Middle East & North Africa

Qatar Airways has announced it is bringing forward the launch date of its new Stuttgart route due to strong demand for the airline's fourth German destination. The Doha-based carrier will start its scheduled three-times-a-week service between the capital city of Qatar and Stuttgart on 6 March 2011.
Airports & Networks

Embraer's new large Legacy 650 executive jet demonstrator has completed a nonstop flight from Dubai (UAE) to London's Farnborough Airport (UK).
Business Aviation

Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, today announced its financial results for the three months ending September 30, 2010, demonstrating sustainable profitability during the third quarter of this year.
Aerospace

Oman Air is celebrating at this year's World Travel Market (WTM), as it marks the first anniversary of the launch of its fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft.
Air Transport

Cairo-based Midwest Airlines has announced an order for one Next-Generation 737-800. This order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website.
Air Transport

RUAG's Board of Directors has appointed Philipp Berner as the new CEO of RUAG Aviation and a member of the Executive Board of RUAG Holding Ltd,effective 1 December 2010.
Maintenance & Training

Libya's government-owned business aviation company, United Aviation, has taken delivery of its first Learjet aircraft when a Learjet 60XR was flown to the company's Tripoli base from Wichita today.
Business Aviation

The in-flight services division of Egypt Air Holdings has signed a catering contract with Moby Dick Solutions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Rolls-Royce announced today that it has won an order worth $350m from Egyptair for extended TotalCare® long-term services for 12 Airbus A330 aircraft.
MRO

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been awarded the prestigious title of 'World's Leading Airline' for a second consecutive year at the World Travel Awards (WTA).
Air Transport

Saudi Arabian Airlines and Boeing today announced an order for 12 Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes, with an option for 10 more. The order is valued at $ 3.3 billion at average list prices.
Air Transport

Turkish Technic, had signed a C Check maintenance services agreement for one base maintenance C check on an Airbus A320 for Amsterdam Airlines. Maintenance works will be carried at Turkish Technic's facilities in Istanbul, Turkey by the end of this month.
MRO

Chinese and American investors have joined together to buy a majority shareholding in Turkish MRO provider My Technic.
MRO

Flydubai has selected AIMS Corp for its Crew Management and Operations Control Requirements the “state-of-the-art,” technologically advanced, “low-cost” Airline Information Management.
Air Transport

Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, made another double route announcement today to take the airline's network to 28 destinations. Flights to the Saudi city, Abha, and the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, will begin later this month.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines
Aerospace

Turkish Airlines
Aerospace

Turkish Airlines
Aerospace

Turkish Airlines
Aerospace

Turkish Airlines
Aerospace

Over 33 international exhibitors, specialised providers and industry suppliers have confirmed participation for the 11th edition of Airport Show Dubai, REED Exhibitions Middle East announced today.
Aerospace

The 4th edition of the Dubai Helishow, the Middle East's largest trade show for the helicopter industry, came to an end yesterday.
Aerospace

Boeing has signed a deal with Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) for KAI to design, develop and manufacture the Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) for the F-15 Silent Eagle.
Defense

The potential growth for business aviation in the Gulf is being held back because of a lack of appropriate facilities at the region's airports according to the head of the industry in the Middle East.
Aerospace

Gulfstream announced today that the FAA and EASA have certified the jet-maker's large-cabin aircraft to the Stage 4 noise standard and the Chapter 4 noise requirement, respectively.
Business Aviation