CTC Aviation Group Ltd - which provides airline training and pilot resource solutions for a number of carriers in the MENA region - was among Britain's top 200 private companies recognised at the 3rd annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 awards, held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in central London last week.

A non-aviation First-Aid workshop was recently held at JATS and was represented by officials of some of Jordan's premier companies and other governmental organisations. The attendees included the Ministry of Health, Public Security Directorate, Pharmacy One, King Abdullah ll Fund for Development, Social Security Corporation, Manaseer Group, Red Cross, Umniah, Zain, Abu Khader Group, Nielsen, Cozmo, Brinks Jordan and the Bristol Hotel, to name a few.

Africa needs engineers as much as doctors to stop people dying needlessly, according to Ivor Ichikowitz, a South African industrialist and founder of aerospace and defence company, Paramount Group.

A new "green" flight training centre developed by International Flight Training Center (IFTC), opened today in Antalya in the southwestern region of Turkey and has been added to the Boeing Flight Services training network.

Denel SOC and Italian aerospace company, Alenia Aermacchi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (AAD2012) in Tshwane.

EgyptAir has appointed a new chairman and CEO for its airline.

MENA Aerospace Enterprises of Bahrain has undertaken a number of key management appointments in order to support the corporate group's sustained growth and regional expansion.

EgyptAir Training Center and DIDAVIA, the Greek aviation academy, have renewed their deal in simulator training for Airbus 320 and Boeing 737NG.