The Iraqi Minister of Transport, Hadi Al-Amiri, selected Lufthansa Consulting to evaluate the ground handling requirements at Baghdad International Airport, the capital’s main airport and the country's main international gateway as well as at the international airports Basra and Mosul. Read More

The EU has released it much awaited twice a year published list for airlines and air operators banned from flying into the EU members statesand Switzerland. It includes airlines from mainly African, several Asian and one Latin American country. Read More

Dubai Air Show, Alafco Aviation Lease and Finance Co. KSCC (ALAFCO) selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 50 firm A320neo family aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2017. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Read More

According to Airbus’ latest Global Market forecast (GMF) carriers in the Middle East will require 1,921 new passenger and freighter aircraft (above 100 seats) between 2011 and 2030 valued at US$347.4 billion. Of these, 1,882 are passenger aircraft (US$336.3 billion) and 39 are freighter aircraft (US$11.1billion). Read More

Mubadala Aerospace, through its subsidiary Horizon Flight Academy (Horizon), today announced at the Dubai Airshow a joint venture (JV) with Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) to establish an advanced flight training facility in the emirate dedicated to serving global commercial and defense customers. Read More

Dubai, Lufthansa Technik is expanding its activities in the Middle East region with a new company headquartered in Dubai. Lufthansa Technik Middle East Services (LTMES). Read More