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King Fahd Int’l Airport Unveils First Saudi “Cargo Village”
2015-04-29 Read More...
King Fahd International Airport (KFIA), one of the region’s fastest growing and leading international airports, officially unveiled its “Cargo Village” earlier this month.

Honeywell Unveils New Weather Service for Pilots
2015-04-22 Read More...
Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HON) has released version 1 of a new online weather service that will provide pilots with continuously updated, in-flight weather information. The Weather Information Service, which is delivered through a mobile app and

China Airlines Relocates Regional Base to Dubai
2015-04-22 Read More...
China Airlines, the Taiwan-based carrier, will relocate its regional base to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with effect immediately.

Rolls-Royce Wins $9.2 Billion Order from Emirates
2015-04-20 Read More...
Rolls-Royce has won its largest ever order, worth $9.2bn, to provide Trent 900 engines and TotalCare® service support to Emirates. The engines will power 50 Airbus A380 aircraft that will enter service from 2016.

Honeywell, Inmarsat, Kymeta to Launch New Wireless System
2015-04-20 Read More...
Honeywell Aerospace, Inmarsat and Kymeta are currently working on the development of a new, higher-speed Ka-Band wireless antenna for business and commercial aircraft customers around the world.

Oman Air, Cargolux Sign Joint Venture Agreement
2015-04-20 Read More...
Oman Air, the sultanate's national carrier, has signed a joint venture agreement with Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International to develop the Muscat Airport as a logistics hub for air cargo between India, China, Africa, Europe and the US.

Diehl Aerosystems at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg
2015-04-14 Read More...
Diehl Aerosystems, a first-tier supplier and partner for avionics and cabin integration to the big aircraft manufacturers and a retrofitting specialist for aircraft operators, is exhibiting at this year's Aircraft Interiors Expo from April 14-16 in

Air Algerie to Receive 3 Airbus A330-200 with New Cabin
2015-04-07 Read More...
On the occasion of the visit to Toulouse of Boultif Mohamed Salah, the CEO of Algeria’s flag-carrier airline, Air Algérie presented its new cabin to the media.

Etihad Wins Approval for 33.3% Investment in Swiss Airline
2015-04-06 Read More...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, said its 33.3% investment in the Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline has been approved by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA).

Dubai International Airport Concourse D to Open this Year
2015-04-02 Read More...
Dubai International Airport's Concourse D is expected to open later this year to become the new $517-million home to nearly 100 airlines that currently occupy Concourse

UTC Aerospace to Supply Carbon Brakes to Qatar Airways
2015-04-02 Read More...
UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Qatar Airways to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its fleet of 43 Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Landing Systems facility in Troy, Ohio.

Oman Air to Acquire 20 Boeing 737 Planes
2015-03-31 Read More...
Oman Air, the flag carrier of the Sultanate, has ordered 20 Boeing 737 aircraft as part of a plan to double its fleet to 70 planes by 2020, Chief Executive Paul Gregorowitsch said on Monday.

Bell Helicopter Signs LOIs with 3 Middle East Customers
2015-03-30 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced multiple letters of intent (LOIs) with three Middle Eastern operators.

Honeywell, Inmarsat Test Over-The-Air High Speed Data
2015-03-24 Read More...
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, and Honeywell have successfully tested over-the-air performance for Honeywell’s JetWave MCS 8200 onboard aircraft hardware on Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) satellite

Emirati Etihad Pilot Youngest Holder of PhD in Aviation
2015-03-24 Read More...
Shareef Al Romaithi, a 31-year-old Etihad Airways First Officer, has become the first Emirati to obtain a PhD in aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which also makes him the youngest and the eighth holder of this distinctive degree

Smiths Detection Wins Major Abu Dhabi Airport Contract
2015-03-18 Read More...
Smiths Detection, a global leader in providing government regulated systems to detect CBRNE, has won a contract worth $125 million to provide a comprehensive range of advanced detection equipment for Abu Dhabi Airport 's new terminal.

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