Smart Aviation, the executive and air-ambulance operator in Cairo is to launch a new airline to capitalise on the potential growth of domestic and regional routes in Egypt.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has begun a series of extreme-weather tests at Valparaiso, Florida. A special hangar at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Elgin Air Force Base allows the airplane to experience heat as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius) and as low as minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 43 Celsius).
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated that the Icelandic volcano crisis cost airlines more than $1.7 billion in lost revenue through Tuesday—six days after the initial eruption. For a three-day period (17-19 April), when disruptions were greatest, lost revenues reached $400 million per day.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that Lufthansa will host the IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Berlin from 6-8 June 2010.
Following consultation with lawyers, global banks, insurance companies, and the UK based financial services authority, Securus Escrow Company Limited has launched a robust and secure escrow service tailored to the aviation market and one that will suit many Middle Eastern companies
Airbus said last night that it welcomes the united industry position on acceptable tolerance levels for flight operations in the current environment agreed last night.
Airbus Military has completed all the flight tests required for the daylight certification of the new generation hose-and drogue refuelling system on the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) which has been selected by both the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The Aircraft Registry of Aruba is celebrating Aruba's accession to the ICAO Cape Town Convention making it the first of the civil aviation offshore aircraft registration jurisdiction to have done so.
Gulf Air is operating as many as ten extra flights to transport its passengers, who have been stranded in other airports due to the closure of European airspace caused by the Icelandic volcano ash cloud.
The FAA has granted Boeing expanded type inspection authorization (TIA) today, clearing the way for its personnel to fully participate in future test flights and for the collection of required flight-test data.
INEGMA Chief Executive Riad Kahwaji, and director Theodore Karasik, Director, R&D, warn that the lessons from the Icelandic volcano chaos must be learned by Gulf States for the future
Airlines are more concerned with generating revenue from additional products and services than any other sector, according to new research carried out by incremental revenue specialists Collinson Latitude.
Geert Boven, Etihad's executive vice president customer services and airport operations, has been appointed managing director and a member of the board of Amadeus Gulf, a joint venture global distribution company owned by Etihad Airways and Amadeus International.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released traffic figures for the first quarter of 2010 with a strong 13.8% passenger increase in passenger traffic over the same period last year.
The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter, RC521, landed in Palmdale, Caliornia today, marking the beginning of a planned transition of 747-8 Freighter testing to Southern California. The more than four-hour flight from Boeing Field in Seattle included testing on avionics and cruise performance.
The Presidential Flight of Abu Dhabi has taken delivery of a second Avro Business Jet from BAE Systems - a late model Avro RJ100 which joins the operator's existing VIP RJ70.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sharply criticized European governments for their lack of leadership in handling airspace restrictions in light of the Icelandic volcano eruption and urged a re-think of the decision-making process.
The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is demanding Iraqi government intervention over a decision to allow a single company to hold a monopoly over access rights to the country.
