Turkish Technic signed a base maintenance contract with Sky Express to perform one C6 check on a 737-500. Work will be carried out at Turkish Technic's Istanbul facilities this month. AJ Walter Aviation announced a partnership with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering to support Air Arabia's new Egyptian fleet of A320s. AJW will provide spares leasing and power-by-the-hr. support.

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) and CAE announced today at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) the signing of a three-year contract with ExecuJet Aviation Group for pilot and technical training services on more than 30 aircraft types - including models for Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream, Hawker, King Air, Turbo Commander and Westwind.

CAE has sold a CAE 7000 Series Airbus A330/A340 convertible FFS to Saudi Arabian Airlines (SVA), the national airline of Saudi Arabia, as well as an enhanced CAE Simfinity Airbus Pilot Transition (APT) trainer. The simulator and APT trainer will be delivered to the Prince Sultan Aviation Academy in Jeddah in 2011.

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) announced today that it will further expand its business aircraft training programs for pilots and maintenance technicians with the addition of a CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulator in Dubai for the Dassault Falcon 900EX and Falcon 2000EX models. The simulator will be ready for training in the first quarter of 2011.

Turkish Airlines Flight Training Academy has ordered two Citation Mustang business jets, manufacturer Cessna said at EBACE this morning.

Bombardier Aerospace announced the expansion of its worldwide training network: five additional Bombardier business aircraft simulators will be, or are planned to be, available for training in Europe, the United States and the Middle East by early 2011. The announcement includes Bombardier's purchase of a new, CAE-built Challenger 605 aircraft full-flight simulator.

Kuwait Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS at the Airport Show in Dubai today.

The Royal Aeronautical Society had a special visitor to its London headquarters as the RAeS strengthens its ties with Saudi Arabia.