Oman Air has appointed Richard Hodges as Chief Officer, Hotels and Catering.

Etihad has appointed Gordon Penfold as Senior Vice President, Information Technology (IT).

Barloworld Logistics has appointed a new sales director for the Middle East

Air China and CFM International reached an agreement to establish an MRO under a 60/40 joint venture following three years of negotiations. The two companies received Chinese government approval, and will now form Sichuan Services Aero Engines Maintenance Co. in Chengdu, China. Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey signed an exclusive agreement with Air Mauritius covering MRO of the carrier's fleet of PW127 engines powering its ATR aircraft.

Gulf Air and Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), the Kingdom's only approved aviation training provider in the region, have signed a comprehensive training agreement marking a major milestone in the cooperation between the two subsidiaries of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.

Yassine Herraz, Maintenance Planning & Packaging Manager, at Royal Air Maroc has been awarded a bursary by aircraft spares support specialist A J Walter Aviation for the MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management degree course sponsored by the company and organised by City University, London.

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority (GACA) has approved to level D, the Dassault 7X flight simulator operated by FlightSafety in Dallas, Texas.

Etihad Airways has appointed Nabil Matarweh Hijazine as the airline's new Country Manager for Kuwait. He takes over from Magdi Labib, who now is responsible for commercial activities in Cairo.