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Business aviation, long a bastion from the sometimes unfathomable airline security rules, is now facing similar regulations in some European Union countrie

The labor union representing helicopter pilots employed by PHI voted November 10 to end a two-month-long strike against the company.

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DAC International has entered the EFB fray with the “Gen-X” electronic flight bag, a product that the company touts as unique because it is constructed to

Not content to sit back and enjoy its Trent engines successes over the last two years, Rolls-Royce has kicked off its sales campaign to power the new Airbu

General Electric is to establish a major new technology facility at the Qatar Sciences & Technology Park (QSTP).

The FAA aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) on the age-60 retirement issue had not completed its work at press time, but the new International Civil Aviati

Next month will see the formal launch of Arabesk, a network of eight Arab and North African airlines aiming to pool their efforts to be more efficient.

Business is booming for Farnborough International,  the company formed by the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) at the beginning of this y

German marketing specialist Inviseo has launched a new plan to raise cash for airlines.

Flight planning and VIP air charter service provider Jetex Flight Support is applying for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) from Dubai’s General Civil Av

On its stand (E504a) Jordan Aerospace Industries (JAI) is displaying its Sama CH2000 light observation aircraft, which is now in use with the Iraqi Air For

A booming regional economy, shifting travel patterns and aggressive sales representation have combined to propel remarkable growth in the fleet of Cessna C

In the last financial year Emirates Airlines boosted its profits by 49 percent, to a record $637 million on $4.9 billion in revenues, which is up 36 percen

Emirates has expanded the use of self check-in facilities at Dubai International Airport.

Emirates Airline is constructing a new engineering center, engine test facility and headquarters–all of which it expects to open by January 2007.

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Middle East air passengers can soon look forward to using their personal cell phones in flight.

Airbus To Test Medical Site for Cabins Airbus is preparing to test a dedicated medical area intended to accommodate all the equipment that airlines need fo

Boeing has appointed former Saudi Arabian Airlines executive Ahmed Jazzar to the new position of president of Boeing Saudi Arabia, overseeing all the group

An undisclosed Saudi Arabian company has ordered a VIP-configured Airbus A340-200.

Amman, Jordan-based executive charter operator Arab Wings has taken delivery of a new Cessna Citation XLS jet.

Executive charter operator Cirrus Middle East has joined forces with flight planner Universal Weather & Aviation to open a new FBO at Lebanon’s Beirut Inte

Charter operator Bahrain Executive Air Services Co.

Perhaps contrary to the impressions of outsiders, flying business aircraft into and within the Middle East is not difficult.

According to Universal Weather, ground handling in the Middle East has improved, driven by increased traffic and expectations of higher levels of service.

The idea of aircraft fractional ownership took some time to germinate in the Middle East.

This past March the White House authorized the sale of F-16s to Pakistan, a move that ends a 1990-imposed embargo on sales of military aircraft and spares

The combat potential of Sukhoi fighters will get a boost with the addition of new Russian precision-guided munitions (PGMs) such as the Region company’s LG