Etihad Airways, has welcomed the 100th cadet pilot to its flight training programme. Shareefa Al Bloushi, from Abu Dhabi, is a member of Etihad's tenth group of cadets which recently started the 18 month training programme at the Horizon Flight Academy in Al Ain. She is also the sixth female Emirati cadet pilot to join the programme, and eighth female overall.

Oman Air, has stepped in to help a group of secondary school students achieve their dreams of taking part in the F1 in Schools World Championship Finals 2009, to be held in London from 15-17th September.

A major management change has taken place at Rizon, the Middle East and UK-based business aviation service company,

Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Masatsugu Nishiyori and Juan Torres to head up its offices in Japan.

Honeywell announced that Tim Mahoney has been named President and CEO of its $11 billion Aerospace business, effective immediately. Mahoney will report to Honeywell's Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Scott Carson announced today that he will retire from the company at the end of the year.

Low-cost carrier Air Arabia has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), an internationally recognised evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.

UAE owned business jet manufacturer Emivest Aerospace Corporation (EAC) today made the first flight of Morgan Freeman's SJ30 light jet.