CAE today announced at EBACE convention in Geneva, that it has signed a long-term agreement with Masterjet to train pilots exclusively at Emirates-CAE Flight Training in Dubai, UAE, as well as CAE training centres near London, United Kingdom; New York City and Dallas for Cessna CJ3, Dassault Falcon 7X, 900 and 900EX EASy aircraft types.
The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company, announced today that it has concluded the first ICAO Trainair Plus training developers course (TDC) held in the Middle East region.
Swiss Aviation Consulting has announced that Munir Al-Dzhidi joined the group last month. He will act out of Abu Dhabi as Manager Middle East Operations of the group's UAE based company SWICAMO
Etihad Airways has appointed Kirk Albrow as its new General Manager for Thailand. He takes up the position from 1 May 2012, reporting to Regional General Manager Asia Pacific South and Australasia, Lindsay White.
The first prototype of TAI-modernized T38 jet trainer aircraft has been delivered to the Turkish Air Force (TurAF) following a special handover ceremony at TAI's facilities.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Hussein Dabbas as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based in Amman, Jordan with effect from 1 June 2012.
Helicopter pilots from the UAE are among the first five customers booked with Eurocopter South East Asia for its duly certified Dauphin AS365 N3/N3+ Full Flight Simulator, which began operations earlier this month at the Eurocopter South East Asia Training Centre in Singapore.
CAE's Dubai-based full-flight simulators (FFS) for Dassault Falcon 7X, Falcon 900EX/EASy and Falcon 2000EX/EASy aircraft are all now equipped with smoke generation capability, providing a highly realistic pilot training experience for cockpit smoke emergencies.
The president and chief executive officer of Etihad Airways, James Hogan, has been named World Tourism and Travel Council's (WTTC) vice chairman for the Middle East and Africa.
RAK International Airport has continued to strengthen its management team with three recent appointments of Michael Coe as the development director, Terry Sloan as the head of operations, and Salem Hasan Al–Ghafri as the head of security, control authorities and regulatory compliance.
The second day of the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi saw industry leaders looking at evolving global demand, the supply chain and the region's embryonic space industry.
Qatar Airways and Thales - the airline's In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity supplier - announced today the opening of a new technology research, development and training centre located at the Qatar Science and Technology Park in Doha.
The aviation industry's leaders are debating the challenges facing the sector at this week's inaugural Global Aerospace Summit, being held in Abu Dhabi.
The region's thriving airlines are putting aside their current successes to wrestle with the challenges facing the aviation sector on a global scale – geo-political, natural and economic - at this week's Global Aerospace Summit, being held in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday, 16 and 17 April, 2012.
Through the partnership of EgyptAir Training Centre and African airlines, The Libyan handling & maintenance services company (LHAMS) has started the training of the first batch of technicians on A320 and A330 aircraft.
Training and simulator specialist CAE has today announced that it has added two more full-flight simulators (FFSs), to the company's “fleet” in the MENA region.
Lufthansa Technik Switzerland (LTSW) announced Wednesday it had found that “extensive restructuring measures” would likely be necessary across the company, citing a difficult market position exacerbated by the continuing exchange rate strength of the Swiss franc.
