Dubai 2011 Airshow News

Dubai Airshow News
Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet
Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet
You Went to the Dubai Air Show and You Saw...What?
You Went to the Dubai Air Show and You Saw...What?
Dubai Financial Company To Secure Major Share of Diamond Aircraft
Dubai Financial Company To Secure Major Share of Diamond Aircraft
Medrar Financial Group of Dubai and Diamond Aircraft Holdings of Austria have signed an agreement for Medrar's acquisition of a majority interest in Diamond, the companies announced today. The agreement includes Diamond's piston airplanes as well as its under-development, single-turbine D-Jet. Diamond is exhibiting at the Dubai Air Show this week.
Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?
Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?
Avic’s MA600 Makes International Debut at Dubai 2011
Avic’s MA600 Makes International Debut at Dubai 2011
AINaudiocast: Larry Flynn, Gulfstream Aerospace President
AINaudiocast: Larry Flynn, Gulfstream Aerospace President
AINaudiocast: John Rosanvallon, GAMA's Immediate Past Chairman
AINaudiocast: John Rosanvallon, GAMA's Immediate Past Chairman
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association is viewed by many as mainly a U.S.-centric organization, but in reality it is global. In fact, GAMA held its first board meeting outside of the U.S. last Friday in Bordeaux, France. It also has a permanent representative in Brussels and is considering adding another in Beijing, GAMA immediate past chairman–and current Dassault Falcon Jet president and CEO–John Rosanvallon told AIN at the Dubai Air Show.
AINaudiocast: Samir Sajet, UAE Regional Safety Officer for the UN's World Food Program Aviation Division
AINaudiocast: Samir Sajet, UAE Regional Safety Officer for the UN's World Food Program Aviation Division
AINaudiocast: Ali Al Naqbi, Middle East Business Aviation Association Founding Chairman
AINaudiocast: Ali Al Naqbi, Middle East Business Aviation Association Founding Chairman
Dubai Air Show Static Display from the Air
Dubai Air Show Static Display from the Air
As flight crew members and frequent air travelers know better than most, seeing anything from above puts it in better perspective. AIN photographer David McIntosh got the opportunity to see and shoot the Dubai Air Show static display from a helicopter on Monday morning before most visitors arrived. Here's what he saw.
Dubai Air Show Military Aircraft
Dubai Air Show Military Aircraft
Some 40 military aircraft are on display at the 2011 edition of the Dubai Air Show, a clear indication of the marketing potentiol for defense products in the Middle East region. Here are a few of them showing their stuff or basking in the the desert sun.
Al Fursan, the UAE's Flying Display Team
Al Fursan, the UAE's Flying Display Team
For the first time at any Dubai Air Show, the daily flying display is being opened by the United Arab Emirates' own aeobatic team, Al Fursan (The Knights). The team flies seven black-and-gold Alenia Aermacchi MB339 NATs, a single-engine jet trainer and light-attack aircraft. The UAE celebrates its 40th anniversary on December 2.
Business Jets at the Dubai Air Show
Business Jets at the Dubai Air Show
Among the 120 aircraft on static display at the 2011 Dubai Air Show, are a selection of business jets, ranging from the small, twin-turbine Eclipse 500 to the Boeing Business Jet.
Dubai 2011: Aircraft in Motion...and Not
Dubai 2011: Aircraft in Motion...and Not
Some 120 aircraft will be on static display and/or take part in the daily flying displays at the 2011 Dubai Air Show. Among these aircraft are the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is making its debut in the Middle East, a Dassault Rafale fighter, a Boeing F-18 Super Hornet and a Eurofighter Typhoon.
Dubai Air Show Aircraft
Dubai Air Show Aircraft
The 2011 Dubai Air Show boasts more than 120 aircraft on its static display line in front of the chalets. Among them are the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is making its debut in the Middle East, a Dassault Rafale fighter, a Boeing F-18 Super Hornet and a Eurofighter Typhoon, the latter three all in the flying display with many other aircraft.

More Stories from Dubai 2011

Low-cost Carrier flydubai Signs MRO Agreements
November 15, 2011, 2:25 PM

Low-cost carrier flydubai announced $74 million in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contracts Tuesday at the Dubai Airshow.

The airline signed agreements with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, with a combined value of $54 million.

Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet
November 15, 2011, 4:13 AM

Bombardier registered a much-welcome letter of intent (LOI) for the C Series CS300 on Tuesday at the Dubai Air Show, when Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 of the new narrowbodies.

You Went to the Dubai Air Show and You Saw...What?
November 15, 2011, 1:51 AM

Is this the latest triple-rotor rotorcraft from "Belikorsky?"

Perhaps it's the ultimate in shipborne mission flexibility.

Or maybe it's just the way a Sikorsky MH-60R and a Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor are parked on the ramp at the Dubai Air Show.

