Yemenia, the official carrier of the state of Yemen, based in Sanaa, has signed a firm contract to buy 10 A320 Family aircraft from Airbus. The agreement follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the Dubai air show.
READ MOREFalls Church, Va.The United States Navy has awarded DynCorp International (NYSE:DCP) a $16.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract for maintenance services in support of the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 program under the Foreign Military Sales program.
READ MOREEmirates Airline and Airbus have marked a major achievement, by celebrating the hand-over of the 6,000th aircraft in the airframe manufacturer's 40 year history. The aircraft, an A380, was handed over to Emirates Airline in a ceremony in Hamburg. The aircraft is Emirates' eighth A380.
READ MOREDoha, Qatar Airways advises that a news wire story issued yesterday by a news agency (Reuters) contained a misleading quote by the airline’s Executive Vice President Commercial Operations Mr Ali Al Rais. The quote implied that Qatar Airways was experiencing difficulty financing its aircraft.
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São José dos Campos, Embraer delivered the first Lineage 1000 executive jet to Al Jaber Aviation (AJA) of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the end of December, in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The aircraft will begin operations for on-demand charter service in March 2010.
READ MOREThe Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) took delivery in December of an Airbus A318 as part of the expansion of its air support capabilities. At present, the expansion targets about 35 aircraft in total, including fixed-wing airplanes and helicopters.
READ MOREDoha, Qatar Airways has taken delivery of four new aircraft this month. With the largest delivery schedule in a single month for Qatar Airways, the two Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft and two Airbus A320s take the airline’s rapidly-growing fleet size up to 76 aircraft.
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