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Saudi Arabia Allows All UAE-Bound Flights to Cross its Airspace
2020-09-04 Read More...
An official source at the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has stated that the Authority approved the request received from the General Civil Aviation Authority in the United Arab Emirates

Oman Aviation Group Becomes Global Member of WTTC
2020-08-26 Read More...
Oman Aviation Group is now a global member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which supports the global private sector of travel & tourism and promotes awareness of issues and developments, a media report

Saudi Arabia’s THC Orders 10 Airbus H125 Helicopters
2020-08-24 Read More...
The Helicopter Company (THC), which is fully owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus Helicopters to purchase 10 H125

Sharjah Airport Becomes First Carbon Neutral Airport in the Gulf
2020-08-19 Read More...
Sharjah Airport (UAE) has become the first carbon-neutral airport in GCC and the second in the Middle East to attain Level 3+ Neutrality accreditation, occurring when net carbon dioxide emissions over a full year are zero, from the Airport Carbon

Collins Aerospace’s Newest Transceiver to Bring Faster SATCOM Capabilities to Aviation
2020-08-18 Read More...
Collins Aerospace Systems has reached a milestone in the development of its higher bandwidth Iridium Certus airborne satellite communications (SATCOM)

Istanbul Airport First to Achieve ACI Airport Health Accreditation
2020-08-17 Read More...
Airports Council International (ACI) World and ACI EUROPE announced that Istanbul Airport is the first airport to be accredited through its new Airport Health Accreditation

Embraer Unveils Phenom 300MED for Medevac Operations
2020-08-10 Read More...
Embraer announced the Phenom 300MED, a unique Medevac solution for Phenom 300 series aircraft, which is also available for retrofit, through a partnership with umlaut and Aerolite. Embraer and umlaut are jointly developing and certifying a new

Textron Aviation Unveils Next Generation Beechcraft King Air 360
2020-08-06 Read More...
Textron Aviation ushered in the next generation of its legendary King Air turboprop family with the Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER. The updated flagship turboprop offers the latest technological advancements in the cockpit, a redesigned

Embraer Boosts Phenom Maintenance to 800 Flight Hours
2020-08-05 Read More...
Embraer has announced a revision to the Scheduled Maintenance Requirements (SMR) for the Phenom family of jets. The revision extends the intervals between stops from 600 flight hours and/or 12 months and multiples to 800 flight hours or 12 months

Aerion Selects Collins Aerospace for AS2 Supersonic Business Jet
2020-07-29 Read More...
Supersonic aircraft company, Aerion, the leader in supersonic technology, announced it has selected Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., for the development of the moveable leading edge actuation

Iran Unveils Home-Made Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower
2020-07-28 Read More...
In a ceremony in Tehran on Monday, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled the air control tower, which has been developed and manufactured by SAIran, an electronics company run by the Iranian Defense Ministry, Mehr news agency

Embraer Delivered 4 Commercial & 13 Executive Jets in 2Q20
2020-07-27 Read More...
Embraer delivered a total of 17 jets in the second quarter of 2020, of which 4 were commercial aircraft and 13 were executive jets (nine light and four large). As of June 30, the firm order backlog totaled US$ 15.4

Boeing, Etihad to Test Innovations on ecoDemonstrator 787
2020-07-22 Read More...
Boeing and Etihad Airways will use a 787-10 Dreamliner to test ways to reduce emissions and noise as part of the aerospace company’s ecoDemonstrator program before the airline accepts delivery of the airplane this

Hamad Int’l Airport to Get Advanced Runway Detection System
2020-07-22 Read More...
Hamad International Airport (HIA) awarded Bayanat Engineering Qatar the deployment of Xsight Systems’ RunWize™ Foreign Object & Debris (FOD) detection

GACA Obtains Two ISO Certifications
2020-07-14 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has obtained an international ISO certification in Information Security Management System (ISO 27001), and Business Continuity Management System (ISO 22301), for both Security Operations

Middle East Airlines (MEA) Receives its First A321neo
2020-07-13 Read More...
Lebanon-based Middle East Airlines (MEA) has received its first A321neo aircraft from Airbus’ final assembly line in Hamburg,

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