Lufthansa Technik opened a €60 million ($80.9 million) MRO facility at its LHT Malta subsidiary Saturday after only 18 months of construction.

CAE has signed a contract with Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) for the purchase of a CAE 7000 Series Airbus A320 FFS. ECFT will then lease the simulator to the new CAE Bangalore training centre in India. The CAE Bangalore training centre currently operates two CAE 7000 Series FFSs: one Airbus A320 and one Boeing 737NG.

Etihad Airways has appointed Ray Gammell to the position of chief people and performance officer and Jim Callaghan as general counsel and executive vice president legal.

The first of the true VLJ air taxi aircraft - The Eclipse 500 - has been thrown a lifeline with the formation of yet another company to acquire and operate the assets of the failed business jet programme

Emirates has announced the appointment of Khalid bel Jaflah as vice president Commercial for UAE to further develop the company's operations in the country.

European private aviation company, Vistajet has appointed Dr Elias Maroun as Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Middle East.

UAE based luxury charter operator Royal Jet, has opened a new charter brokerage service based in Dubai to source appropriate aircraft for charter through a network of carefully audited operators.

Etihad Crystal Cargo has appointed Albert Soliman as the airline's new regional cargo sales manager for the Middle East and Africa.