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Air Arabia Celebrates 8th Anniversary
2011-11-01 Read More...
Leading budget carrier Air Arabia has been experiencing massive, sustained growth since its first flight took off in October 2003 from Sharjah International Airport (UAE), said its Chief Executive Officer Adel

Royal Saudi Air Force Starts A330 MRTT Flight Training
2011-10-28 Read More...
Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) crews started flight training on their first A330 MRTT with Airbus Military instructors at the Airbus Military Getafe facilities in Spain earlier this week (25th

Thales & DCNS: Automatic Deck-Landing of UAVs
2011-10-28 Read More...
DCNS and Thales announced the launch of a supplementary phase for the Technology Demonstration of a system for automatic landing and deck-landing of UAVs (D2AD), which has just been notified by the French Defence Procurement Authority

First Boeing Dreamliner Took off from Tokyo
2011-10-28 Read More...
The Boeing Dreamliner, the world's first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers on Wednesday in a flight that could set a new benchmark in air

Ruag Receives CJ4 Certification Extension
2011-10-26 Read More...
High quality civil aircraft maintenance for business and executive jets is part of RUAG Aviation’s core business. The efforts of RUAG’s authorized Cessna Service Centre at the Oberpfaffenhofen (D) site to constantly expand their service

GCC to Invest $104b in New Airports
2011-10-25 Read More...
More than $100 billion will be invested in aviation infrastructure in the GCC over the next few years to cope with passenger numbers that have grown annually by 10%, Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said in its latest

Airbus Sponsors Dubai Airshow’s Aviation Training Event
2011-10-21 Read More...
The first annual Gulf Aviation Training Event (GATE 2011) has signed up aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie of France and the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies in Abu Dhabi,

Etihad to Begin Flights to Tripoli
2011-10-19 Read More...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, announced it would soon begin flights to Tripoli, the Libyan

P&W EcoPower Engine Wash on Falcon 2000EX
2011-10-13 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney completed its first environmentally-friendly EcoPower engine wash on a Dassault Falcon

Pilatus PC-12 Spectre Aircraft at NBAA
2011-10-12 Read More...
In addition to Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd’s traditional display of an actual PC-12 NG on the main show floor, the Swiss company will also feature a special mission PC-12 Spectre aircraft at the 64th annual meeting and convention of the National

Boeing & WCAA to Offer Int’l Chinook Maintenance Training
2011-10-05 Read More...
Boeing signed a teaming agreement with the Rotary Wing Training Center (RWTC) - a subsidiary of the Netherlands' World Class Aviation Academy (WCAA) - to establish a state-of-the-art CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintenance training facility near the

Pratt&Whitney’s 1st PurePower Engine Concludes Testing
2011-10-05 Read More...
Ground testing of Pratt & Whitney's first PW1200G family engine - the PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) - recently concluded.

Gulf Air Visits Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation
2011-10-04 Read More...
A delegation from Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, recently discussed ways to strengthen relationship with the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia during a visit to GACA office in

Qatar Airways Receives 100th Airplane
2011-10-03 Read More...
Qatar Airways received its 100th airliner, a 777-200LR (longer range), from Boeing at a ceremony held in Everett,

Abu Dhabi to Host Global Aerospace Summit 2012
2011-10-03 Read More...
Heads of leading aerospace teaching and research facilities, as well as CEOs from the world’s leading airlines and aircraft manufacturers, will hold strategic level discussions at an upcoming summit in Abu

Boeing KC-46 Tanker Completes Review
2011-09-30 Read More...
The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program successfully completed its Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the U.S. Air Force on 24 August at the Boeing program headquarters in

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