Bahrain Airport Company has appointed Gordon Dewar - currently Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport - as its CEO. He will be taking up his new post at the beginning of July.

Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has been awarded the highly-accredited and internationally recognised European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part-147, to provide Aircraft Engineering Type training, and to conduct examinations in conformance with global aviation benchmarks. The Academy successfully completed the rigorous accreditation process - which typically takes up to one year - in a record four months.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the appointment of Khawla Salem Al Badi as the airline's Head of Business Strategy Development in its Information Technology (IT) department.

CTC Aviation Executive Jet Services Limited, the private jet management division of CTC Aviation Group plc, announced today a 49% increase in business activity.

Signature Flight Support Corporation has appointed Maria Sastre as Chief Operating Officer for its global operations.

Former Bombardier business aircraft chief John Lawson, has been named as the chairman of the Project Phoenix company - the Dubai headquartered conversions business

StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company, announced today that it has named Marc Wittingen, Director of International Sales for the company's Airlines & Fleets business sector

Etihad Airways has appointed Roy Kinnear as the new Senior Vice President of Etihad Crystal Cargo, replacing Executive Vice President Des Vertannes, who is leaving Etihad to take up a senior role with IATA as Global Head of Cargo.