The Royal Saudi Air Force and the US Air Force have concluded their joint Desert Mirage 3 training manoeuvres, which witnessed a number of exercised on joint combat scenarios to face off emerging threats, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.

Chapman Freeborn has appointed Sharon Vaz-Arab, aviation expert with 30+ years of experience, as its new Director – IMEA (India, Middle East & Africa).

Sensing that customers will continue to crave options to keep costs down and reliability up, Iberia Maintenance has positioned alternative sourcing as a major part of its services portfolio.

Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has been named as chairman of the governing board of the Oneworld Alliance. He succeeds Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce, who had served in the role since September 2018.

EgyptAir Training Academy has successfully passed EASA initial qualification audit for its A220-300 newest full flight simulator with the highest level (D).

Air France KLM Group (Middle East) has announced the appointment of a new Country sales manager for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, Raza Syed.

The effectiveness of remote technology helping regulators keep on top of their oversight tasks amid travel restrictions bodes well for keeping the new procedures around, but certain challenges mean EASA is looking carefully at what should change once travel is no longer an issue. 

ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA) has expanded its executive team with the appointment of aviation veteran Sameer Adam as senior vice president, commercial.