Category: Middle East

BAA Training Establishes Aviation Training Base In The Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training continues spreading its name over the map of aviation training world. Aviation training center based in Northern Europe is expanding its services to the Middle East market by establishing BAA Training UAE training base. In cooperation with strategic partners, the aviation training centre Pier 7 Aviation, BAA Training UAE is ready to provide […]

European Union Updates Blacklist of Banned Airlines

Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. The EU Air Safety List seeks to ensure the highest level of air safety for European citizens, which is […]

Dubai Airport CEO Reveals Details of World’s Largest Airport Plans

Reading Time: < 1 minute Dubai Airport CEO Paul Griffiths has revealed more detail around the city’s plan to build the world’s largest airport. DWC at Al Maktoum International will be built modularly; terminals will be added on as needed to eventually to host 240 million passengers by 2030. “Our motivation behind doing this is to raise aviation’s share of […]

Malaysian Airlines To Lease Eight Alitalia Jets

Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysian Airlines CEO Peter Bellew has told Reuters he is willing to lease jets from Italy’s troubled Alitalia. Alitalia entered administration proceedings last month after a restructuring bid, involving job and compensation cuts, by shareholder Etihad failed. Meanwhile Bellew has said he wants to lease either the carrier’s A330s, B777s or a combination in a […]

UAE Sets Out Its Goals For Infrastructure

Reading Time: 3 minutes The UAE is aiming to take top ranking in the air transport infrastructure sector of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index by 2021. Delivering the keynote address at the Global Airport Leaders’ Forum in Dubai – part of the annual Airports Show – His Excellency Omar Bin Ghalib, Deputy Director General of the country’s […]

Iran Air Gets Its First Four ATR-72-600s

Reading Time: < 1 minute Iran Air took delivery of its first four ATR 72-600s. ATR and Iran Air finalised a firm contract for 20 ATR 72-600s and options for a further 20 only last month. Deliveries of the 20 firm aircraft will extend until the end of 2018. Following the relief of international sanctions on Iran, there is a […]

ICAO To Seek Global Traffic Management Solutions For Drone Operations

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the near future, an overhead drone delivery or even a flying taxi may enter your daily life. To make these services safe and efficient, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced that it will begin establishing low-altitude traffic management guidance for domestic unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Also it announced that industry, academia and other […]

Where Did Emirates Make Its Money In 2016?

Reading Time: < 1 minute Europe generated the most revenue for Emirates during the past year, the Dubai-based airline revealed on Thursday. In its 2016-17 annual report, in which Emirates Group posted an $670 million profit for the financial year ending March 31, it said European routes contributed $6.5 billion, unchanged from the previous year. It said revenue generated from […]

Lufthansa Could Buy Airberlin, If Abu Dhabi Bails It Out

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lufthansa has put the ball squarely in the Abu Dhabi governments court, saying its ties with Etihad could grow ever closer, if the government wants. Germany’s biggest and Europe’s third biggest airline CEO was in Abu Dhabi last week, the second time in four months. This time he was part of the delegation visiting with […]

Emirates’ Airline Profit Falls 82% In 2016-17

Reading Time: < 1 minute A tough year has taken its toll on Emirates despite the airline managing to keep profits in the black. The Group’s 2016-2017 results report a 29th year of profit but airline profits are down 81 percent to AED 1.3 billion ($340 million) from a record AED 7.2 billion ($1.9 billion) last year. Group profits, which […]