Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) the Kingdom's new pilot training academy at Thumamah Airport, 28 km northeast of King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh has achieved a major milestone with its first full-time Saudi national student making his first solo flight.

JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) has announced that the Embraer 175/195 Door Trainer (DT) has been successfully installed in the Inflight Safety and Service Training building and that it is already operational.

Bahrain's Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), has been selected to deliver training services and facilities for Emirates Airlines flight crew.

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.