When issues of maintenance are discussed about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia there is one name that comes to the fore. Jon Lake met with Alsalem Aircraft Company to find out what makes it tick.
The recent downturn has seen off several of the weaker aviation companies in the Middle East while the serious contenders are muscling into new related territories to become 'superplayers'. Liz Moscrop reports.
For several years the fractional ownership concept has limped along in a region where most people choose not to share ownership of an aircraft. NetJets has brought back its former whiz kid to give the model some oomph. Liz Moscrop reports.
What happens when top-class pilots and air crew from various nations meet up? Stefan DeGraef and Edwin Borremans joined the multinational F-16 large force deployment exercise in Jordan to find out.
At Dubai, Eurofighter GmbH CEO Enzo Casolini predicted a global market for 800 advanced fighters in the next 20 years and was optimistic that his company would win a significant proportion of the orders. Peter Anstiss, business development director at BAE Systems, spoke to Arabian Aerospace about selling Typhoon into the region.
Most airline chief executives today think they have a hard enough job worrying about falling yields and rising fuel prices. The CEO of Syrian Arab Airlines is fighting to forestall nothing less than the total collapse of her airline due to political decisions made more than 9000km from her Damascus office. Alan Dron reports.
The arrival of the first fuselage section of Bombardier's C-Series regional aircraft marks a landmark in the $3.5 billion program. Gary Scott, president Commercial Aircraft, Bombardier, talked to Mike Martin about progress, prospects in the Middle East and how the firm does not intend to make the mistakes other manufacturers have on new-technology aircraft.
US manufacturer Boeing has started 2010 as planned, with the first flight of its new 787 jetliner finally achieved after a series of problems that delayed the project for 28 months. The aircraft, designed to replace the 767 and produced by international partners who share programme costs and risks, offers “no-bleed” engines, “more-electric” systems, new cabin concepts, and – not least – a composites structure. Ian Goold summarizes developments as flight-testing gets under way.
In a world where many airlines are holding on by their fingertips as the recession covers their accounts in red ink, it seems positively odd to come across a happy CEO. But for Peter Hill and Oman Air, the future is looking decidedly rosy. Marcelle Nethersole and Alan Dron report.
Gulf Air today announced the successful sale of two of its Airbus A340s to an affiliate of Apollo Aviation Group in Florida, USA. The sale is an important step in realizing Gulf Air's fleet realignment strategy to create a profitable and sustainable national carrier for Bahrain.
Dubai-based Air Partner has joined the company's offices worldwide in providing aid to earthquake-stricken Haiti, arranging a number of humanitarian aid relief flights carrying vital cargo, medical personnel and support workers.
A Taban Air Tu-54 aircraft carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash landed in northeastern Iran early this morning injuring at least 46 people, Iranian state television reported.
Swiss VIP and business aviation specialist, PrivatAir, says it will be responding to popular demand, when it opens a new base in Bahrain later this year.
The French independent MRO provider Europe Aviation has obtained EASA PART 145 approval to perform Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft line maintenance at Khartoum airport in Sudan. It will soon extend its capabilities to Boeing B737 and B777 aircraft in Khartoum.
