Arabian Aerospace technology editor and highly acclaimed aviation journalist Brendan Gallagher died at his London home on Sunday.

Safi Airways has appointed Zaidan Khalifat as Director of Quality and Safety and Miguel Serra as Director of Ground Operations & OCC.

Doha-based Gulf Helicopters has commissioned its new Agusta Westland AW139 full motion flight simulator.

US aerospace and defence giant Textron has appointed Scott Ernest as president and chief executive officer of Cessna Aircraft Company. He will report to Textron chairman Scott Donnelly and succeeds Jack Pelton, who retired earlier this month.

Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies and Adacel, the UK-based developer of advanced air traffic control simulators and automated ATM systems announced an agreement ahead of their joint presence of the Airport Show which opens in Dubai on Tuesday.

Oman Air has appointed Rohan Alce as the airline's new Country Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland. He replaces Abdullah Zantout, who moves to Beirut to take on a new role with Oman Air.

Beat Höhener, vice president of RUAG Business Aviation since 2009 and member of the RUAG Aviation board of management, will be stepping down from his current position and handing over the reins to Michael Sattler, currently senior vice president of maintenance at Jet Aviation in Basel, effective 1 July 2011.

Recruitment and staffing for the aviation industry in the Middle East has been given a boost with a new base being set up in Abu Dhabi by Jet Aviation subsidiary Jet professionals