Etihad Airways has appointed Roy Kinnear as the new Senior Vice President of Etihad Crystal Cargo, replacing Executive Vice President Des Vertannes, who is leaving Etihad to take up a senior role with IATA as Global Head of Cargo.
Abu Dhabi International Airport received the international accolade of 'Best Cargo Airport 2010' at an award ceremony in London last night, as part of the 27th annual 'Air Cargo News Awards'. The Award recognises ADAC's investment and rapid growth of cargo over the last 12 months.
The Jordanian Special Operations Forces and the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, INEGMA, held the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference (MESOC) for the fifth consecutive time.
The newly GCAA-certified Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, the Gulf Region's first and only dedicated private aviation airport, has announced a 30% increase in aircraft movements in the first quarter of 2010 versus the same period last year.
The mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters produced for Middle East military services and law enforcement agencies are being highlighted at this week's 2010 Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX) in Jordan.
Emirates is to launch flights to Baghdad from 1st July 2010. Baghdad will be Emirates' 103rd international destination and one of six new destinations to be launched by the airline this year including Tokyo, which began on 28th March, Amsterdam, Prague, Madrid and Dakar.
Ethiopian officials are expressing anger and concern that Lebanese government has failed to release the preliminary investigation report into the crash of an Ethiopian airlines plane that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut on the early morning of January 25 despite having received the report from the French air crash investigators, the BEA more than two months ago.
Dubai-headquartered flight services company JetEx says it is continuing its global expansion and will be announcing a new FBO when the business aviation industry meets at MEBA in December.
Qatari-owned Rizon Jet aircraft in the UK will be managed by a new company called Oryx and Oryx will place all maintenance and technical support work with Rizon Jet at the Qatar company's new Biggin Hill facility.
EGYPTAIR Maintenance & Engineering and A J Walter Aviation, the independent aircraft spares specialist, are working together to support the newly established Air Arabia Egyptian fleet of A320 aircraft.
Jet Aviation will be marketing the concept of blended winglets on Hawker 800 aircraft throughout the Middle East and North Africa following a new agreement between the Swiss company, which has a facility in Dubai, and Aviation Partners of the USA,
African airlines are developing greater internal continent links and also seeing a massive development of global routes via the Gulf hubs. These subjects will be covered in depth at the fifth annual route development networking forum which this year is hosted by Sikhuphe International Airport in Swaziland from the 30th May – 1st June.
Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi based luxury flight service provider, is entering its eighth year on a strong growth trajectory and chose the Arabian Travel Market to announce it's new corporate relationship programme and its fleet upgrade and expansion.
CAE announced at EBACE today that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Gama Aviation for pilot training services, including e-Learning, on four Bombardier aircraft types - Learjet 45, Learjet 60, Learjet 60XR, and Global Express. The training will be conducted at CAE's aviation training centre in Burgess Hill, UK, near London Gatwick Airport.
Dubai-based luxury aviation company VistaJet, has expanded its global network into West Africa following strong demand for its services over the past nine months.
Kuwait owned Q8Aviation is now one of the world's leading providers of jet fuel and has strengthened its network of European airports with the recent addition of Frankfurt-Hahn and Liège.
Jordan's Arab Wings signed an order for an Embraer Legacy 650 jet at EBACE on behalf of an undisclosed Jordanian owner. Arab Wings will manage and operate the aircraft.
Dubai's low cost airline flydubai, is continuing the rapid expansion of its network with the announcement today of flights to Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital.
