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Qatar Airways Plans Major Aircraft Purchase Soon
2016-09-06 Read More...
Qatar Airways plans to make a major aircraft purchase, its chief executive said on Wednesday, to meet fleet expansion plans and boost its global

North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles into Sea
2016-09-06 Read More...
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, said South Korea, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main

flydubai Narrows Loss in H1 to $24.5 Million
2016-09-05 Read More...
Low-cost carrier flydubai reported a narrower loss in the first half of 2016, posting Dh89.97 million ($24.49 million) from January to June, down 39% from Dh147.40 million ($40.1 million) in the same period last

Tunisair to Lay Off 1,000 Employees
2016-09-01 Read More...
Tunisair, Tunisia’s state-owned carrier, plans to lay off 1,000 employees or more than 12% of its full-time workforce, as part of reform plans, the Transport Minister told

UAE Delivers 5th Batch of Security Vehicles to Yemen
2016-08-31 Read More...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has delivered a fifth batch of vehicles to the Yemeni security forces in Hadramaut as part of efforts to bolster security and stability in the Yemeni southeastern governorate, state news agency WAM

Qatar Airways Increases Stake in BA-Owner IAG to 20%
2016-08-02 Read More...
Qatar Airways lifted its stake in British Airways-owner IAG by about 4.34% to 20% but said on Monday that was its limit, buying shares worth about GBP375 million ($496.61 million) on what it called an attractive buying

North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles
2016-07-20 Read More...
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Tuesday which flew between 500 and 600 kilometers (300 and 360 miles) into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of provocative moves by the isolated

US Urged to Speed Fighter Jet Sales to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain
2016-07-14 Read More...
A top US Air Force official on Sunday urged the US government to speed up its consideration of long-standing bids by Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain to buy US fighter jets, citing growing frustration among the key US allies in the Gulf about delays in the

South Korea, US to Deploy THAAD Missile Defense System
2016-07-11 Read More...
South Korea and the United States said on Friday they will deploy an advanced missile defense system with U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea to counter North Korea's missile threat, drawing sharp and swift protest from neighboring

India’s First Locally-Built Light Combat Aircraft Flies High
2016-07-04 Read More...
India's first locally-built combat aircraft officially took to the skies on Friday, 33 years after it was cleared for development, marking a long-held goal of cutting expensive imports to build a domestic defense-industrial

SaudiGulf Receives License to Operate Domestic Flights
2016-06-27 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has granted SaudiGulf Airlines a license to operate domestic flights within the kingdom, the first such award in a long-planned liberalization of the aviation market, the Saudi News Agency (SPA)

Egyptian Court Voids Maritime Border Accord with Saudi Arabia
2016-06-22 Read More...
An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea islands, judicial sources

Kuwait Awards $4.3bn Kuwait Airport Terminal Contract
2016-06-01 Read More...
Kuwait has awarded Turkey’s Limak Group and its local agent, Kharafi National, a contract to build a new airport terminal at a cost of KD1.31 billion ($4.34 billion), the Public Works Minister Ali Al Omair said on

Qatar Airways Raises Stake in BA-Owner IAG to 15%
2016-05-20 Read More...
Qatar Airways has raised its stake in British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) to 15.01% and said it may consider acquiring more of the firm over

Lori Robinson First Woman to Head US Military Command
2016-05-16 Read More...
Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the US military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a US combatant

China to Invest $12 Billion in Aviation Infrastructure in 2016
2016-05-12 Read More...
China will invest 77 billion Yuan ($11.9 billion) this year in building aviation infrastructure, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing the country’s civil aviation

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