Middle East & North Africa

Turkish MRO specialist Turkish Technik is to venture into the world of cabin interiors with a new joint venture with its parent company airline, Turkish Airlines and the country's main manufacturing business Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
MRO

Etihad has appointed Gordon Penfold as Senior Vice President, Information Technology (IT).
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, has announced a new partnership with Korea's leading airline, Asiana Airlines.
Air Transport

Barloworld Logistics has appointed a new sales director for the Middle East
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air has taken delivery of two more brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, taking the number of new aircraft in the airline's fleet to 14 in the last 14 months.
Aerospace

Russian helicopters has bought out the controlling stock of Russia's rotorcraft manufacturers to complete the plan to have the industry under a single brand.
Business Aviation

Royal Jet - the Abu-Dhabi based luxury charter operation is targeting India for its next stage of growth.
Business Aviation

A new maintenance centre is to open at Egypt's first privately owned and operated airport at Marsa Salam.
Airports & Networks

Al Bateen Executive Airport has signed a letter of intent with Switzerland-based Gategroup to provide high quality catering and aircraft provisioning services to business aircraft using Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Technic has signed an APS3200 APU repair services contract with and Thomas Cook Airlines to cover an APS3200 model APU repair to be carried out at Turkish Technic's APU shop in Istanbul, Turkey.
MRO

Antalya-based Turkish charter carrier Sky Airlines, is to start scheduled domestic flights within the next two weeks.
Airports & Networks

The Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) – the specialist in Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) VIP cabin completion and associated services based in Toulouse, France – has delivered its sixth cabin to an undisclosed customer in the Middle-East, and confirms a growing backlog of Airbus Corporate Jet completions and the increase in its resources to match its growing services activity.
Interiors & Connectivity

German Air Ambulance Specialist FAI rent-a-jet AG and Medicare and Tourism Services, Travel Point LLC of Oman have signed a service agreement
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Commencing 1 January 2011,Qatar Airways will introduce its flagship Boeing 777 aircraft for the first time in Spain, operating on the daily non-stop Doha – Madrid route.
Airports & Networks

Gulf Air and Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), the Kingdom's only approved aviation training provider in the region, have signed a comprehensive training agreement marking a major milestone in the cooperation between the two subsidiaries of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.
Maintenance & Training

Honda Aircraft Company has successfully completed the first flight of its FAA-conforming HondaJet advanced light business jet. The event is a significant step in Honda's aerospace program leading to delivery of aircraft in 2012.
Business Aviation

Northrop Grumman's air traffic management subsidiary, Park Air Systems announced today that it had won the contract for the supply of communication, navigation and surveillance systems for Al Maktoum International Airport in Jebel Ali.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has announced it will introduce a number of enhanced services at Doha International Airport within the new Doha Arrivals terminal which opened to passengers yesterday.
Airports & Networks

Airline procurement decision-makers are, for the first time, being hosted at next year's MRO Middle East, the third edition of the successful maintenance, repair and overhaul conference and exhibition, produced by F&E Aerospace and Aviation Week.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has resumed operations to London following the phased opening of Heathrow airport which had closed as a result of freezing weather conditions.
Air Transport

Yassine Herraz, Maintenance Planning & Packaging Manager, at Royal Air Maroc has been awarded a bursary by aircraft spares support specialist A J Walter Aviation for the MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management degree course sponsored by the company and organised by City University, London.
Maintenance & Training

Boeing today announced that its production rate for the 777 program will increase to 8.3 airplanes per month in the first quarter 2013.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has delayed all flights to London until further notice, due to the closure of Heathrow airport as a result of severe weather conditions. Other airlines are expected to follow
Air Transport

EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering has added aircraft types B757-200/300, B767-200/300, Airbus A330-200/30 powered by GE CF6 and Embraer E190/195 to its capability to serve EgyptAir fleet.
MRO

Middle Eastern customers of Dassault's Falcon jets can now get realistic feel of what their aircraft will look like inside following approval from the FAA for the use of 3D data for type design in the completions process of Falcon aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity