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.
Airlines across the Middle East and North Africa have put crisis management plans into place to deal with hundreds of flight cancellations as much of European airspace closed due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption
Middle East MRO giant Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) - a subsidiary of Mubadala has appointed a new chief executive to oversee the integration with SR Technics and help steer the company into Asian expansion.
The spat between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over landing rights at Cairo Airport is continuing even though Egypt's CAA said yesterday that it will not be dragged into a 'war of words'.
Students at the Qatar Leadership Academy (QLA) got to understand a lot more about the military when ex-fighter pilot, Craig Penrice, took them through their paces with a thrilling presentation about new generation combat aircraft, such as Eurofighter Typhoon.
Al Jaber Aviation, AJA, received its first 'all new' Lineage 1000 from the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The new Lineage 1000 will join its two sisters the Legacy 600 that were introduced by AJA in June 2009.
The Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis – INEGMA is to present the second edition of the Security Middle East Show – SMES that will take place between the 7th and 9th of April 2011 at Biel, Beirut.
Etihad Airways today reported 25.4 per cent growth in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) in the first quarter of 2010, far out-pacing the industry average and running ahead of the airline's available seat kilometres (ASKs) growth of 22 per cent.
Bahraini Gulf Air has rolled out another new service – a dedicated B2B (Business to Business) internet booking tool - for its corporate customers and travel agents as part of the airline's growing number of solutions offered to its corporate and trade partners.
Qatar Airways yesterday launched its latest daily flight to India when it introduced the first of the daily services to the southern Indian IT city of Bengaluru (Bangalore).
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways' board is intending to raise the share capital of the company by KD20 million ($69 million) through a share issue, according to Air Transport Intelligence.
