Mark Pierotti, the president and CEO of AJA - Al Jaber Aviation - has been awarded a fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Dassault Aviation, has appointed Renaud Cloatre as the new sales director for the Middle East region, based in Dubai. The new appointment comes as the company establishes its new regional sales office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone.

Dubai Airshow organiser F&E Aerospace is set to attract aviation professionals involved in inflight comfort, capability and connectivity to the forthcoming 'Aerospace Week'.

FAA announced a proposed $1.2 million civil penalty against GE Caledonian, a Glasgow Prestwick-based repair station, for "improper maintenance procedures" involving 101 engines between January 2005 and May 2008. The agency said during that time GEC "used a procedure to remove the thrust pins from the forward engine mounts of 101 CF6 engines that was different than the one required by the manufacturer's maintenance manuals.

Etihad Airways has welcomed the first group of UAE national employees to its English and work-place training programme, a course designed to develop the participation and careers of Emiratis at Etihad.

Turkish Airlines announced today that it has purchased a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from CAE.

Next Monday the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro will be the extraordinary location for an audacious world-record attempt in aid of the “Smile Train” – a charity dedicated to providing free cleft surgery to millions of children in developing countries around the world.

United Arab Emirates' struggling airline project RAK Airways has lost its latest chief executive with the departure of Kristian Kirchheiner.