Air Arabia, based in Sharjah (UAE), selected Thales to supply a large avionics package including Flight Management Systems (FMS), and Traffic, Terrain and Transponder Collision Avoidance System (T3CAS) for its 44 new A320 aircraft.

  Etihad Airways, the national carrier of UAE, took delivery of its first A330-200 freighter aircraft.

 Bahrain's military is in line for a $19.5 million cash injection from the US government, a report said.

 The Obama administration  told Congress it planned to sell Kuwait the latest production version of Raytheon's Patriot interceptor missile amid concerns over Iran's growing missile capabilities.

  The new passenger terminal at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, will be operational by the first week of October, said Madinah's Governer, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majed.