Following last week's MRO Middle East conference in Dubai, Jordanian MRO specialist JorAMCo has been selected by Air Arabia for heavy maintenance services, to be provided nose to tail, on seven A320 aircraft.
The GCC continues to allocate large investments for developing new and existing airports with major expansions in the region's 1,200 international, domestic and defence airports as well as new projects expected to cost around US$90 billion over the next few years, according to REED Exhibitions Middle East, one of the leading organisers of trade and consumer exhibitions including the Airport Show 2011.
Premium class passengers onboard Gulf Air now have plenty of entertainment options as the airline has introduced a new portable in-flight entertainment solution supplied by digEcor, Inc. USA.
Global aircraft charter company Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has completed further evacuation flights for foreign nationals leaving Egypt as the country remains in a state of civil unrest.
Bahrain's value airline - Bahrain Air - said yesterday that it is to press ahead with its proposed launch of flights to Egypt despite the turmoil currently affecting the North African country.
Thirteen of Oman Air's 40 Young Ambassadors have embarked on their voyages to deliver messages of evolution, development and achievement to the airline's destinations of Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan.
Empire Aviation Group (EAG), the Dubai-based private aviation specialist, has joined forces with RMSI, the Dubai-based MEDEVAC, emergency medical services and clinical services specialist, to launch a new Intensive Care Air Ambulance service.
Aerospace and defence companies are at risk of attack – not necessarily on their people but on another valuable asset, their data. Dr Alastair MacWillson, global managing director of technology consulting firm Accenture's security practice, looks at the threats and at how IT security can fight off these attacks.
Riad Kahwaji, chief executive of the INEGMA organisation outlines the challenges affecting the region and tells western governments ride the wave don't get swept away.
Airshow organisers Farnborough International Ltd (FIL) is in attendance at Aero India in Bangalore this week to promote the Bahrain International Airshow 2012 (BIAS). 50% of chalets have already been sold for the event which will take place from 19-21 January 2012, following on from the success of the launch show in 2010.
A second Host Systems mobile ATC tower (also known as MVCR – Mobile Visual Control Room) has been delivered via C-17 to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan and will be used for ground control
