All Middle East articles – Page 2

  • Iraqi 737 Max day-c-Iraqi Airways
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    Iraqi civil aviation regulator still facing ‘challenges’ in oversight resources

    2024-12-18T10:54:00Z

    Iraq’s civil aviation regulator has postponed a planned on-site assessment by European safety authorities until at least the third quarter of next year. The country’s flag-carrier, Iraqi Airways, remains on the European Commission blacklist to which it was added in December 2015. Iraqi Airways has been striving to secure the ...

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    Insitu opens Abu Dhabi UAS support and training centre

    2024-12-17T16:02:00Z

    Insitu has opened a new centre of excellence within Abu Dhabi’s Tawazun Industrial Park, boosting its ability to support the United Arab Emirates’ use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).

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    Israir negotiates purchase of A320 on lease

    2024-12-17T13:16:00Z

    Israir Group is negotiating the purchase of an Airbus A320 from one of its lessors, in exchange for an extension of the lease on the twinjet. The Israeli company states that the discussions have led to a draft agreement under which Israir would pay around $16.5 million for the aircraft ...

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    Bahrain picks H145 for law-enforcement missions

    2024-12-12T10:41:00Z

    Bahrain is to acquire nine Airbus Helicopters H145s for law-enforcement and medical-services missions.

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    Kuwait’s Jazeera to purchase older A320s operated on lease

    2024-12-11T19:32:00Z

    Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is to purchase six older Airbus A320s which the airline currently operates on lease. Jazeera’s board states that it will fund the purchase from its own resources as well as loans from local banks. It values the transaction at KD55.57 million ($180.6 million). Jazeera chief ...

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    Kuwait Airways becomes first operator of both A330neo variants

    2024-12-11T19:12:00Z

    Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900, becoming the first carrier to have both A330neo variants in its fleet. The carrier says its initial -900 is part of a batch of seven to be introduced under its delivery plan. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, the aircraft ...

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    Israel strikes hit Syrian navy amid leadership uncertainty

    2024-12-11T10:43:00Z

    The Israeli ministry of defence has confirmed it sank at least 15 Syrian naval vessels in the ports of Al-Bayda and Latakia as the region waits to see who will take control of the war-torn country’s new government.

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    US Air Force strikes central Syria as Assad emerges in Moscow

    2024-12-09T03:56:00Z

    The US Air Force has mounted air strikes in Syria as the nation’s fallen dictator Bashar al-Assad has emerged in Russia, and questions mount about Russia’s airpower foothold in the Middle East. 

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    Syrian Il-76 disappears from flight tracking as ousted president defects to Russia

    2024-12-08T08:34:00Z

    With a lightning advance of rebel fighters reaching Damascus, the country’s dictatorial president Bashar al-Assad fled the capital around the time a Syrian Air flight originating in Damascus disappeared from tracking over the rebel-controlled city of Homs.

  • Qatar 747-8I
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    Qatar broadens defence partnership with the UK, including pilot training

    2024-12-06T12:05:00Z

    Qatar and the UK have broadened their defence partnership, with new initiatives including “extending and expanding collaboration and knowledge sharing across the joint UK-Qatar [Eurofighter] Typhoon and [BAE Systems] Hawk aircraft squadrons”.

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    Saudia and Air France-KLM to explore 787 engine MRO venture under co-operation pact

    2024-12-04T10:11:00Z

    Middle Eastern carrier Saudia is entering a maintenance partnership with Air France-KLM which will focus on engine work. The two sides will explore a joint venture for GE Aerospace GEnx engines which power Boeing 787s. Under the pact Saudia envisions awarding at least 50% of GE Aerospace GE90 work to ...

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    Pentagon confirms A-10 strikes in Syria, claiming defence of US forces

    2024-12-03T18:19:00Z

    Although the Pentagon has denied taking any part in the rebel offensive against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Washington says it conducted what are described as “self-defence strikes” in Syria against unspecfied threats to US forces and their partners.

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    Flyadeal chief aims for widebody decision by year-end

    2024-12-03T09:14:00Z

    Flyadeal chief executive Stephen Greenway expects to make a decision on its plan to bring in widebodies by the end of the year, as the Saudi budget carrier continues to ponder a choice between operating new and used aircraft.

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    Absence of El Al competition spurs hi-tech firms to plan 777 charter to Newark

    2024-11-28T07:59:00Z

    Absence of competition on Israeli-US routes has spurred a group of hi-tech corporate interests to set up an alternative air transport operation for the first quarter of 2025. The operation, which has been branded TechAir, involves leasing or chartering a widebody aircraft – the current proposal is a wet-leased Boeing ...

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    Emirates takes delivery of first A350-900

    2024-11-25T16:43:00Z

    Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, one of 65 which will be introduced by the operator. The twinjet (A6-EXA) departed Toulouse for Dubai at around 17:00 on 25 November. It headed north, passing briefly through southern UK airspace before turning east to fly over ...

  • Etihad Airways' new A350-1000 aircraft (3)
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    Etihad includes Atlanta, Hong Kong and Taipei in 10-route network expansion

    2024-11-25T11:16:00Z

    Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has included the US gateway of Atlanta, and the Asian cities of Hong Kong and Taipei, in a newly-unveiled network expansion. Etihad has listed 10 new destinations to be served by the Abu Dhabi-based carrier beginning next year. Its expansion will include several other Asian ...

  • USAF F-35A
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    How the global military fleet shapes up in our 2025 World Air Forces review

    2024-11-21T14:00:00Z

    Our annual World Air Forces directory – published in association with Embraer – details the military aircraft fleets of 161 nations, and analyses the main events of the last 12 months.

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    El Al purchases 777 airframe to secure spare engines for operational fleet

    2024-11-20T14:54:00Z

    Israel’s El Al has purchased a Boeing 777 fuselage in order to have spare engines available for its fleet of the twinjet type. The airline disclosed the acquisition as it released third-quarter financial results. El Al says it was purchased from a “foreign company” for a consideration of $7.3 million, ...

  • Royal Jordanian 787-8-c-Royal Jordanian
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    Royal Jordanian to open new US gateway route next year

    2024-11-20T14:36:00Z

    Royal Jordanian Airlines is to open a new transatlantic service to Washington DC ahead of the summer season next year. The Oneworld alliance carrier states that it will fly the nonstop route from Amman twice-weekly. Royal Jordanian will deploy Boeing 787s for the service. It will bring to four the ...

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    El Al benefits in third quarter as regional jitters keep competitors away

    2024-11-20T13:59:00Z

    Israeli flag-carrier El Al’s third-quarter revenues topped $1 billion as the airline continued to benefit from the depleted competition out of Tel Aviv. Demand generated a $308 million surge in revenues for the three months including $36 million for the cargo sector. El Al’s pre-tax profit for the three-month period ...