Mubadala executive director Homaid Al Shemmari said at Singapore Airshow today that the Abu Dhabi investment firm plans to buy another MRO business within the next year
Qatar Airways today unveiled the launch dates of four recently-announced new routes for 2010 as part of the airline's continued aggressive expansion strategy.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) affirmed its commitment to UAE national employment, through its Emiratisation programme, as it welcomed Emirati students and graduates to its pavilion at today's opening of the Abu Dhabi Recruitment Show.
The Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has passed another key milestone with the refuelling of a Boeing E-3F AWACS airborne early warning aircraft – the first time the A330 MRTT has refuelled another large aircraft.
Boeing and industry supplier Havelsan announced today they have completed installation of Mission Simulator and Mission Support Center hardware for Turkey's Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) program.
The Middle East Aerospace Consortium (“MEAC”) today announced the official opening of its Shanghai Office, complementing its existing presence in the UAE, UK, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.
Advanced Electronics Company (AEC)of Saudi Arabia and US firm Rockwell Collins today agreed to co-develop and market products and solutions to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines, the largest airline in Northern Europe and the national carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which offers a Dubai-Copenhagen service three times a week during the winter is offering a special deal of AED 3350 (plus taxes and fees) in its premium economy class, Economy Extra, to European destinations.
Aleem Shaikh of UK aircraft equipment specialist Aerolux would be very happy if one of the products he represents was never, ever used in anger. It's the ELTA ADT-406 emergency locator transmitter (ELT) – a satellite homing beacon designed to alert rescue forces in the event of a forced landing.
Abu Dhabi International Airport joined Jordan's QAIA and Dubai as being among the few aviation hubs in the world to have achieved a healthy growth in 2009. Figures released today show it has considerably outperformed the global average of minus 3.0% with a growth of 7.3% and achieving 9.7 million passengers for the year
Airbus has increased the list price of all its aircraft by an average of 5.8 per cent. The price increase is the first since January 2008, and applies for all new aircraft from the beginning of January 2010
Aerion is evaluating preliminary results of a new global market survey indicating strong appeal of the Aerion supersonic design. The study is the first by the company in five years and was undertaken as part of its ongoing dialogue with potential OEM partners.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation, will officially open the second edition of the successful maintenance, repair and overhaul conference and exhibition, MRO Middle East, presented jointly by F&E Aerospace and Aviation Week magazine.
Pilots from Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have graduated from Horizon International Flight Academy in Al Ain, following the successful completion of a year-long Commercial Pilot License (CPL) flight training helicopter course
The green shoots of aviation recovery have started to emerge and many airlines are looking forward to getting back to growth – albeit it cautiously and on a more gradual scale than the growth recorded after previous recessionary periods.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Middle Eastern carriers generated the fastest growth in passenger traffic at the end of the year with a 19.1% increase in December (and 11.2% growth for the entire year). These gains result from Middle Eastern carriers taking a larger share of long-haul connecting traffic over their hubs.
CANSO, the Global Voice of air traffic management (ATM), today announced its 'Middle East Declaration', a statement committing the members of its Middle East Office and other aviation stakeholders in the region to work together to improve ATM across the Middle East.
