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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.

Planners at the U.S.

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

In past decades better and more accurate weapons served as the generally accepted solution to increasing the effectiveness of an attack aircraft.

The Emirates Aviation College here in Dubai now offers fully accredited Bachelor of Science degree courses in aerospace engineering, air transport manageme

Singapore Technologies Engineering is increasing its overseas presence in efforts to become “more global and to increase our competitiveness as a group,” s

Airbus has chosen Honeywell’s HGT1500 auxiliary power unit (APU) to provide electric and pneumatic power for the new A350 variant of the A330 twin-aisle ai

Late last year, CAE and Israel Aircraft Industries started working together to develop a new prototype for embedded and virtual training.

The 70-seat Embraer 170 regional jet has received certification from Brazilian aviation authority Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial and from the European Aviatio

Aerosim Technologies is to supplypersonal-computer based flight-management system trainer and virtual flight-deck equipment to Japanesecarrier Air Nippon f

Singapore Technologies Marine is building two freighters for Airbus to transport the largest componentsof the A380 super-large airliner by sea from its pla