Egypt's civil aviation minister, Air Marshall Ahmed Shafik was full of praise for two of the Egypt Air business that have won international recognition.

The UAE's Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), signed an MOU in Montreal, Canada, under which the GCAA with the Academy of Technical Training (ATT) and the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), will offer training courses and grants to AFCAC countries over the next two years for “developing specialised human resources in the civil aviation field.

Arnaud de Bussac has been appointed External Supply Chain vice president of Aircelle in charge of purchasing, procurement and supplier quality.

Pilatus Aircraft has recorded its highest ever operating income and record deliveries as well as celebrating its biggest ever order for PC-21 military trainers from the UAE

Lufthansa Technik gave its A380 maintenance facility in Frankfurt a trial run Wednesday and Thursday with a test aircraft flown in from Toulouse. "After seven years of preparation to maintain the A380 in the future, this is a very important day for us," LHT Director-New Aircraft Readiness and Aircraft Maintenance Dean Raineri told ATWOnline at the FRA hangar. "Having the A380 here in Frankfurt is the last opportunity to re-check all our devices before scheduled operations start."

Gulfstream Aerospace has named Pete Buresh an international sales director with responsibility for Africa.

Independent complete aircraft support specialist, A J Walter Aviation, launched its 2010 MSc Aircraft Maintenance Management bursary award in association with City University London at MRO Africa in Algiers today.

Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Ali Abdul Rahim Alhosani as its airport facilitations Manager at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia