The third Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 521, successfully completed its first flight today. It is the final test airplane scheduled to participate in the flight-test program for the 747-8 Freighter selected by Emirates and DAE.
Arabsat-5A - the first, in a series of fifth-generation satellites for Arabsat, one of the Arab world's leading satellite services providers - is being checked out at Arianespace in French Guiana ahead of its launch on an Ariane 5 ECA launcher in April.
In 2009, the most difficult year so far in the airline crisis, the Lufthansa Technik Group bucked the general trend in the maintenance,repair and overhaul (MRO) sector, achieving a EUR 246 million (+ 6.6 percent) increase in revenue to EUR 4.0 billion.
Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Ali Abdul Rahim Alhosani as its airport facilitations Manager at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia
Etihad Airways has announced its first codeshare operation out of Pakistan with American Airlines, providing air travellers in Pakistan with greater access to the US market.
Oman has said that the extension of the country's main airport in Muscat will be delayed by two years and may cost the state up to an extra $500m after runway excavations hit seawater,
IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani told Arabian Aerospace that he does not expect the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) to start in 2012 as scheduled owing to legal challenges
Etihad Airways and Travelport, one of the world's leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, have signed a five-year full global content agreement to provide travel agents connected to Galileo and Worldspan with access to all of the airline's published inventory of flights and fares.
Dubai Airport Freezone and the Department of Civil Defense have signed a strategic partnership agreement for fire fighting, and qualifying and training staff on safety procedures through awareness programmes on the dangers of fires and protective measures.
Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) celebrated Qatar's deployment of its Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters during an Air Force Day ceremony at Doha International Airport acknowledging the successful use of the aircraft in the first two major tragedies this year
The first Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft equipped with Goodrich Corporation 'Duracarb' carbon brakes has been delivered to Dubai's low cost airline, flydubai.
Airbus forecasts a market for 5-10 large corporate jets a year in the Middle East - the majority of them in Saudi Arabia – to replace existing aircraft and provide for growth.
Emirates is to add another Airbus A380 to its London Heathrow route from 1st July this year, making the popular superjumbo experience more widely available to passengers.
Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on its 747-8 Freighter. This milestone enables test engineers to be on board during future flights and allows the remaining two 747-8 Freighter test airplanes to begin flight test.
Qatar Airways has announced plans to fly to Brazil and Argentina, spreading its award-winning service to the South American continent for the first time.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has halved its loss forecast for 2010 to US$2.8 billion (compared to the US$5.6 billion loss forecast in December 2009). The improvement is largely driven by a much stronger recovery in demand seen by year-end gains that continued into the first months of 2010. Relatively flat capacity translated into some yield improvement and stronger revenues.
Abu Dhabi International Airport has been ranked top in eight customer service categories in the Airports Council International (ACI) ASQ results for the Middle East Region - a key benchmark for customer service in the global airports' industry.
