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.
Technology from Goodrich Corporation's ISR Systems business was demonstrated by the British Army to interested spectators at the Bahrain International Airshow. The demonstration showed Goodrich's intelligence exploitation system as well as its new stabilized camera gimbal integrated onto a developmental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Gulf Aviation Academy, the new training centre owned by Bahrain sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, is to take delivery of a new Embraer 170/190 full flight simulator.
Blenheim Capital is to establish a regional head office and will be applying for a banking licence in the country to support the growth of aerospace and defence investment throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Singapore Airlines engineering subsidiary SIAEC Global signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain's sovereign wealth investment organisation, Mumtalakat to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Bahrain under the Gulf Technics brand.
Qatar Executive, the business jet operating subsidiary of Qatar Airlines is at the Bahrain show and its chief executiuve says it has received great response from customers, well exceeding its expectations.
Luxury jet operators and managers, Switzerland's Comlux and Saudi Arabia's MAZ Aviation have come together to create a new Bahrain business to cater for the growing VIP demands.
His Majesty, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa opened the first Bahrain International Air Show today, with smiles all round and a clear signal that the show has captured the attention of the industry and the Bahraini people.
The Irish low-cost airline company, Ryanair, has announced that it has launched three new flights between Morocco and Spain, says Morocco Business News.
Sanaa-based Yemenia signed a firm contract to buy 10 A320 Family aircraft from Airbus at the Bahrain show today. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed at the Dubai air show in November.
Captain Abdulkhalek Al-Kadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia said at the Bahrain Airshow today that assessors from the UK are in Yemen already preparing their report on the airline's security systems.
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air is on the verge of taking the first concrete steps in the right-sizing of its fleet today when it signed a preliminary agreement with Embraer, to lease two E170-AR (Advanced Range) jets.
A|D|S, the UK's aerospace, defence and security trade organisation is to set up a regional office in Bahrain in order to support the growing market in the Middle East, its chairman said today.
Qatar Airways has signed a deal with Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) for help in improving fleet fuel efficiency and establish effective emissions monitoring, reporting and verifications (MRV) to meet new emissions trading scheme (ETS) requirements
Sakhir Air Base – the venue for the inaugural Bahrain International Air Show – could become a new centre for business aviation during the Formula One Grand Prix.
It's loud. It's impressive. Photographer Ian Billinghurst captures the moment that the US Navy F-18 booms into the show on a low but high speed pass along the flightline. He captures the F-18F Super Hornet right at the speed of sound. The adiabatic expansion cools the air just enough to condense the water in the air.
