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The Kuwaiti Wataniya Airways, which resumed operations in July, signed Tuesday through its aircraft supplier Golden Falcon Aviation, an agreement for the acquisition of 25 Airbus A320neos. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at Dubai Air Show, the 25 Read more
The Dubai-based Emirates airline will on November 3 receive its 100th A380 underlining by far the airline’s reputation for the super jumbo. Emirates already operate 98 A380s out of the 140 A380s that have been ordered since 2008 when the Read more
Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier has unveiled a plan to set up a railway cluster in Morocco to serve as an industrial platform to provide services to African countries. The goal of Bombardier Transportation cluster to be established in Read more
Iran concluded a multi-billion dollar deal with Airbus for the acquisition of 73 wide-body and 45 narrow-body jets including a dozen A380 superjumbos. The deal also covers maintenance of aircrafts and training of Iranian pilots. The 118 aircrafts are expected Read more
The board of the Saudi Arabian Airlines has decided to increase the operations of the company under its five year plan from 2015-2020 by purchasing more than 100 new aircrafts. The airline is Saudi’s national flag carrier and director general Read more
At the unveiling ceremony of the first Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide body) commercial aircraft by Qatar Airways, the first in the world, Chief Akbar al-Baker of the airline boasted that the growth of aviation companies in the Gulf is worrying Read more
Qatar has renewed its intentions to reinforce its military arsenal with diverse equipment worth around $23billion from different companies mainly based in Europe and the United States. The military will be acquiring attack helicopters, guided missiles, tankers with high-tech equipment. Read more
Saudi Gulf Airlines, a new carrier born of the deregulation of Saudi Arabia’s aviation market, has made its intentions clear; that it is out for business. The company has started to build its fleet after ordering 16 aircrafts from Bombardier Read more
Turkey’s flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, is eyeing an expansion project to double its fleet in less than a decade. Despite the economic crisis, the company has been expanding and a look at its figures shows that the demand is high Read more
The United Arab Emirates is planning to build a $ 2.9 billion midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport to keep up with rapidly growing number of travelers and air traffic. The new terminal, to be operational in 2017, will Read more