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Georgia has aerospace on its mind

Sonny Perdue, governor of the U.S.

Boeing to install CMC EFBs in 737NGs, BBJs late next year

Operators are expected to begin installing Esterline CMC Electronics’ new 10.4-inch Class 2 PilotView electronic flight bag (EFB)–selected by Boeing for it
Charter & Fractional

Charter firm finds sweet spot in Egypt

Cairo-based Spot Air (Stand E740) is making its Dubai Airshow debut after announcing early this month the opening of a new office in Hannover, Germany.
Charter & Fractional

Comlux to open Paris FBO and Saudi charter venture

Business aviation group Comlux is to expand its services into the FBO sector by establishing a new facility at Paris Le Bourget Airport.
Charter & Fractional

Al Jaber plans VVIP charter service

Abu Dhabi-based Al Jaber Aviation (AJA), which has four Airbus A318 Elites and two ACJs on order, last week announced plans to start VVIP charter services

Avisa helps carriers handle bureacracy

Aircraft operators are facing a bureaucratic maze of new requirements covering issues such as safety and quality management at a time when they are under e

Jazeera Airways Returns to Profitability

Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways expects to make a profit this year, even though it reported a $7.6 million first-half loss.

Air Arabia Set To Expand

Publicly owned Air Arabia, the region’s largest low-cost carrier, operates 16 Airbus A320s, has ordered another 44 and plans to open a third operating hub

Arab low-cost carriers challenge majors

Continued eastward migration of low-cost carriers (LCCs) from North America and Europe to regions such as the Middle East and Asia arguably has established

Upgraded RAF Chinooks headed for Afghanistan

In September the UK defense ministry announced a contract to upgrade the Royal Air Force’s 46-strong Boeing Chinook support helicopter force.
Charter & Fractional

Executive Charter Offered on Challengers

In mid-2009, Qatar Airways received two 4,000-nmi-range Bombardier Challenger 605s and a Challenger 300 for new charter subsidiary Qatar Executive.

Qatar throws down gauntlet to ME rivals

Qatar Airways (Stand C130) is again at the Dubai Airshow on Emirates Airlines’ home turf evidently to remind its rival that it can’t have this prosperous t

Dubai says airports will defy downturn

Until about a year ago, the Dubai economy laid a fair claim to being the mother of all modern property booms with new skyscrapers appearing on its skyline

Mubadala set to exploit Alenia’s composite skills

Alenia Aeronautica plans to begin training, early next year, employees of Strata, the new composites aerostructures company formed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala
Aircraft

BAE 146 seeks new role in military support

With the delay to the Airbus A400M in mind, as well as tight defense budgets, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft’s Asset Management unit is marketing surplus Br
Aircraft

Diminutive Falco UAV is first to carry both video and radar

Selex Galileo, which produces the Falco tactical UAV, has recently integrated multiple reconnaissance sensors on the vehicle.

Emirates stays the course to grow routes, fleet size

Tim Clark is relieved, if only slightly, because the Emirates Airline president sees a less bleak future for the local carrier than he projected a few mont
Aircraft

A380s proliferating on worldwide routes

While it might seem to have been only yesterday that Airbus launched the mighty A380–and scarcely five minutes since the double-deck widebody entered servi
Aircraft

COIN combat wing could be on horizon

In late July the U.S.

ADS makes debut as the new face of UK industry

Britain’s AeroSpace, Defence and Security (ADS) trade association is making its airshow debut here in Dubai this week (UK Pavilion, Stand W128A).

CTT zonal system dries insulation, prevents corrosion, cuts fuel burn

For parched Dubai 2009 visitors here in the desert it is hard to imagine that excessive humidity could be an issue.
Aircraft

Embraer E-Jets fit in at many Arab airlines

Embraer sees Arab operators of its 64- to 114-seat E170/175 and E190/195 regional jets (E-Jets) as providing a good example of what it views as the “right-

Acquisitions help boost ISR business for Goodrich

Goodrich ISR Systems has been on the acquisition trail and some of the resulting technology is on display here at the Dubai Airshow (Stand W360).
Aircraft

LM intelligence lab is airborne

Lockheed Martin is showing off its Airborne Multi-intelligence Laboratory (AML) here at the Dubai Airshow as part of its campaign to offer the aircraft’s u
Engines

Big three engine makers are on target with new technology

Recessions come and go, but the quest to develop ever more efficient engines for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft continues.

Web-based aircraft values available 24/7

UK-based International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) is offering an aircraft valuation tool called Jet Values 2.

Crane high-tech gear units, wireless tire gauges on show

Crane Aerospace & Electronics (Stand C310) has opened an office in Dubai to serve its Middle Eastern and African customers, and is here at the Dubai Ai
Aircraft

Fokker’s latest program to stretch lives, provide lift

This week here in Dubai, Fokker Services (Stand E556) is set to launch plans to stretch the service lives of short- to medium-range regional aircraft.

Bombardier builds a home for C Series

The future of Bombardier Aerospace’s commercial airline business might well hinge on what becomes of the product starting to take shape at the company’s ne

Avdata biz to reach $2.2B

PMI Media predicts that expenditures on aeronautical information system (AIS) and aeronautical information management (AIM) equipment and services will rea