What’s Abu Dhabi ‘up’ to this week?? How about some serious aerospace ventures. Already this week there have been multiple major announcements to report.

Let’s start with the commencement of “Elite Aviation” servicing the Al Ain International Airport. ADAC (Abu Dhabi Airport Company) recorded it’s first direct flights to and from Germany’s largest cities Berlin and Dusseldorf yesterday. Mohammed Bulooki the VP of Airline Marketing for ADAC told reporters yesterday (quote below):
News Source: http://www.ameinfo.com/200405.html

“We are delighted to welcome Elite Aviation and Blue Wings joint venture to Abu Dhabi, the 46th airline to offer services from Abu Dhabi International Airport and the 5th new airline to begin operations this year. The airline has added two new destinations; Dusseldorf and Berlin to our route network.”

Next, ADAC made news in the announcement that they will allow “bavAIRia", the Bavarian aerospace group to build an aerospace cluster right next door to the Al Ain International Airport in Abu Dhabi. ADAC and bavAIRia will be exploring joint ventures in aerostructures construction, satellite navigation and training.
News source: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090615-707159.html

Feeling left out, Mubadala announced this week that they have landed contracts with top aerospace companies and plan to build an aerostructures plant in Abu Dhabi. Groundbreaking on the aerostructures plant is set for the end of this month and will be partially operational by Q4, 2010. The plant, which will be called ‘Strata’ will specialize in producing advanced composite aerostructures, mainly parts and assemblies for airbus aircraft.
News source: http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/248057