Oman Air has placed an order for a number of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines that will be used to power three Airbus A330s within its fleet
Aviation
Etihad and GE in big data deal
Etihad Airways will use GE Aviation and Accenture?s sophisticated Taleris software to harvest and analyse gigabytes of data generated by hundreds of sensors working inside its planes
Emirates plans new aircraft lease deal
Dubai?s Emirates airline plans to lease new Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft from finance company Doric, which will issue US$630mn of bond-type certificates to fund the purchase of the planes
Riyadh airport expansion will aim to boost capacity
Riyadhs King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) has outlined expansion plans that will aim to increase its current capacity of 12mn passengers a year to 35mn passengers
Dubai Airports to upgrade DXB's runways in 2014
Dubai Airports has announced that it will conduct an extensive runway enhancement project at Dubai International Airport (DXB) in 2014