Middle East & North Africa

Independent complete aircraft support specialist, A J Walter Aviation, launched its 2010 MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management bursary award in association with City University London at MRO Africa in Algiers today.
Maintenance & Training

Hochtief Facility Management Bahrain has taken over the facility management of Bahrain International Airport in partnership with Bahrain Airport Company (BAC).
Airports & Networks

Dubai-headquartered JetEx Flight Support was today enjoying the thanks of world record breakers for enabling them to set a new mark for circumnavigation of the globe.
Aerospace

Universal Aviation in Shannon's clients can now preclear all U.S. Customs and Immigration, proceeding directly to a growing list of approximately 200 airports within the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released its monthly traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which shows strong passenger and cargo growth for February 2010, over the same month last year.
Airports & Networks

The countdown to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Middle East region's pioneering airline, begins today as it turns sixty on 24 March 2010 while looking ahead to the next sixty years and beyond.
Aerospace

Aviation today touches nearly every aspect of our lives, and its success will, to a degree, shape our society and the world economy over the next century. Business aviation is an integral component to this growth and it unleashes the value of mobility to the fullest extent.
Aerospace

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.
Air Transport

Jordan and the European Union have finally reached an agreement to create an open aviation area between the two sides.
Aerospace

Dassault announced its annual results in Paris this morning.
Aerospace

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.
Space

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.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Ali Abdul Rahim Alhosani as its airport facilitations Manager at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia
Maintenance & Training

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.
Airports & Networks

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,
Airports & Networks

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
Air Transport

Oman Air has announced that customers can now check in for their flights using the internet.
Air Transport

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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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.
Maintenance & Training

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
Defense

The World Food Programme is holding a Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) and Threat Error Management (TEM) Conference at the Hilton, Abu Dhabi today.
Aerospace

The first Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft equipped with Goodrich Corporation 'Duracarb' carbon brakes has been delivered to Dubai's low cost airline, flydubai.
Emerging Technologies

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.
Business Aviation

Former motor racing world champion Michael Schumaker is in Bahrain for his return to Formula One – and he arrived back on the scene in style.
Business Aviation

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.
Airports & Networks