Business aircraft owners who have been mulling over decisions to appoint a completions centre may have just missed the boat with the leading American centre at Gore Design Completions. (GDC)
Riyadh-based Alpha Star has signed a letter of intent with Sikorsky Aerospace Services to begin discussions to form a joint venture dedicated to providing comprehensive military and commercial aviation support and maintenance services in Saudi Arabia.
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has signed a contract with the Moscow-based Kosmotras (ISCK) for the launch of DubaiSat-2, the United Arab Emirates' second remote-sensing satellite.
Boeing is the latest of companies to reveal what it will be doing when it showcases a diverse portfolio of products at the IDEX show next week - including a chance to feel what it is like to fly the F-18 Super Hornet
A lecture on "Airlines challenges in the Middle East : Positioning for future growth", will be hosted by the Royal Aeronautical Society - UAE (RAeS) at the Emirates Aviation College (opposite Dubai Tennis Stadium) next Tuesday (Feb 22) at 17:30.
Panasonic Avionics Corporation today announced the first test flight of its eXTV service which could open the way to live TV broadcasts to business aircraft such as the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ).
The world's largest FBO provider and distribution network for business aviation services, Signature Flight Support has selected Bahrain as the location for its first office in the region.
Qatar Airways today announced its European expansion is continuing with the Italian city of Venice set to join the airline's growing network, effective June 15
Khartoum is to get a new airport. Sudan's Airport Administration Bureau has signed a $1.2 billion contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the capital's new international airport
The first eight IRAN-140 turboprop aircraft are ready to enter service on Saturday as a ban on the ageing Tupelev Tu-154 comes into effect across the country.
Global cargo carrier UPS is to expand its Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) coverage to include its MD-11 Freighter fleet, in addition to the 747-400 Freighter fleet, which already utilizes AHM.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air traffic movements in the UAE grew at a rate of 10.3% in January 2011 compared to the same month last year. The GCAA monthly report indicated that total air traffic movements in January 2011 were 57,227 with an average of 1846 air traffic movements per day.
RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE's Ras Al Khaimah, has announced the start of its winter seat sale, which will offer customers special fares to Calicut, Cairo, Dhaka and Chittagong.
UAE-based Starlight Airlines, the largest cargo operator to and out of Iraq, has entered into an agreement with Emirates SkyCargo to launch cargo operations between its Sharjah hub and Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
An automated target detection system for UAVs currently being deployed in Afghanistan in support of both Australian Army and Air Force operations will be on display at next week's IDEX show in Abu Dhabi
Rolls-Royce has won a $2.2bn TotalCare long term services contract from Emirates, covering Trent engines for 70 Airbus A350XWB aircraft. The agreement will bring the airline's Rolls-Royce powered fleet of 128 aircraft, in service and on order, under TotalCare arrangements.
Boeing dramatically unveiled its new 747-8 Intercontinental to a packed out audience of 10,000 at Boeing's huge factory headquarters in Everett, Washington, yesterday.
Dassault Falcon has received operational certification from the FAA for the Falcon 7X Enhanced Vision System (EVS). This follows certification received from EASA in July, 2010.
