At the World Hi-Tech Forum 2010: Focus UAE, held on 14 October at The Dorchester Hotel in London, Dr Ali M. Al-Khouri, director general of the Emirates Identity Authority, spoke on improvements in testing for identity in the UAE.
Kuwait's royal family is getting closer this week to receiving its new head-of state aircraft as Boeing is near to completing assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental.
Dubai Airshow organiser F&E Aerospace has confirmed the dates for the third Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) show in Dubai - 1 to 2 February 2012.
His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al Thani, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the state of Qatar, has endorsed the Doha Aviation Summit (DAS) taking place from October 30th to November 1st 2010 in Doha, Qatar.
At the close of his first season racing in the UK, Ahmad Al Harthy, the racing driver sponsored by Oman Air, has achieved fourth place in the Pro-Am 1 class of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship.
Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, this week highlighted the airline's commitment to the Irish market at a series of events and stakeholder meetings in Dublin.
Gore Design Completions which is well known in the Middle East for its extensive experience in head-of-state and VVIP aircraft has announced a new organizational structure and leadership appointments.
Bahrain Airport Services Aircraft Engineering Training Centre (BAETC) has appointed international services company Serco, to improve training policy and procedures, facilities, increase performance and install best-practice to BAETC.
The sky's the limit for new business opportunities, partnerships & business ventures says the organiser of the inaugural Iraq Airport Expansion, Cargo Logistics Conference and Exhibition which takes place from April 6-7, 2011, in the northern city of Erbil, Kurdistan.
Tim Clark, the Emirates Airline chief executive has hit back at European airlines who are calling for changes in funding rules to slow the Gulf airlines' growth in their traditional markets.
Royal Jet's Medevac team will be showcasing their expertise in medical evacuation during the Abu Dhabi Medical Congress on 17-19 October, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
As part of this year's Dubai Helishow, Mediac is pleased to announce the confirmation of a range of exhibitors within the air rescue, search and rescue and medical transport industry.
By Jahangir Arasli, Non-Resident Scholar, INEGMA A firing test of a new Sijjil-2 missile on May 20, 2009, that featured an increased 2,400 km range and solid propellant engine, has marked the next dangerous stage of the ambitious ballistic missile (BM) program of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). The purpose of this short report is to provide a brief analysis of different aspects of the program, establish a potential logical link between it and the nuclear program, developed by the IRI, and to offer possible explanations of the motivations behind the Iranian quest for what one may call a hybrid BM – WMD capabilities, with some potential scenarios of its application and implications. This essay represents the personal views of the author and not of INEGMA or other institutions.
Saudi Aviation Flight Academy has officially taken delivery of its first two Diamond DA40 NG training aircraft from Diamond Aircraft in Austria and staff from the academy have successfully flown the aircraft back to Jeddah.
Qatar Airways yesterday spelled out its commitment to the Spanish market helping strengthen commercial and economic ties with the recently-introduced flights to Barcelona – its second route in Spain.
Libyan African Aviation Holding Company - the firm that controls both Libyan Airways and Afriqiyah - has ordered three regional jets worth $131.5 million from Bombardier.
Virgin Galactic, the company developing the world's first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business, has successfully completed the first piloted free flight of its Enterprise spacecraft.
