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Boeing, Qatar Airways Launch New 777 Performance Improvement Package
2016-07-13 Read More...
Boeing and Qatar Airways announced today at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow the launch of a new Performance Improvement

Boeing, Embraer Unveil Newest ecoDemonstrator Aircraft
2016-07-11 Read More...
Boeing and Embraer S.A. unveiled the next phase of the Boeing ecoDemonstrator program. The program expands Boeing and Embraer’s cooperation agreement and will test technologies to improve airplane environmental performance and accelerate their

91% of Airlines to Invest in Cyber Security Over Next 3 Years
2016-07-01 Read More...
As the connected world of travel becomes a reality, 91% of airlines plan to invest in cyber security programs over the next three years, according to the SITA Airline IT Trends 2016 Survey published

UAE, Qatar Sign Air Transport Services Agreement
2016-06-29 Read More...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar have signed an agreement on Air Transport Services to provide more opportunities to their national airlines and promote and encourage economic cooperation and trade exchanges, UAE’s General Civil Aviation

Dassault’s Falcon 8X Receives EASA Certification
2016-06-29 Read More...
Dassault Aviation announced the certification of the Falcon 8X by the European Aviation Safety Agency

SaudiGulf Receives License to Operate Domestic Flights
2016-06-27 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has granted SaudiGulf Airlines a license to operate domestic flights within the kingdom, the first such award in a long-planned liberalization of the aviation market, the Saudi News Agency (SPA)

Emirates Airline to Receive 80th Airbus A380 Today
2016-06-21 Read More...
Dubai’s Emirates airline, the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A380, will be taking delivery of its 80th A380

Etihad Flight College Receives First Embraer Phenom 100E Aircraft
2016-06-20 Read More...
Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has taken delivery of the first of four Embraer Phenom

Iran to Announce Historic Order for 100 Boeing Jetliners
2016-06-16 Read More...
Iran has reached a deal to buy jetliners from US plane maker Boeing, the country’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development was quoted on Tuesday as saying, Reuters news agency

Emirates, IBM Sign 10-Year Technology Services Agreement
2016-06-09 Read More...
IBM, a global technology and innovation company, has signed a 10-year technology services agreement with Emirates Airline worth approximately $300

Sikorsky Demos DARPA ALIAS Phase 1 with Autonomous Flight
2016-06-03 Read More...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, has successfully demonstrated a 30-mile autonomous flight using a Sikorsky S-76® commercial helicopter to complete Phase 1 of an $8 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s

Airbus Helicopters Advances Clean Sky 2 Demonstrator
2016-06-03 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters earlier this year passed an important milestone in the development of the high-speed, compound helicopter demonstrator currently being built as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research

A320neo with CFM LEAP-1A Engines Obtains EASA, FAA Certification
2016-06-02 Read More...
On 31st May 2016, the world’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft, the A320neo, received on-schedule the Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the second engine option to be

Kuwait Awards $4.3bn Kuwait Airport Terminal Contract
2016-06-01 Read More...
Kuwait has awarded Turkey’s Limak Group and its local agent, Kharafi National, a contract to build a new airport terminal at a cost of KD1.31 billion ($4.34 billion), the Public Works Minister Ali Al Omair said on

Jeddah to Host Saudi Airports Development Forum (SADF)
2016-06-01 Read More...
Investments in airport development projects are stimulating the projected growth of the Saudi Construction Industry. In a recent report published by Timetric, titled “Construction in Saudi Arabia - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2020”, the report

Muscat Airport’s New Terminal to be Completed by Year-End
2016-05-30 Read More...
Construction work on the terminal for new Muscat International Airport is going as per schedule and will be completed by the year-end, said the Oman Observer, citing the Sultanate of Oman’s Minister of Transport and Communications Dr. Ahmed bin

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