Etihad Airways has welcomed the first group of UAE national employees to its English and work-place training programme, a course designed to develop the participation and careers of Emiratis at Etihad.
Turkish Airlines announced today that it has purchased a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from CAE.
Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC), the specialist in ACJ VIP cabin completion and associated services, has delivered its fourth VVIP cabin, for an undisclosed customer in the Middle East.
Gulf Air is to drop its long haul First Class cabin in favour of new single-premium class cabin which the airline says will offer the very best elements of Gulf Air's First Class for the price of a traditional Business Class fare. New style seating and cabin design will be installed by the end of next year.
Next Monday the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro will be the extraordinary location for an audacious world-record attempt in aid of the “Smile Train” – a charity dedicated to providing free cleft surgery to millions of children in developing countries around the world.
In advance of Transport Canada certification, the first new-production DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter has taken its initial flight from Viking's final assembly facility in Calgary, Alberta.
The Abu Dhabi investment fund Aabar has added another aerospace name to its portfolio following its high profile cash injection to the Virgin Galactica space project last year.
VistaJet, the private aviation company offering services across the Middle East has created a new alliance which will give its customers easy access to the US charter market.
Aviation experts from the world's premier airports were today welcomed to the Abu Dhabi Peer Review Programme by the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), H.E. Khalifa Al Mazrouei.
Royal Jordanian has declared its 2009 results posting a net profit of JD28.6 million ($40 million), turning around a net loss of the same size from 2008.
The national airline Air Algérie has taken delivery of the first ATR 72-500 of the four ordered in 2009. This aircraft was delivered during a ceremony organised in Toulouse.
News agency Reuters is reporting that Iraq is in talks to purchase French Mirage jets from Dassault – but only after cash paid by Saddam Hussein for jets that were never delivered because of the embargo, is returned.
The World Food Programme (WFP) - under the patronage of H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board - with the collaboration of the GCAA is organising a Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) and Threat Error Management (TEM) Conference in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 March, 2010 at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Hotel.
The region's largest low-cost carrier, Air Arabia, has released its financial results for 2009 and shown continued profitability and very high levels of efficiency during what it described as “an enormously challenging period for airlines worldwide.”
Global airline capacity for February 2010 shows positive growth compared to February 2009, marking the sixth consecutive month in which overall airline capacity has shown growth, with 272.7 million available seats this month, an increase of 5% over February 2009.
Eurocopter's new CH-53GA medium-lift military transport helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight over the Bavarian town of Donauwörth today before an admiring crowd of approximately 150 guests.
Esterline CMC Electronics has received initial orders from Hawker Beechcraft to supply its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite for 24 T6-C trainer aircraft for the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
Hawker Beechcraft today reported sales of $3.2 billion and an operating loss of $712.0 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared to sales of $3.5 billion and an operating income of $140.3 million for the same period in 2008.
The Boeing 747-8 Freighter - which has been ordered by DAE and Emirates - successfully took to the sky for the first time yesterday before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders.
