The first flight of an Airbus A380 into UK's Manchester Airport was carried out by Emirates today - much to the delight of the UK's aerospace industry.
Spatial Composite Solutions, the Dubai based manufacturer of Aircraft Cabin Simulators has appointed Kevin Cullen as their Business Development Manager with immediate effect.
Gulf Air's First Photo and Video Contest launched recently at its Facebook website has become hugely popular by attracting thousands of people from across the airline's entire network.
Flydubai is set to expand its network into the foothills of the Ural Mountains on October 16, when the airline begins flights to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
Emirates Airline is believed to be pulling out of a codeshare agreement with Virgin Blue, following the Australian airlines' decision to develop a partnership with Emirates' UAE rivals Etihad .
Air Charter Service's Dubai office has just completed a busy month, having transported more than 1,400 security guards to their latest assignment in Iraq.
Iranian aircrash investigators are continuing to look into an incident in Tabriz on Thursday where two passengers were slightly injured after an Iran Aseman Fokker 100 aircraft registration EP-ASL came to a halt in a ditch after overrunning runway 30R.
A new "dream team" partnership has been formed - Lufthansa Consulting (LCG) is teaming up with SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services to serve the aviation industry.
The Fire Department at the Rafik Hariri International Airport has received two fire-fighting boats after a contract was signed between the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the International Civil Organization Aviation (ICAO) and Metal Craft Marine Canadian Company.
EgyptAir has received its first Airbus 330-300. It will begin the morning route between Cairo and London and starts the full onboard connectivity service from the airline.
Gulfstream announced today that its ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650 achieved Mach 0.995 as part of its 1,800-hour flight-test programme.
Boeing Training & Flight Services has started 787 Dreamliner flight certification training following the provisional approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Boeing's Seattle-based 787 flight training devices. As part of flight training, pilots train on a 787 flat panel training device and a 787 full-flight simulator. Both devices are manufactured by Thales.
Virgin Blue Holdings Limited and Etihad Airways today signed an agreement establishing a commercial partnership that will enable Virgin Blue's international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and the two airlines offer a joint network of more than 100 destinations from October 1, 2010.
Boeing has announced that it has appointed Saffana Michael as the communications manager for its Commercial Airplanes unit in the Middle East, India and Central Asia.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic statistics for July which showed continued strengthening of demand for both passenger and cargo traffic. Compared to July 2009, international passengerdemand was up 9.2% while international scheduled freight traffic showed a 22.7% improvement.
Etihad Airways has announced the signing of internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning actress from India, Katrina Kaif, as the airline's new brand ambassador.
The World Food Programme (WFP), through its Sharjah-based Aviation Safety Unit, is organising the 2nd Global Aviation Safety Conference (GASC) for Humanitarian Air Activities on October 11-12, 2010, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sharjah.
