Bahrain Air has promoted Raju Pillai to director commercial operations. Pillai, who has been with the airline since its inception in 2008, started in the new role this week

Emirates Aviation College this week awarded graduation honours upon the 2012 class of more than 150 graduates.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) signed a seven-year contract with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) earlier this month, to provide Integrated Component Solutions (ICS) to its Boeing 737NG fleet.

Jordan's former minister of industry and trade Amer Hadidi takes over as president and CEO of Royal Jordanian(RJ) Airlines from today.

Rizon Jet has appointed Mike Clarke as director of technical services, based in Doha. Clarke joins the Qatar private aviation company from BBA Aviation, where he served for 18 years in progressively responsible positions culminating in his role as sales & marketing director for Sub Sahara Africa.

Sharjah-based Gama, has announced today that former Rolls-Royce chief Sir Ralph Robins is to become non-executive chairman of the global business aviation and services group.

Egyptair Training Centre has successfully completed the Trainair Plus assessment conducted by ICAO and will be certified as a Trainair Plus associate member.

Jeppesen, a unit of Boeing Flight Services, has teamed with Dubai-based Emirates Aviation College, the academic wing of Emirates, to offer the first Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)-licensed pilot training programme in the UAE.