Doha, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker today hit back at comments made by the Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines about the dramatic rise of Gulf carriers and their impact on the global aviation industry.
READ MOREAmman, JorAMCo and Italy's "CAI First" s.p.a signed an agreement whereby JorAMCo is to perform heavy maintenance services and intermediate checks on "CAI First" complete fleet consisting of 6 Embraer 170 Aircraft.
READ MOREParis, Sagem (Safran group) has signed an exclusive five-year contract with Emirates, covering maintenance services for all Sagem equipment on the airline’s fleet of 37 Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul jetliners. The contract covers all flight control systems (rudder actuators, backup energy systems) and equipment in the aircraft information system (database loading, flight data acquisition unit, flight recorder).
READ MOREAmman & Dubai, JorAMCo and Air Arabia signed contract annexes for heavy maintenance services, to be provided nose to tail, to seven A320 aircraft operated by Air Arabia fleet, the services includes heavy C-checks, engine swaps, relevant SBs and Ads, modifications and upgrades.
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Beirut, Middle East Airline lost between $7 million to $8 million in January 2011 because of the deep political crisis in Lebanon, Mohammad Hout, the chairman of the Lebanese national carrier said Tuesday. “January was not a good month for Lebanon. We always say that if Lebanon was ok then our company will be ok,” Hout told The Daily Star over the telephone.
READ MOREDubai, Dubai International registered another record year with the airport’s 2010 passenger traffic reaching an historic 47.2 million, up 15.3 per cent over 40.9 million in 2009 and2.4 per cent more than the 46.1 million originally projected for the year.
READ MOREAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and International Aero Engines AG (IAE) have signed a general terms of agreement whereby IAE will support ADAT in becoming an IAE approved MRO shop capable of performing B3 level overhaul of the V2500 engine series.
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