All Middle East news – Page 147
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OpinionOPINION: Lessons must be learned from 787 battery fires
A pair of lithium ion batteries on the Boeing 787-8 – which should have been risk-assessment afterthoughts compared to the overall electrical system – became unexpected safety problems. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the aircraft escaped heavy damage. Why?
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MEBA: Royal Jet displays show of strength with largest airframer customers Bombardier and Boeing
VVIP charter company Royal Jet joined forces at the show today with Boeing and Bombardier, its two largest aircraft suppliers, to celebrate recent orders for two BBJs, a pair of Learjet 60XRs and a duo of Global 5000s.
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NewsIsraeli air strikes target Syrian weapons
The Israeli air force hit at least 10 targets in Syria on 7 December, with Syrian television reports indicating that air strikes were conducted near Damascus International airport and in the town of Dimas, near the Syrian-Lebanese border.
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MEBA: Taylor hands over BBJ reins to Longridge
Boeing Business Jets president Capt Steve Taylor handed over the reins to the organisation’s top job this morning to his replacement David Longridge.
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MEBA: AMAC showcases design capabilities with Global project
Switzerland-based AMAC Aerospace has bolstered its in-house design offering and is showcasing its capabilities at MEBA using a Bombardier Global Express on the static park.
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MEBA: Falcon breaks ground on Middle East's first completion centre
Falcon Aviation Services broke ground today on the Middle East’s first VIP aircraft completion centre, which it expects to be open for business in 2016.
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MEBA: Comlux places its first BBJ order
Comlux Aviation, one the largest owners and operators of the Airbus ACJ320 VIP narrowbody airliner family has placed its first order with Boeing since launching operations over 11 years ago.
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MEBA: Marshall Aviation Services makes show debut, promotes MRO portfolio
Marshall Aviation Services - the business and commercial aviation arm of Marshall Aerospace & Defence Group – is making its MEBA debut where it hopes to drum up interest from Middle Eastern customers in its expanding maintenance repair and overhaul provision.
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MEBA: Show opens with record exhibitor numbers
Middle East Business Aviation takes off today with a record number of exhibitors – 422 compared with 385 two years ago – and in its permanent new home for the first time at Dubai World Central.
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MEBA: Iacobucci brings Italian flair to show
Italy's Iacobucci has brought a touch of Italian style and elegance to MEBA with a pair of its seats making their show debuts.
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OpinionOPINION: Where next for Rolls-Royce?
London investment bank Investec has called for a thorough strategy review at Rolls-Royce. The company’s directors may not take up the suggestion but, if they do, they may well conclude that their strategy is just fine as it is. But to propose other options is to raise serious questions for ...
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NewsMEBA: Airbus hints at ACJ320neo launch in 2015
Airbus has given the strongest hint yet that it could launch a re-engined version of its airliner-derived ACJ320 family as early as next year.
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MEBA: Show appearance caps Bell 429's regional tour
Despite the considerable popularity of the Bell Helicopter 429 as an emergency medical services (EMS) platform the airframer is not ignoring its potential for VIP transportation either.
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MEBA: Business aircraft industry calls for regulations to be eased
The Middle East's business aviation community is calling on the region’s rule-makers to ease the regulatory burden on local providers and remove the costly “one size fits all” policy that currently applies to both commercial and business aircraft operators.
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MEBA: For Ascend, VIP airliners are big business
Consultancy Ascend, owned by Flight Daily News publisher Flightglobal, is seeing increased valuations and appraisal business from owners and operators of VIP airliners.
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MEBA: Vertis partners with K5 to launch aircraft brokerage
Swiss aircraft services provider Vertis Aviation and German charter operator K5 Aviation have launched a new international aircraft brokerage at MEBA targeting buyers and sellers of top-end business jets.
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NewsQatar fixes date for first A350 delivery
Qatar Airways is to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in Toulouse on 13 December, about a month before it enters service on the Doha-Frankfurt route.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Has the Boeing 787 been a network changer?
Three years after the Boeing 787's long-awaited entry into service, Henk Ombelet from Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy looks at whether the Dreamliner has changed the market
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 747-400 numbers healthy a decade after final delivery
A decade after Boeing built the last passenger variant of the 747-400, more than half the delivered fleet remains in service in the airline role, but the retirement rate is beginning to build momentum.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Grey charter spreads gloom among Middle East operators
The perennial issue of illegal or grey charter continues to infuriate established commercial operators around the Middle East.