The inaugural batch of students for the Higher Diploma in Aviation Business Administration commenced classes at the Al Ain based Horizon International Flight Academy this week. Horizon is the first and only Academy to offer and conduct the Higher Diploma for pilots in the Middle East.

Jetex Flight Support today announced that it is seeing strong new growth in the business jet sector and is pressing ahead with new projects - and new people - to continue its global expansion into 2010.

International SOS company MedAire announced today that it has won approval from the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to provide first aid training to aviation crewmembers in Dubai.

Etihad Airways' first female Emirati cadet pilots - Salma Al-Baloushi and Aisha Al-Mansouri - have successfully graduated from flight training alongside nine male colleagues and gained their airline transport pilot licence (ATPL).

The University of North Dakota announced at NBAA today that it has entered into contracts with Saudi Arabia as well as Taiwan, China, and Japan to provide both fixed- and rotor-wing pilot education to airlines and companies in those countries.

Abu Dhabi International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to become 'sister airports', in a special twinning arrangement which will see the sharing of technical, commercial and environmental best practices.

Abu Dhabi-based Royal Jet is taking employee engagement to a new level within the Middle East human resources arena with the introduction of a new state-of-the-art system to allow all staff to play their part in driving quality and service through the business.

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced a contract to provide 24 of its new Beechcraft T-6C trainer aircraft to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The contract represents several significant milestones for HBC, including the first sale of the all new T-6C trainer.