Emirates Flight Training Academy’s (EFTA) has held its third graduation ceremony and welcomed 53 new pilots trained at their world-class facility into the industry.

From flooding to sandstorms and wildfires, extreme weather events linked to climate change are affecting airline operations with increasing frequency, disrupting schedules and reducing the performance of aircraft and engines. Tom Batchelor reports.

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) announced at MEBAA yesterday that it is enhancing its business aviation training offering with the deployment of a new Global 6500 full-flight simulator (FFS) in May at its Al Garhoud centre.

Skyplan Aviation Academy is at MEBAA with news that its Dubai-based flight dispatcher training is launching at the show.

Maria Deacon will take over the aftermarket job vacant since April.