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Iran Air Receives its First A330-200 Aircraft
2017-03-14 Read More...
Iran Air has taken delivery of its first new A330-200, the first of 45 A330 Family on

Boeing Celebrates Rollout of First 737 MAX 9
2017-03-09 Read More...
Boeing marked a milestone Tuesday as the first 737 MAX 9 made its debut in front of thousands of Boeing

Abu Dhabi Airport to be Among World’s Largest by 2019
2017-03-09 Read More...
Abu Dhabi International Airport will be one of the largest state-of-the-art airports in the world, with a capacity to accommodate 30 million passengers per year by 2019, said H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi

Airbus Little Engineer Conducts Space Workshop for UAE Students
2017-03-09 Read More...
Emirati University Students participated in an interactive space exploration workshop at the inaugural Mohammed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations in Abu Dhabi

Dubai to Launch Unmanned Aerial Taxi in July
2017-03-08 Read More...
Dubai has tested an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) capable of carrying a human in collaboration with a Chinese company, said the emirate’s transport authority, aiming to start the operation of the self-driving hover-taxi by

Al Maha Airways to be Launched in Saudi Arabia in July
2017-03-07 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) plans to launch a new airline - Al-Maha Airways - in July as part of its big expansion strategy, reported The Saudi Gazette, citing a GACA

Strata, Reliance to Collaborate on Aerospace Manufacturing
2017-03-03 Read More...
Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, and Reliance Defence Limited (RDL), a wholly owned Subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Limited, have

Oman Air Boosts Fleet with New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
2017-03-01 Read More...
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, continues its ambitious expansion plans in 2017 with three new additions to the fleet already this year. The latest aircraft is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which joined the fleet on 23rd

Airbus Names Mikail Houari President, Africa & Middle East
2017-02-21 Read More...
Airbus has appointed Mikail Houari, 50, as President for Africa and the Middle East

DAE Delivers 1st of 8 Boeing 737-800NG to EgyptAir
2017-02-14 Read More...
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. announced it has delivered the first of eight Boeing 737-800NG to

Jazeera Airways Reports 2016 Financial Results
2017-02-13 Read More...
Kuwait-based low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways recorded KD52.8 million ($172.7 million) in revenues for 2016, reflecting a 10% decrease from the previous

TS&S Aerospace Serves Over 20 GEnx Engines
2017-02-13 Read More...
Turbine Services & Solutions Aerospace LLC (TS&S Aerospace), a specialized and leading solutions, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider for aircraft engines in the Middle East, today announced that it has successfully performed

Air Arabia Posts $138 Million Net Profit for 2016
2017-02-10 Read More...
Air Arabia has posted a net profit of Dh509 million ($138.5 million) for the year 2016, 4% lower than the 2015 figure of Dh531 million ($144.5

Boeing to Provide Wind Updates Solution for Etihad Airways
2017-02-09 Read More...
Boeing announced that Etihad Airways signed a contract to introduce the Boeing Wind Updates solution into the airline’s

TS&S Aerospace, MTU Maintenance Sign Repair Contract
2017-02-09 Read More...
Turbine Services & Solutions Aerospace LLC (TS&S Aerospace), a specialized and leading maintenance, repair and overhaul provider for aircraft engines in the Middle East, and MTU Maintenance, the world’s largest independent aero engine

Airbus Middle East Honors Top Saudi Aviation Innovators
2017-02-07 Read More...
In the presence of His Highness Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Chairman of TAQNIA Aeronautics, ‘Entaliq with Airbus’ concluded on February 5, 2017, with an

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