Etihad Airways has become a member of “Business in the Community” (BITC), an organisation that will support the implementation of the Abu Dhabi-based airline's sustainability strategy and provide access to best practice in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Due to the adverse weather conditions being experienced across the United Arab Emirates, the organisers of the 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show have postponed the opening of the show on Wednesday 2nd February.
Baines Simmons has entered into a safety training partnership with the Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) in Bahrain to deliver specialist training and consulting services in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region.
Emirates Airline has contracted Lufthansa Technik to overhaul the centre landing gears of its Airbus A340-300 fleet it was announced at the MRO Middle East show in Dubai today
Jet Aviation and Arabasco will soon be sharing more than intense rivalry in the business aviation FBO and maintenance market in Saudi Arabia – a new state of - the-art facility at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport. Mike Martin visited the facility on the eve of its opening and spoke to both operators about it and the state of the business aviation market in the kingdom.
Set up 20 years ago as an offset company under the US-Saudi Peace Shield command, control and communications programme, Alsalam Aircraft is now a multi-faceted company with three current main lines of business.
Saudi Arabian business/VIP aircraft management provider Arabian Jets has moved into a facility at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and plans to have a MRO capability for Hawker Beechcraft King Air turboprops up and running by the end of 2011.
Mohammed Al Zeer, chairman of MAZ Aviation, has words of advice for Western manufacturers and business aviation service providers who arrange sales tours with an aim to breaking into the lucrative Saudi Arabian market – think and act local.
