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Mubadala Aerospace to Support Hamilton Sundstrand on Boeing 787
2011-07-15 Read More...
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and Mubadala Aerospace have finalized a wide-ranging strategic agreement under which Mubadala Aerospace will be a key part of the support network for servicing Hamilton Sundstrand products and systems on the Boeing

Thales to Equip DGA's Mirage 2000Ds with GPS Receivers
2011-07-14 Read More...
Thales has been awarded a contract to supply more than 100 of its GNSS 1000-S GPS receivers to upgrade France’s fleet of Mirage 2000D aircraft within the framework of the French Army’s Global Navigation Satellite System equipment renovation

Hélidax Passes 20,000th Flight Hour with its EC120s
2011-07-11 Read More...
Hélidax, owned by DCI and INAER, has announced that it has passed the 20,000 flight hour mark with its fleet of Eurocopter EC120 Colibri aircraft—in under 13 months of

DAE Capital Cancels all Airbus Orders
2011-07-08 Read More...
DAE Capital cancelled its remaining backlog of aircraft orders with Airbus in the latest sign of disruption at the majority state-owned Dubai leasing company, Airbus data showed on

DCI Completes Major Overhaul on Qatar Gazelles
2011-06-28 Read More...
Since the signature of the contract with the Qatar Ministry of Defense two years ago, DCI was in charge of executing major overhaul on 11 Gazelle

Over 1,000 Orders for the Airbus A320neo
2011-06-27 Read More...
The unprecedented volume of A320neo orders and commitments announced during last week’s Paris Air Show has more than validated Airbus' decision to launch this enhanced fuel-efficient version of its single-aisle jetliner family.

Alenia Aeronautica: 10-Year Maintenance of NATO's AWACS
2011-06-27 Read More...
Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) has recently renewed the contract with the company

Boeing Delivers 777 Freighter to Etihad Crystal Cargo
2011-06-25 Read More...
Boeing announced the delivery of a 777 Freighter to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Crystal Cargo.

Dubai Airport to Overtake Heathrow by 2015
2011-06-25 Read More...
Passenger volumes at Dubai International Airport are set to exceed 75 million by 2015, a top official of Dubai Airport

Gulf Air: First to Offer Broadband
2011-06-25 Read More...
Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, will become the first airline in the world to offer full on-board connectivity to passengers when it starts implementing the service from September this

Kuwait's Alafco to Buy 30 A320s & 6 A350s
2011-06-24 Read More...
Kuwait-based international leasing company, Alafco (Aviation Lease and Finance Company), signed an agreement for 6 additional Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide-body) aircraft, anticipating a surge in demand for larger aircraft

GE Aviation Inks Gulf Orders at Le Bourget
2011-06-24 Read More...
GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company, said it has won engine orders worth more than $430 million from 2 of the major Gulf carriers - Qatar Airways and Kuwait-based Jazeera

Rolls-Royce: $360m Pact with Etihad Airways
2011-06-23 Read More...
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, reached an agreement with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, to provide long-term engine services and performance enhancement kits worth a total of $360

Pratt & Whitney: $60ml Share of Gulf Air Order
2011-06-22 Read More...
Gulf Air, Bahrain's national carrier, has selected IAE International Aero Engines to power 6 Airbus A321 aircraft.

First Display of S-70i BLACK HAWK at Paris Air Show
2011-06-22 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. is displaying an S-70i(tm) BLACK HAWK helicopter at the Paris Air Show. This is the first time the new variant of Sikorsky's multi-mission utility helicopter is displayed to the

EADS Developing Hypersonic Jet
2011-06-21 Read More...
EADS, owner of plane maker Airbus, is developing a hypersonic jet that flies above the atmosphere, yet takes off from a regular runway and can fly from Paris to Tokyo in two and a half

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