SunExpress, the joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa operating scheduled and charter flights between Europe and Turkey, painted one of its Boeing 737-800s with an special design to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Etihad Airways will premiere its third international television campaign tonight, showcasing the product and service innovation that led to Etihad being named World's Leading Airline in 2009.
Esterline CMC Electronics' (CMC) PilotView Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) has been granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for installation provisions on the A320 aircraft. The STC was developed by Aeroconseil in Toulouse.
Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT) has extended its relationship with Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) to include B777 Heavy Maintenance Visit (HMV), Aircraft Repairs and Interior Modification services.
Following a meeting today of the Board of Directors of low cost carrier Air Arabia, the company announced a proposed a cash dividend of 10 per cent for 2009. This proposal is subject to ratification at the company's upcoming Annual General Meeting, which will be held on March 18, 2010, in Sharjah.
Following on from its International Air Transport Association (IATA) Gold Award, Abu Dhabi In-flight Catering Company (ADIFC), along with its management partners LSG Sky Chefs, has announced its 2009 on-time performance results, with 44,783 flights catered and zero associated delays recorded.
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.
