Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, today announced sale and leaseback agreements on four Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft worth US$320m at list prices with aircraft leasing group Avolon.
The UAE has announced that it will take delivery of 60 BlackHawk utility helicopters, with a direct order from Sikorsky for 20 UH-60L BlackHawks worth $300 million.
With just over a month to go before the largest business aviation event in the Middle East takes place, show organisers F&E Aerospace held a press conference in Abu Dhabi to outline the show's potential
At the Air Power Middle East conference held in Doha yesterday, Craig Penrice, Typhoon Test Pilot for BAE Systems and Eurofighter, gave a presentation on the future capability requirements for a fighter aircraft.
The fourth edition of the Dubai Helishow opened its doors today at the Dubai Airport Expo Centre, inaugurated by Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Art.
RAK Airways has announced the signing of a key cooperation agreement with RAK Insurance, as the airline continues to add to its' range of value-added services
Etihad Airways' Vice President Treasury, Ricky Thirion, has been named GT News Magazine's 'Corporate Treasurer of the Year' at a gala dinner ceremony in Amsterdam.
Happy Design Studio, the French studio designing original and tailor-made liveries for aircraft, helicopters and yachts, has created Aviations most prestigious and sought after Trophies.
Royal Jordanian has reported third-quarter profits of JD19.6 million (before provision of JD6 million loss on sale of fixed asset), compared to JD25.5 million in the same period of 2009. Gross profits reached JD65.5 million, against JD73.3 million for the comparison period last year.
Eurocopter will mark its 30-plus year presence in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf region with a major participation at this week's Dubai Helishow 2010, underscoring its helicopter product line's capabilities for evolving applications that include anti-piracy, counter-insurgency and border patrol missions; corporate and VVIP transportation; emergency medical airlift; search & rescue; as well as the servicing of offshore oil/gas platforms.
Gama Aviation - which has an operation in Sharjah - has scooped the Baltic Air Charter Association's (BACA) Excellence Award for Best General Aviation Operator for the third consecutive year, making 2010 a hat trick for the prestigious title.
The role of air forces in the Middle East is evolving as global demand increases for joint missions to provide humanitarian disaster relief, intensified peacekeeping efforts, and broadened border security and surveillance operations, a Boeing Company executive told the 2010 Air Power Conference in Doha yesterday.
Emirates announced a net profit of AED 3.4 billion (US$ 925 million), for the first six months of its current financial year ending 30th September 2010. This represents an outstanding 351.2 percent increase compared to AED 752 million (US$ 205 million), for the same period in 2009.
The role of air forces in the Middle East is evolving as global demand increases for joint missions to provide humanitarian disaster relief, intensified peacekeeping efforts, and broadened border security and surveillance operations, a Boeing Company executive told the 2010 Air Power Conference in Doha yesterday
The Arab aviation community has announced its support to colleagues in Yemen following the discovery of explosive devices on two aircraft, the Doha Aviation Summit heard today.
Eurocopter today signed an agreement for the supply of seven AS350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture for crop spraying missions over vast fields of date palm trees – which provide a major source of agricultural revenue for the country.
Airlines, regulators and politicians must work together and with some urgency to avoid an airspace capacity crunch in the Middle East, the Doha Aviation Summit which opens today will be told today.
