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Former Croatia Airlines chief to head Gulf Air
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air has named ex-Croatia Airlines head Kresimir Kucko as its new chief executive.
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DUBAI: Jetex becomes first FBO provider in Oman
Business aviation services company Jetex Flight Support has been appointed the first operator and manager of fixed base operations in Oman. The award, which was signed at the company’s flagship facility in Dubai on 12 November, forms part of Jetex’s strategy to expand its FBO network in the Gulf.
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DUBAI: Calidus’s homegrown attack on strike market
UAE-based aerospace company Calidus has revealed to the world its B-250 light strike aircraft at the Dubai air show.
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DUBAI: China’s Cloud Shadow emerges seeking sales
Chinese manufacturer AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Corporation is showing off its Cloud Shadow strike/reconnaissance UAV at the show, marking its first overseas showing amid a push for export sales.
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DUBAI: Boeing achieves 90% drawing milestone on 777-9
Boeing reached the 90% engineering drawing release milestone with the 777-9 on 7 November, vice-president and 777X general manager Eric Lindblad has disclosed.
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DUBAI: Internal P5 completes second round of tests on F-35
Cubic Global Defense completed the second round of tests for its internal P5 aboard the F-35 this month, pushing the US military closer to its first encrypted combat training system, Cubic’s senior business development manager says this week.
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DUBAI: Emirates set to push 787-10 backlog over 200
Emirates' tentative agreement for 40 Boeing 787-10s will, once firmed, take orders for the new twinjet to more than 200.
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DUBAI: Tariffs won't apply to US-assembled CSeries – Cromer
Bombardier intends to start building a $300 million aircraft factory in Alabama immediately after the CSeries joint venture's sale to Airbus closes – and CS100s delivered to US customers from that facility will not be subject to a possible import tariff, predicts the president of the Canadian airframer's commercial aircraft ...
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DUBAI: Azerbaijan opts for more 787s and two freighters
Azerbaijan Airlines has revised an agreement for additional Boeing 787s, in a deal which will involve taking five more of the type.
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DUBAI: Emirates Airbus deal still being finalised
Emirates still appears to be refining an agreement with Airbus, after a highly-anticipated event during the Dubai air show featured only an agreement for Boeing 787s.
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DUBAI: GMF AeroAsia nears deal with Middle Eastern partner
Indonesian maintenance provider GMF AeroAsia is in the "final stages of securing a business partner" for setting up a UAE facility catering to the Middle East and neighbouring regions.
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DUBAI: Rostec aims high in Middle East market
Russian state technology company Rostec is using the Dubai air show to further its push into the Middle East for its range of civil and military hardware.
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DUBAI: Local low-cost carrier Flydubai puts its first Max on show
Middle Eastern budget operator Flydubai has put its first 737 Max jet on display to mark the fifth time it has attended its hometown's air show.
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DUBAI: Emirates to order 40 787-10s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is ordering 40 Boeing 787-10s.
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DUBAI: Middle East cited as demanding market for connectivity
Research conducted by Gogo suggests that the Middle East is a region where in-flight connectivity plays a particularly significant role in passenger satisfaction.
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DUBAI: Ameco targets place among world's top-five MROs
Ameco Beijing is seeking to attract more commercial maintenance business from the Middle East as part of a wider aim to become one of the world's top-five MROs in the next five years.
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DUBAI: DC Aviation Al-Futtaim opens expanded maintenance hangar
DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), a joint venture between the Al-Futtaim group and Germany’s DC Aviation, has expanded its business aircraft maintenance capacity in the Gulf following the inauguration at the show yesterday on 12 November of a new hangar at its base at Al Maktoum International airport.
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DUBAI: Panasonic details features in Emirates 777 revamp
Panasonic Avionics has contributed to the refreshed first-class cabin suites on Emirates' Boeing 777-300ERs with a lightweight modern in-flight entertainment and connectivity system which carries Emirates' signature 'ICE' entertainment platform.
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DUBAI: KC-46 trims major deficiencies to one
Boeing’s long-troubled KC-46A tanker development programme is nearing resolution, with only one outstanding deficiency expected to remain after this month, says the company’s top defence executive.