Latest

All AIN news by date

Airports discuss A380 issues with New Zealand’s Cavotec

New Zealand’s power solutions provider Cavotec MSL sponsored the A380 Touchdown conference held here in Dubai on November 9 and 10.

Virgin Blue alliance marks Etihad’s fourth birthday

United Arab Emirates national carrier Etihad Airways celebrated its fourth birthday last week by introducing an interline agreement with Australian operato

UAE nears decision for jet trainer

Each of the original three contenders to supply the UAE Air Force with an advanced jet trainer (AJT) offered unique selling points that could have tipped t

Eurocopter offers 24/7 help

A 24-hour customer support center recently established by Eurocopter for its European customers will go global late this year, according to the company.

F’boro to blow out 60 candles

Next year’s 60th anniversary Farnborough Airshow should be a record-breaker, according to organizers Farnborough International (Stand W106).

Four-seat Kestrel t-prop takes on the very light jet crowd

Farnborough Aircraft’s commercial director, Richard Blain, believes that size certainly has its advantages when it comes to his company’s F-1 Kestrel turbo

Dubai FBO has Jet Aviation smiling

Dassault Aviation (Stand W406) is at the Dubai Air Show for the first time since it named Jet Aviation’s facility here its UAE authorized service center.

Jetcraft trading lives up to its name

JetCraft Trading, a newly formed alliance between business aviation specialist Jet Aviation and broker JetCraft Corporation, is here at the Dubai Airshow i

Ex-Embry Riddle boss builds Dubai av school

The need for qualified people is about the only constraint to growth in the booming air transport markets of the Middle East and Asia, and the fact that DA

More Sovereigns for Smart Aviation

Business must be good for Smart Aviation, the Cairo-based air charter operator formed earlier this year with a single Cessna Citation Sovereign.

All metal services expands in Asia

UK-based logistics company All Metal Services (AMS) has turned its attention to China and India as it expands its operation to supply metallic raw material

Embraer inks more defense contracts

Embraer has signed contracts with the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Navy for the supply of two ERJ135LR jets for government transport and medical evacuati

Tool helps airlines out of RATT race

A new tool from London Gatwick-based Avtura (Stand W332F) can help airlines manage aircraft turnarounds and optimize the time between landing and takeoff.

Lufthansa Systems introduces EFB that downloads briefing documents

Lufthansa Systems (LHS) is here introducing the electronic flight folder (EFF), a new feature in its Lido eFlightBag that allows crewmembers to download la

Emirates to pioneer airborne mobile phone use

Emirates Airline is on track by year-end to be the first carrier in the world to allow its passengers to make calls using their own mobile phones with the

Eurofighter flies first Tranche 2 Typhoon

The Eurofighter consortium achieved a major milestone on the first of the month with the first flight of a Typhoon with Tranche 2 avionics.

Maintenance companies reaping fruits of region’s growth in airline activity

Both local and Western companies are enjoying a strong market for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in the Middle East, due to increased airl

Dubai International-owned Doncasters wins Rolls-Royce engine repair contract

Rolls-Royce has awarded Dubai International Capital-owned Doncasters (Stand W216) a contract to repair and overhaul front combustion liners in annular comb

Reaper drops first bombs in anger

On Wednesday the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned attack vehicle dropped its first precision-guided bombs in anger, not long after the combat debut of

New King Air 350ER boasts range of 2,570 nautical miles

Hawker Beechcraft has certified a longer-range version of the venerable King Air 350 twin-turboprop, an airplane that can stay aloft longer than eight hour

Goodrich opens MRO in Dubai Free Trade Zone

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Goodrich Corp.

Impressive support for solar airplane

Bertrand Piccard, initiator of the Solar Impulse program calling for a flight around the world with an aircraft powered exclusively by solar energy, showca

Singapore is relaxing around its new airshow

In just over three months, on February 19, the renamed Singapore Airshow will open at a brand new purpose-built site, with a new dress code for professiona

Spaceplane reaching for the stars

“The launch of a new era in space travel” is the bold claim of EADS Astrium for its Spaceplane, a model of which stands at the company’s booth (C220).

ILFC orders A350XWB engines

Rolls-Royce has notched another sale of its Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350XWB, this time to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Th

ATR boss predicts record year

Standing at 88 orders so far this year, regional turboprop manufacturer ATR’s order book may well break the previous record of 90 in 2005, a confident Stép

Rolls-Royce and LHT partner on Trent shop

N3 Engine Overhaul Services–a joint venture between Rolls-Royce (Stand W206) and Lufthansa Technik (Stand C518)–opened officially in September.

Emirates links continents with rangier 777

Emirates Airline launched a new era in air travel last month when it flew its first Boeing 777-200LR from Dubai to São Paulo, Brazil.

Embraer bullish on bizjet sales

Embraer’s executive jet division comes to Dubai in bullish form with announcements for more than $200 million of new business and forecasts for strong grow

Middle East demand helps boost sales of Embraer's E-Jets

Royal Jordanian Airlines has opted to take two 72-seat E-175 jetliners in lieu of two of seven 100-seat E-195s it ordered last year.