Air Transport Maintenance & Training

Aug 23, 2021
A new dawn for aviation in Saudi Arabia – and a further indication that greater liberalisation in the kingdom is gaining pace – came when CAE and the Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) announced they are to open a new CAE authorised training centre in Damman to train both Saudi and non-Saudi commercial pilots.
Aug 23, 2021
Egyptian Aviation Academy is looking to target African and Middle Eastern student pilots and engineers, according to its chairman and CEO, Captain Elias Sadek. Marcelle Nethersole reports.
Aug 23, 2021
David Oliver looks at the various training needs of the Middle East’s next-generation fighter pilots.
Aug 23, 2021
A major new training establishment is to be built in Qatar, as part of the support structure for the Gulf nation’s forthcoming massive build-up in military aviation assets. Alan Dron reports.
Aug 23, 2021
The Oman Aviation Academy is expected to start operations soon as it gears up to produce future generations of pilots for the Gulf region. Alan Dron reports.
Jan 18, 2024
Emirates Aviation University’s (EAU) has graduated 302 future aviators.
Jan 17, 2024
The pilots had poorly coordinated and acted in antagonist ways on the controls, a situation also known as dual input, the investigation concluded.
Jan 17, 2024
While adding production workers is the most immediate need, design engineers are in demand for the industry’s decarbonization push.
Jan 16, 2024
Repairs to two of the operator’s Airbus A321 freighter aircraft which were found to have cracks in the rear floor structure should be completed within days.
Jan 15, 2024
Lessors seek the return of stranded aircraft following the collapse of Indian carrier Go First.
Jan 10, 2024
AJW Capital, an aviation asset management company with offices in the Middle East, has appointed Erlendur Svavarsson as its chief executive Officer (CEO).
Jan 08, 2024
NTSB reports that the door "plug" which detached from an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 during a mid-air incident Jan. 5 has now been found.
Jan 05, 2024
Patrick Dirksen and Frank Mink of Tristar Aviation visit the South Asian island of Sri Lanka and report on the developments at Sri Lanka’s Air Force (SLAF).