Etihad Airways announced today it would boost frequencies on five key European routes in 2011, and increase capacity on a range of other routes, adding depth to its network and improved connectivity through its Abu Dhabi hub as it takes delivery of new aircraft.
TRUST Middle East company – SOFAB is to distribute French firm OVIV's aircraft ground security systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region.
The Challenger 850 is now on the UAE register following a move by Sharjah-based Gama Aviation to add the Canadian built aircraft to its rapidly growing fleet
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, has today announced delivery of a new Airbus A320 aircraft to Saudi Arabian Airlines.
Aircraft interiors consultancy DRB Aviation Consultants has received FAA approval to operate under the American Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) programme.
Dubai Aerospace subsidiary StandardAero has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to re-engine the Hawker Beechcraft King Air F90 aircraft with Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-135A engines.
Qatar Airways is expanding its presence across Brazil following a code share agreement signed with one of the country's largest airlines, GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes.
Lebanese TV has revealed that the committee conducting the inquiry into the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409 into the sea off Beirut a year ago, will formally meet to begin formulating its findings in Addis Ababa on January 24
Low cost carrier flydubai, has started the year as it ended the last, with the announcement of a new service to Bangladesh. Dhaka will become the airline's 32nd destination when flights to the Bangladeshi capital begin on Valentine's Day February 14.
Team Viper, the world's only Hawker Hunter fighter jet display squadron, has joined the impressive list of international aerobatic and display teams that will headline next month's Al Ain Aerobatic Show, organised by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA)and F&E Aerospace.
Qatar Airways is to increase capacity on the Copenhagen and Barcelona routes, effective March 27 – the start of the Northern Summer 2011 flying schedules.
Spatial Composite Solutions, the Dubai based manufacturer of crew training devices for the civil aviation industry, has been awarded a contract to design, build and install an Airbus A320 Cabin Service Trainer at Virgin America's headquarters in Burlingame, California.
Airbus has today launched a new subsidiary company, called “Airbus ProSky”, dedicated to the development and support of modern air traffic management (ATM) systems.
Aviation IT specialists SITA today announced the successful initiation of a series of operational trials at Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to demonstrate the benefits of its planned AIRCOM IP GateLink service for new generation aircraft such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 787 and newer variants of the Boeing 777.
Turkish Technik has won the contract to carry out the re-delivery check and paint Services for the Airbus A321 aircraft owned by Sky Airlines. The work on the three aircraft will be carried out by the end of this month.
Boeing has again partnered with Qatar Airways and the non-profit global health and disaster relief organisation, AmeriCares to deliver a second consignment of relief supplies to areas in Pakistan that are still recovering from the massive floods that ravaged the country in August. The first shipment was delivered in September 2010.
ABS Jets has appointed Antonia Tomkova to the role of commercial director. The appointment commences with immediate effect. Previously Antonia was in the role of Head of Marketing & PR at ABS Jets.
Malta's place as an MRO provider to Middle Eastern business jet operators has been given another boost with the announcement that AP Malta Ltd. (Aeronautical Professionals Malta Limited), a subsidiary of the Maintenance Centre Munich Group, has obtained its EASA Part M approval from the regulating authority, Transport Malta.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has set new records by operating its longest ever non-stop flight - 17.5 hours from Sydney to New York. Emirates SkyCargo's new generation Boeing 777 Freighter operated the service, which arrived on 28th December with its valuable cargo of thoroughbred horses.
