CAE today announced that CAE Flightscape has been awarded a contract to deliver a comprehensive flight recorder playback and analysis laboratory for Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
SELEX Communications,part of the Finnmeccanica Group,and Sirio Panel - has been awarded two contracts worth a total of 5.6 millions Euro by Pilatus Aircraft for the supply of communication and identification avionic systems and of cockpit panels
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today confirmed its participation in the Aeroexpo Marrakech which starts tomorrow at Menara Airport in Morocco and runs until Saturday.
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman says that authorities have initially ruled out terrorism or sabotage as the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian jet into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut early this morning
What started as a child's fascination with birds and flight has become a major theme for 'Art of Flight' creator David Bent. He spoke to Chuck Grieve about the inspiration and perseverance behind his successful collections.
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.
