Boeing has named Chris Smith vice president and managing director for its defence business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to further strengthen customer relationships and establish new in-country partnerships.
The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) and AVTECH Middle East have signed a partnership agreement to offer a series of new “unique” courses for the Middle East market.
A J Walter Aviation, the aircraft spares support specialist, is calling for applications to be considered for the company's AJW bursary where it supports a student through a Masters degree in aircraft maintenance management in conjunction with London's City University.
Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) the Kingdom's new pilot training academy at Thumamah Airport, 28 km northeast of King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh has achieved a major milestone with its first full-time Saudi national student making his first solo flight.
JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) has announced that the Embraer 175/195 Door Trainer (DT) has been successfully installed in the Inflight Safety and Service Training building and that it is already operational.
CTC Aviation Group Ltd - which provides airline training and pilot resource solutions for a number of carriers in the MENA region - was among Britain's top 200 private companies recognised at the 3rd annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 awards, held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in central London last week.
A non-aviation First-Aid workshop was recently held at JATS and was represented by officials of some of Jordan's premier companies and other governmental organisations. The attendees included the Ministry of Health, Public Security Directorate, Pharmacy One, King Abdullah ll Fund for Development, Social Security Corporation, Manaseer Group, Red Cross, Umniah, Zain, Abu Khader Group, Nielsen, Cozmo, Brinks Jordan and the Bristol Hotel, to name a few.
Africa needs engineers as much as doctors to stop people dying needlessly, according to Ivor Ichikowitz, a South African industrialist and founder of aerospace and defence company, Paramount Group.
A new "green" flight training centre developed by International Flight Training Center (IFTC), opened today in Antalya in the southwestern region of Turkey and has been added to the Boeing Flight Services training network.
Denel SOC and Italian aerospace company, Alenia Aermacchi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (AAD2012) in Tshwane.
MENA Aerospace Enterprises of Bahrain has undertaken a number of key management appointments in order to support the corporate group's sustained growth and regional expansion.
Bahrain based Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has received the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) FSTD approval certificate for its new CAE A330-200 full flight simulator (FFS).
An Etihad Airways' Emirati technical engineering trainee was the recipient of the Abu Dhabi Industry Award for academic excellence which aims to encourage academic performance in UAE National students.
Lufthansa Systems AG has announced that the company's supervisory board has extended the appointment of chief executive officer Stefan Hansen by five years until June 30, 2018.
Jet Aviation recently restructured its EMEA & Asia organization by forming two separate regional divisions, one for Asia and one for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
