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Etihad Eyes More Alliances in China & the Americas
2013-08-08 Read More...
Etihad Airways, which has aggressively expanded its global reach through codeshares and minority stake investments, expects to build alliances in China and the Americas as the Abu Dhabi-based carrier targets more double-digit growth in the years

Prince Fahd: “Saudia Privatization in Final Stages”
2013-08-01 Read More...
The privatization of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is in the final stages and would be completed shortly, a report said quoting Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Chairman of the airline's Board of

Etihad Airways Upgrades to V2500® SelectTwo™ Engines
2013-07-29 Read More...
Etihad Airways has signed an agreement with IAE International Aero Engines AG to upgrade the airline's current and future fleet of 35 V2500 engine-powered Airbus A320 family of aircraft to the V2500 SelectTwo engine

Bombardier CSeries Aircraft 1st Flight to Take Place Soon
2013-07-29 Read More...
Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that the integration of the CSeries aircraft’s auxiliary power unit and Pratt & Whitney PurePower Geared Turbofan™ PW1500G engines on the first flight test vehicle (FTV1) is running smoothly, allowing for testing of

Emirates Wins F&B Award
2013-07-23 Read More...
Dubai-based airline Emirates has been awarded “Best Airline Food and Wine” by the readers of Frequent Business Traveler, an online publication written for and by Frequent Business

JBT Wins King Abdul-Aziz International Airport Contract
2013-07-22 Read More...
JBT Corporation announced that its JBT AeroTech business has been awarded contracts in excess of $15 million to supply gate service systems for the King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah, Saudi

Indra's Advanced Simulator Receives NATO's Accreditation
2013-07-22 Read More...
Indra's advanced position air controller simulator (SIMFAC) has been awarded with the NATO's top accreditation for day and night time

Etihad CEO Named “Executive Leader of the Year”
2013-07-17 Read More...
Etihad Airways' President and CEO James Hogan was named the “Executive Leader of the Year” at the annual Airline Strategy Awards, held in

Etihad Airways-CAE Sign $200 Million Simulators Order
2013-07-12 Read More...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has purchased seven state-of-the-art full flight simulators (FFS) which will be based at the airline’s world class training academy in Abu

Mideast Strongest in Air Traffic Growth
2013-07-10 Read More...
Middle East carriers had the strongest year-on-year traffic growth for any region at 11.7%, said the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) global passenger traffic results for

Tunisia's Syphax Orders A320neo & A320ceo Aircraft
2013-07-05 Read More...
Syphax Airlines, a new Tunisian based airline, has confirmed its order to buy three

Royal Air Maroc to Buy 20-30 New Planes by 2020
2013-07-01 Read More...
Morocco's Royal Air Maroc (RAM) wants to buy between 20 and 30 new-generation planes, including 15 medium-haul and 5 long-haul jets as soon as possible, its Chief Executive

Bahrain Airport Company-Morpho Sign MoU
2013-06-27 Read More...
The Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Morpho, a high-technology company in the Safran group, for cooperation in the field of aviation

Airbus Wins Paris Air Show Battle with 466 Orders
2013-06-25 Read More...
Last-minute orders swept Airbus to victory over Boeing at Paris Air Show (Le Bourget, 17-23 June) as it clinched deals for 90 more planes on Thursday, taking its orders and commitments to 466 aircraft worth $69 billion at list

UTC Aerospace Systems Wins Qatar Airways Contract
2013-06-19 Read More...
UTC Aerospace Systems has been chosen by Qatar Airways to provide a comprehensive suite of nacelle maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for selected Airbus aircraft operated by the Qatari flag-carrier.

Qatar Airways to Acquire 9 Boeing 777-300ERs
2013-06-18 Read More...
Boeing and Qatar Airways announced Tuesday agreements for nine Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes at the 2013 Paris Air

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