at the Oberpfaffenhofen site. The engines for the Challenger 300 have just been added to the range.
Airbus Military has successfully completed the number of required simulated flight-cycles on a full scale test airframe to achieve civil type certification of the A400M by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Etihad Airways has appointed Mr Qutiaba Zahde to the position of Country Manager in Iran, responsible for overseeing the airline's commercial activities and sales growth in the Iranian market.
At this year's ATC Global in Amsterdam the Swiss system supplier for the aviation community SkySoft-ATM and the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH will launch their newly developed air traffic management system SkyManager.
Emirates has been scored as the best airline for in-flight meals according to a survey of more than a thousand passengers by international flight comparison site Skyscanner.net
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) downgraded its airline industry outlook for 2011 to $8.6bn from the $9.1bn it estimated in December 2010. This is a 46% fall in net profits compared to the $16bn (revised from $15.1bn) earned by the industry in 2010. On expected industry revenues of $594bn, the $8.6bn 2011 profit equates to a net profit margin of 1.4%.
Signature Flight Support which has its regional headquarters in Bahrain, announced today that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Yellowstone Jetcenter, a provider of FBO services at Gallatin Field Airport in Bozeman, Montana, USA.
ExecuJet Aviation Group is expanding the reach of its aircraft Completions Management Division with newly-won business from South Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
Wataniya Airways has relaunched its website to provide guests and visitors with improved services and more information about flight schedules and other Wataniya Airways products.
The world's largest aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has landed the prestigious Air Charter Provider of the Year accolade at the Air Cargo Africa 2011 awards in Nairobi, Kenya.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said today that it has completed preparations for hosting Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar to be held in Abu Dhabi next Sunday.
EgyptAir holding company chairman Hussein Massoud has been in talks to defer deliveries of its latest A330 order with Airbus as it fights against the challenges of reduced passenger loads following the uprising in Egypt.
AVISA and its sister company AVISA Gulf have become partners in the FLYFokker programme, the innovative life cycle support scheme for the Fokker fleet.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) issued a statement late yesterday announcing that its 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) - which was to be held in Cairo - is now being moved to take place in Singapore from 5-7 June 2011.
The Boeing Company has named Jeffrey Johnson as president of Boeing Middle East. Johnson succeeds Paul Kinscherff, who has been appointed chief financial officer for international finance.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has announced the release of the General Contractor Tender for the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), moving into the next phase of delivering Abu Dhabi International Airport with its iconic new terminal that will cater to the airport's dynamic passenger growth and support the Plan Abu Dhabi 2030.
The world's largest aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has landed the prestigious Air Charter Provider of the Year accolade at the Air Cargo Africa 2011 awards in Nairobi, Kenya.
Dubai Airports announced yesterday its January traffic results for Dubai International, reporting a 10% increase in year-on-year passenger numbers and a 3.9% rise in international freight volumes. January passenger numbers topped 4.25 million, an increase of 10% compared to 3.87 million recorded during the same month in 2010 as the airport crossed the four million passenger mark for the fifth time in seven months.
