Etihad Airways today announced the appointment of Shaeb Ahmed Alneaimi as its first Airport Manager at Incheon International Airport (IIA) in South Korea.
Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), Bahrain's first aviation training academy, has been approved as a Type Rating Training Organisation (TRTO) by the Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs (BCAA) and the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) to operate as a TRTO for conducting Type Rating training programmes that are required by pilots to operate different aircraft types.
Oman Air's Sindbad Frequent Flyer Programme announced today that it will launch a special promotion to mark the importance of the 40th Renaissance Anniversary of the Sultanate of Oman.
Abu Dhabi-based international luxury flight services company Royal Jet, has partnered with Luxury Air Travel by Dnata and Luxury Hotels by Dnata to offer travellers exquisite getaway packages to Egypt, the Maldives, Florence and Mauritius.
Saudi airline, NAS Air, selected Egyptair Maintenance and Engineering to perform its first replacement of the Embraer E-190 main landing gear - becoming the first MRO provider in the region to complete an E190 landing gear change
Etihad Airways confirmed today that it has renewed its contract with Lufthansa Systems, to handle the airline's worldwide exchange of data with its SkyConnect network management system. SkyConnect has been used by the airline since 2007.
Business jet customers are for the first time, able to use JetCard services for travel within the Middle East, as Private jet provider Air Partner unveiled today a third service area to its JetCard product.
Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport at Jebel Ali in Dubai has granted a fuel concession to Shell Aviation - the aviation arm of Royal Dutch Shell with its regional headquarters in Dubai.
Sir Maurice Flanagan KBE BA Hon.FRAeS FCILT, Executive Vice Chairman of Emirates Airline & Group, has been awarded The Guild Award of Honour by The Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators (GAPAN) in recognition of his `unsurpassed achievements in the airline industry and outstanding lifetime contribution to aviation`.
Emirates Airlines was named the winner of the prestigious Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Airline of the Year Award for 2010 at a gala reception in Singapore yesterday evening.
Emivest Aerospace - Dubai owned manufacturer of the SJ30 - has announced that it has petitioned for restructuring under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code.
Reuters reported that yesterday the US Defense Department notified Congress that it wants to sell Saudi Arabia up to $60bn worth of aircraft and weapons.
Over the last few months, the innovative provider of VIP Inflight Catering Technology has further extended its global network to include an additional sixty-five catering partners in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the United States ensuring its on-line ordering platform remains by far the most comprehensive in the market.
Sikorsky Aircraft will design, build and fly two prototype light tactical helicopters as the follow-on advancement to the X2 Technology demonstrator aircraft that unofficially shattered the helicopter world speed record here in September with a flight speed of 250 knots (287 mph).
Abdul Wahab Teffaha, Secretary General of Arab Air Carriers Organisation, has outlined key issues in his address at the AGM in Cairo starting with the Global Economic Crises.
Civil Aviation Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain (CAA) and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) have announced the early committment of a number of industry leading participants for the Bahrain International Airshow which will be held in 2012 under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Bombardier has selected GE Aviation to provide the integrated powerplant system for the new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets, launching the development of a new business jet engine for GE, currently called the TechX engine.
Boeing Business Jets today announced the first certification and installation of Panasonic Avionics Corporation's in-flight wireless high-speed broadband service, eXConnect, on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft.
