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MEA Orders 10 A320neo Family Aircraft
2012-07-13 Read More...
Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA), the flag carrier of Lebanon, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for five A320neo and five A321neo aircraft plus eight options.

ALAFCO Commits for 20 Boeing 737 MAXs
2012-07-11 Read More...
Boeing and Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO announced a commitment at the ongoing Farnborough Air show for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $1.9 billion at current list

Qassim Regional Airport Named after Saudi Prince Naïf
2012-07-11 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has renamed the Qassim Regional Airport in Buraidah as the Prince Naïf bin Abdul Aziz

Boeing Projects $4.5 Trillion Airline Market Over 20 Years
2012-07-05 Read More...
Boeing projects a $4.5 trillion market for 34,000 new airplanes over the next 20 years as the current world fleet doubles in size, according to the Boeing 2012 Current Market Outlook (CMO) released today. The company's annual forecast reflects the

TAV JV to Build Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal
2012-07-02 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and the joint venture (JV) of TAV, CCC, and Arabtec signed an AED 10.8 billion (US$ 2.95 billion) contract for the construction of the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) at Abu Dhabi International Airport, with

Jet Aviation Dubai Receives FAA Maintenance Approval
2012-06-13 Read More...
Jet Aviation Dubai received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to perform base and line maintenance on Bombardier Challenger 604 and Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 series

PurePower PW1400G Engine for Irkut’s MC-21
2012-06-06 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney and Russia's Irkut Corporation signed a definitive agreement to offer the Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1400G engine on Irkut's MC-21 family of

Indra to Equip Oman's Air Traffic Control Centers
2012-06-01 Read More...
Indra will implement its new and recently-developed air traffic control station at the Muscat and Salalah air traffic control centers in the Sultanate of

US Assists Yemen’s Army in Destroying Al Qaeda
2012-05-29 Read More...
Air raids, including by US drones, and clashes in Yemen have killed at least 17 Al Qaeda militants and a civilian, officials and tribesmen said

Palestinian Airlines Back in the Skies after 7 Years
2012-05-29 Read More...
Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian

Flyduabi Secures $172M Financing for 2 Boeing 737-800NG
2012-05-28 Read More...
Flydubai has signed with Pembroke, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered, an eight-year sale and leaseback agreement representing financing of $172 million for two Boeing 737-800NG

Eurocopter Delivers 1st Airbus A350 XWB Passenger Door
2012-05-24 Read More...
This month’s delivery of Eurocopter’s initial A350 XWB jetliner passenger door produced at its Donauwörth, Germany facility represents a further milestone in a program that underscores synergies between helicopter production and the construction of

Alenia Aermacchi Delivers 5,000th Nacelle for Airbus A320
2012-05-23 Read More...
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has delivered to Goodrich the 5,000th nacelle set for the Airbus A320

Airport Show Opens Today in Dubai
2012-05-22 Read More...
The 12th edition of Airport Show starts in Dubai today. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, will open the show at

The GCC Aviation Report
2012-05-18 Read More...
The major airports in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi will have a combined annual capacity of 190 million passengers in 2015, according to a special research study on the GCC airports'

CAE Acquires Oxford Aviation Academy
2012-05-17 Read More...
CAE has acquired Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA), an industry-leading provider of aviation training and crew sourcing services for C$314

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