Airbus has appointed Fabrice Brégier as chief executive officer of Airbus; he is taking over the position previously held by Tom Enders, who was appointed CEO of the EADS group.

Oman Air has appointed Jaffar Juma Al Lawati as country manager, for Oman making him responsible for achieving the set targets for Oman Air's hub station by optimising sales revenues and promoting the airline through various sales channels.

Etihad Airways has welcomed 18 Omani cadet pilots to its expanding flying programme as part of a recently launched recruitment drive in Oman.

BAE Systems has today been awarded a contract for £1.6 billion to support the future aircrew training requirements of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company, officially represented the Middle East region at last week's annual IATA Training Partner Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

Captain Ali Hassan Sulaiman has been appointed acting chief officer flight operations for Oman Air, following the decision by Captain Patrick Rotsaert, chief officer flight operations, to retire from the company.

Horizon International flight academy, based at Al Ain International airport, has introduced the iPad for Ground School (Theoretical Knowledge) training.

During the third Saudi Employment and Rehabilitation Fair, BAE Systems received an honour from Engineer Abdullah Al-Hagbani, Deputy Ministry of Labour for Planning and Development, acknowledging BAE Systems' efforts in recruiting Saudi nationals and its ongoing initiatives with job applicants and university alumni, attracting national cadres whether they are graduates of the Faculty of Engineering, Technical Studies or Business Administration.