All Middle East articles – Page 81
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Saudia's Flyadeal opts for 737 Max with pact for 50
Saudi Arabian carrier Flyadeal has tentatively agreed to order 30 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, and place options on a further 20.
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ANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures 2018
A round-up of 2018's start-up carriers and those airlines that suspended, ceased operations or entered formal restructuring during the year
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Landing mode changes snared 777 go-around pilots
German investigators’ findings from the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER excursion at Munich, showing the crew was snared by landing mode logic, indicate parallels with the Emirates 777-300 accident at Dubai five years later.
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Emirates to use A380 for Glasgow when Dubai runway shuts
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to offset capacity disruption caused by Dubai runway closure by deploying Airbus A380s on its Glasgow route.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How airline stories developed in 2018
While wider political tensions dominated much of the agenda and continue to cause potential headaches for airlines, it was the return of a familiar problem in the shape of rising fuel prices that did the most to knock airlines from their high-profit altitude during 2018.
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PICTURES: Emirates adorns A380 with montage of Real Madrid team
Emirates has unveiled an Airbus A380 adorned with a special livery in recognition of the airline’s sponsorship of Real Madrid football club.
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Air Berlin administrator seeks up to €2bn in damages from Etihad
A German insolvency court will consider a move by administrators of collapsed carrier Air Berlin to seek damages of up to €2 billion ($2.3 billion) from the carrier's former shareholder Etihad Airways.
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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2018
Long-time readers of Flight International will know that while our dear friend Uncle Roger gives the impression of having retired to a life of leisure, this is just a cover – he actually spends all of his time hard at work preparing a fiendishly difficult quiz challenge for this annual ...
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VIDEO & PICTURES: Emirates receives its last 777-300ER
Dubai carrier Emirates has taken delivery of its last on-order Boeing 777-300ER.
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MEA signs A330neo engine support deal with Rolls-Royce
Middle East Airlines has signed with Rolls-Royce a long-term maintenance agreement for Trent 7000 engines powering a fleet of Airbus A330neo jets that the Lebanese carrier intends to order.
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OpinionOPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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Joramco wins follow-up MRO deal from Flydubai
Flydubai has renewed a heavy maintenance agreement with Joramco.
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AMAC readies Basel facility for ACJ320neo arrival
AMAC Aerospace is readying its completion centre in Basel, Switzerland, for the handover in early January of the first Airbus ACJ320neo.
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Airbus Corporate Helicopters makes Middle East debut
Airbus Corporate Helicopters has made its Middle East show debut at MEBAA. The move comes 18 months after the unit was created by its parent company to focus its efforts in the business aviation segment and bring it into line with its sister fixed-wing operation.
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Bell delivers two 429s to EDIC Horizon
Bell has delivered two model 429 helicopters to Abu Dhabi's EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy from a May 2018 order for the light-twins.
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Cirrus Vision Jet makes Middle East debut
Cirrus is showcasing its Vision Jet for the first time in the Middle East, as it seeks to drum up sales of the single-engined personal jet from the region’s owner flyers, training schools and charter operators.
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Diamond wins 60-unit order from Saudi training school SNCA
Diamond has secured an order from Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) for up to 60 single-engined DA40 NGs and twin-engined DA42-VIs, with the first examples scheduled to arrive at a new training facility in February 2019.
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Falcon plans to open Dubai MRO base
Falcon Aviation Services is poised to open its first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility dedicated to fixed-wing business aircraft outside its Abu Dhabi headquarters.
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Boeing Business Jets confident on 777X prospects
Boeing Business Jets is confident that its newly launched BBJ 777X will prove a big seller in the Middle East, justifying the unveiling of the VVIP airliner variant at the MEBAA show.
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SalamAir becomes latest Middle East A320neo carrier
Omani carrier SalamAir has become the first operator in the Middle Eastern sultanate to introduce the Airbus A320neo.