The Middle East will require 1,921 new passenger and freighter aircraft worth $347.4bn between 2011 and 2030, according to Airbus' latest Global Market forecast.
Kuwait-based aviation lease and finance company Alafco has ordered 50 A320neo family aircraft, with options for an additional 30 finalised by the end of 2011.
Bristow Group has signed a contract with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, to buy six AW189 helicopters, with an option for additional aircraft.
O3b Networks has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for the construction of four satellites for its medium Earth orbit constellation.
Nasa is in the final phase of preparations to launch its car-sized robotic vehicle named Curiosity to Mars aboard an Atlas V rocket on 25 November 2011 from Cape Canaveral...
Embraer is planning to upgrade the engines and wings on its E-170 and E-190 jets by 2018, instead of designing bigger jets.
Caribbean Airlines has taken delivery of the first of nine ATR 72-600 aircraft as part of a $200m order.
American Airlines has signed a sale-leaseback agreement with International Lease Finance (ILFC), under which it will sell 15 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and lease them back.
China has launched a remote-sensing satellite and a university-built satellite on a Long March 4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan space centre in the Shanxi province of northern China.
Boeing has joined forces with Hawai'i BioEnergy to work on renewable energy sources for the development of aviation fuel.