UAE AEW Rivals Line Up at Dubai 2011
November 15, 2011, 12:32 AM

UAE’s Air Force and Air Defense (AFAD) has a long-standing interest in acquiring an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) capability.

Dubai Air Show Static Display from the Air
November 14, 2011, 12:45 PM

As flight crew members and frequent air travelers know better than most, seeing anything from above puts it in better perspective. AIN photographer David McIntosh got the opportunity to see and shoot the Dubai Air Show static display from a helicopter on Monday morning before most visitors arrived. Here's what he saw.

AIN: Four Decades of Service
November 14, 2011, 12:11 PM

Dassault Falcon president and CEO John Rosanvallon, left, today at the Dubai Air Show congratulated AIN co-founder and current managing director Wilson Leach on the publishing company starting its 40th year in business.

L-3 Spins SPYDR's Web at Dubai Air Show
November 14, 2011, 11:49 AM

So what makes L-3 mission integration the best choice for implementing an ISR conversion of the King Air twin-turboprop? No fewer than six U.S. companies are staking a claim, including airframer Hawker Beechcraft, whose offering is parked right next to the L-3 SPYDR in the static park here.

VistaJet Commits Three Long-range Bizjets to ME Operation
November 14, 2011, 11:46 AM

VistaJet is committing three new long-range aircraft to the Middle East market, with an order for a pair of Bombardier Challenger 850 business jets and a Global 5000.

GE Aviation Assists with Emirates Overhaul Shop
November 14, 2011, 11:35 AM

GE Aviation will help oversee the design and construction of a new $120 million engine overhaul shop that Emirates Airline plans to build in Dubai.

Princely Jets Buys Eurocopter EC130 B4
November 14, 2011, 11:31 AM

Pakistani private charter firm Princely Jets yesterday ordered a Eurocopter EC130 B4 helicopter. The deal, which also includes support and spares, was signed at the Dubai Air Show and calls for delivery in June 2012. The operator currently operates three BO105 helicopters.

FedEx Expands at JAFZA
November 14, 2011, 11:25 AM

FedEx Express, a FedEx Corp. subsidiary, announced the launch of a 48,000-sq-ft facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA). The new FedEx facility will give customers in the free zone greater connectivity to FedEx’s global network.

Dubai Financial Company To Secure Major Share of Diamond Aircraft
November 14, 2011, 11:21 AM

Medrar Financial Group of Dubai and Diamond Aircraft Holdings of Austria have signed an agreement for Medrar's acquisition of a majority interest in Diamond, the companies announced today. The agreement includes Diamond's piston airplanes as well as its under-development, single-turbine D-Jet. Diamond is exhibiting at the Dubai Air Show this week.

Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?
November 14, 2011, 11:13 AM

Has the Eurofighter Typhoon really unseated Dassault’s Rafale as the UAE Air Force’s fighter-of-choice for a 60-plane order?

Falcon 7X To Get OnAir Cabin Phone System
November 14, 2011, 11:10 AM

OnAir is working on a supplementary type certificate for the Dassault Falcon 7X, which will be the first purpose-built business jet to receive the on-board cell phone service specialist’s system. So far, the system had been installed only in “bizliners,” such as Boeing BBJs or Airbus ACJs.

Comlux Places Airbus ACJ321 Launch Order
November 14, 2011, 11:05 AM

Comlux Aviation placed the first-ever order for an Airbus ACJ321 at the Dubai Air Show on Monday, expanding the Airbus Corporate Jet family.

Pilatus Selects AMAC As Exclusive Distributor
November 14, 2011, 10:52 AM

Pilatus Aircraft has selected Amac Aerospace as its fully authorized service center and exclusive sales center for the Pilatus PC-12 NG single-engine turboprop in the Middle East. Amac will commence sales activity on Jan. 1, 2012, from an office in Beirut.

Aircraft Design Legend Burt Rutan Bestowed with Lifetime Achievement Award
November 14, 2011, 10:45 AM

General aviation design guru and space pioneer Burt Rutan was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Dubai Air Show yesterday, though the founder and ex-CEO of Scaled Composite protested, “I haven’t done anything for months.” Rutan retired from his company earlier this year and moved

Irkut Introduces MS-21 as Alternative to Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX
November 14, 2011, 10:42 AM

Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut announced here yesterday that its MS-21 family of short- and medium-range twin-engine passenger jets (MS-21-200, -300 and

Raytheon Installs ATM System At New Al Maktoum Airport
November 14, 2011, 10:38 AM

Raytheon has completed delivery and installation of its latest generation AutoTrac III (AT3) air traffic management system at Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport, which is scheduled to open in 2012.

CFM PIPS Competition In Lufthansa Power Deal
November 14, 2011, 10:25 AM

Lufthansa has chosen CFM56-5Bs to power four new Airbus A320s on firm order, CFM International announced at the Dubai Air Show yesterday. The announcement comes just a day after CFM revealed a $2 billion order from Republic Airways of the U.S.

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