Samer Majali has warned that the new Gulf Air strategy could lead to redundancies.

When entrepreneur Marwan Atalla decided to learn to fly he visited flying schools near his home in Amman but felt they didn't have the quality or the right approach to develop top-level pilots. ALAN PEAFORD reports

Etihad Airways has signed an agreement with workforce management software provider, Kronos Incorporated, to automate and optimise planning and management processes for its 3,900 cabin and flight crew members.

The UAE Air Force has just announced that it has selected Pilatus to provide basic trainers and has turned to SAAB for an Airborne Early Warning System.

Women working in the local aerospace industry are invited to an informal networking event on Thursday 19 November at 4pm at the Terrace Bar at the Park Hyatt hotel.

In a first for the Middle East, F&E Aerospace will launch the first-ever Aerospace & Defence Training Show (ADTS), from 3 to 4 March 2010, in association with the Halldale Media Group.

Dassault Systémes has signed a partnership agreement with the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) to develop cutting-edge education and research activities in the Emirates. KUSTAR will use Dassault Systémes' Product Lifecycle Management and 3D software solutions in support of its ongoing efforts to help the development of a local product innovation sector.

The Governor of the American state of Georgia, Sonny Perdue is to lead a 37-member delegation to the Dubai Airshow to seek opportunities to grow Georgia's aerospace sector, one of the state's strategic industries.