Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of scheduled services to Australia following the airline's inaugural flight into Melbourne on Sunday... and is promoting itself in Europe as the fastest link between London and the Victoria capital.
Dr. Ramin Khadem, chairman of Odyssey Moon Limited, gave an account of his company's planned commercial moon missions and made a case for the region to look further for its space exploration.
Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceshipOne (SS1) designer, Burt Rutan, have revealed SS2 to the public for the first time since construction of the world's first manned commercial spaceship began in 2007. SS2 has been designed to take many thousands of private astronauts into space after test programming and all required U.S. government licensing has been completed.
Abu Dhabi-based Yahsat is preparing for the launch of its next-genration Yahsat 1A platform in early 2011. If successful Yahsat 1B would follow it in late 2011.
The United Arab Emirates plans to launch DubaiSat-2 in 2012, just three years after the launch of the first Emirati satellite to be sent into orbit, according to Ahmed Al Mansoori, director general of the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST).
There was no shortage of space companies looking for investors on day one of the Global Space Technology Forum, even if some were more subtle than others.
Algerian national airline Air Algérie has signed a contract for four ATR 72-500s. This agreement, valued at some US $ 82 million, was signed today in Algiers in the presence of Mr. Amar Tou, Algeria's Minister of Transport. Deliveries of the aircraft will take place in 2010.
GE Aviation Czech is set to begin by year-end certification testing of its new H80 turboprop engine, which will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) to power utility, agriculture and business and general aviation aircraft.
Does the Middle East really want a regional space administration? And if it does what form should it take? That was the subject of a discussion forum held on the first day of the Global Space Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi, although the conclusion was far from positive.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has appointed industry veteran, David Chapman, as the new senior safety advisor as part of its plan to boost aviation safety standards across the country.
Emirates chief, Tim Clark is making a special trip to London this week when he will be a guest at the famous Royal Aeronautical Society to collect one of the most prestigious awards in the industry
Gulf Air Director for Information Technology Jalal Al Qassab has been voted the 'Top CIO” (Chief Information Officer) by a group of global leading technology research organisations.
Leading regional and international space industry experts are meeting in Abu Dhabi today at the region's leading platform for space and satellite technology.
Gulf Air's Chief Commercial Officer, Willy Boulter, has dampened down speculation that the Bahrain airline could be pulling away from European flights following the announcement of its new strategy.
Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has launched a brand new website gulfair.com featuring the latest news and offers for customers. For the first time there is an Arabic language version, while the French and German versions will be added by the end of this month.
Executive charter operators in the Middle East are a step closer to taking delivery of the new light jet the Embraer Phenom 300 following the official certification of the aircraft in Brazil yesterday.
Operators of the 20 Legacy 600s in the Middle East had the chance to get to grips with technical issues and flight operations programmes in the second Embraer Legacy Operators meeting held at the Dubai Creek Sheraton today.
Aviation professionals in the Middle East needing to ensure clear and accurate aviation English language have a new place to turn to following the launch of the Edgewater College Middle East Training Centre in Al Ain
Etihad's move towards greener operations took another step forwarfd with the introduction of a new cleaning programme from Permagard - the first long haul carrier to implement the product.
ARINC will present a familiarisation and training session for upper management attendees at the Domestic and Regional Airports Summit in Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt on December 7. “Airport Systems and Infrastructure—Key Technologies to Maximize Your Investment Now and in the Future,” will be led by two ARINC experts in airport systems.
