Aerospace Diary

AINONLINE by    NEELAM MATHEWS Mubadala's Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies is to form the new maintenance, repair and overhaul division of Etihad Airways. [Photo: Mubadala] May 21, 2014, 1:13 PM At face value, the recent acquisition of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies ( ADAT ) from Mubadala Development Co. by Etihad Airways is straightforward portfolio realignment between two state-owned entities in the United Arab Emirates. But Etihad’s reputation as an aggressive empire-builder with deep pockets to fund a string of airline buyouts suggests that the move is part of a wider master plan that will underpin the flag carrier’s prolific fleet growth and its ambitions to compete in the market for third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul ( MRO ) services. In a deal agreed on May 8, Etihad will.... read more - http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-05-21/etihad-expands-maintenance-and-flight-training

Neelam Mathews Dec 28, 2012 Starting Jan 18, Jet Airways, will introduce a second service between Delhi and Dubai with a 737-800 enhancing its connectivity to the UAE with a day time flight. This will complement the night flight presently operating between Delhi and Dubai. The introduction of this new flight between Delhi and Dubai further strengthens the presence of Jet Airways in the Indo-Gulf sector. Jet will offer a twin class  configuration of 16 Premiere and 138 Economy seating. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said the new service “will offer guests wider options of preferred departure time whilst travelling to Dubai, or travelling onwards throughout our ever-expanding global network.”

EBACE Convention News » May 15, 2012 by  Neelam Mathews May 14, 2012, 10:30 PM Aurora Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership agreement to run the first full-service FBO at Fujairah International Airport (FIA) in the United Arab Emirates. “We are looking to make Fujairah our hub,” Aurora CEO Ammar Kutait told AIN . Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman on the country's east coast instead of on the Persian Gulf. A new highway connects it with Dubai. “We see a huge demand [for business aviation] as the UAE has the second largest fleet in the region after Saudi Arabia,” said FIA general manager Khaled Almazroui. “We see good growth prospects for Fujairah, so decided to build an FBO here. We are very competitive. Our landing and parking charges...