Middle East & North Africa

Sudan, Egypt or Turkey could be the first MENA region customers for the Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 fighter, which is making its Western air show debut at Farnborough.

Goodrich Corporation will announce at Farnborough this morning that it has been selected by Qatar Airways to supply wheels and electrically-actuated brakes for its Boeing 787 aircraft.

Turkish Airlines is to introduce a fourth seating class on its Boeing 777 aircraft, which will be offered on services to Asia and the Americas.

flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, launched services to its first Iraqi city, Erbil, last week making it the airlines' 22nd destination.

Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet and Saudi-based ARABASCO have renewed an agreement that pushes forward its highly successful commercial and operational alliance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner completed its first international mission today and successfully landed at Farnborough Air Show.

Dubai-owned Emivest Aerospace, the manufacturers of the SJ30 light business jet and their Middle East distributor Action Aviation are unveiling an medevac version jet at Farnborough tomorrow

Dassault Falcon has received certification from both EASA and the FAA for the newest member of the Falcon family of business jets, the 4,750nm Falcon 900LX.

Air Partner plc and MENA Aerospace have formed a partnership to grow private jet charter business in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Bombardier Aerospace today announced the delivery of a Challenger 605 jet to El Seif Group of Saudi Arabia. The new aircraft will be used primarily for executive travel between the company's various Middle Eastern operations.

In-flight Entertainment (IFE) and Connectivity specialist, Thales will be announcing a new tie-up with technologists CSCand Proximetry to create a new product that will help airlines improve IFE offerings

Engineering and maintenance services company Fokker Aircraft Services has received maintenance approval from the United Arab Emirates with the GCAA granting the Dutch company a Part-145 approval to maintain UAE-registered aircraft anywhere in the world.

ULS Cargo has signed a base maintenance service contract with Turkish Technic, to cover base maintenance C-check of three A310F's. Maintenance works will be carried out at Turkish Technic's facilities in Istanbul, Turkey until the end of this year.

The Engine Alliance – the provider for engines for the Emirates fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft has completed its 100th GP7200 engine.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced today that it has completed the delivery of the 1000th PC-12 at a special ceremony at its wholly owned subsidiary in Colorado, USA.

Visitors to Farnborough Airshow next week will get the chance to see into the future - as far as airliners are concerned.

Turkish Technic and the Goodrich Corporation have finally completed the deal to form a joint venture company to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Istanbul.

Boeing forecasts a $3.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years as world economies rebound and strong demand for new and replacement aircraft spurs growth. The Boeing 2010 Current Market Outlook (CMO), released today in London, foresees a market for 30,900 new commercial passenger and freighter airplanes by 2029.

Abu Dhabi is one Emirate looking forward to welcoming many tourists this summer, particularly Kuwaitis.

The Airport Show - run by Reed Exhibitions - is to co-locate with SITL Dubai, the International Week of Transport and Logistics.

Iraq's Transportation Ministry says it has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia allowing the Kingdom's national carrier to resume flights to Iraq for the first time since 1991.

Boeing's Silent Eagle flight demonstrator aircraft F-15E1 has completed a successful first flight from Lambert St. Louis International Airport.

The Enirates Airlines group has completed the sale of its shareholding in SriLankan Airlines which it has held for 12 years.

German travel firm TUI is to sell its majority share holding in Jet4You, the Moroccan low-cost carrier to Royal Air Maroc.

StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company, announced today that Jeroen Schouten has joined StandardAero's Business Aviation sales team as Regional Sales Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).