Maintenance & Training

Following Resource Group's acquisition of all the share capital in Lufthansa Resource Technical Training Ltd (LRTT) - their joint venture company with Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH - the company has been renamed LRTT Ltd and will expand its scope with further investment during 2012.

MRO provider Jordan Airmotive has announced that its current deputy general manager/communications director Ziad Abu Ain will be taking over as the new general manager for the company.

Boeing predicts 110,000 more maintenance techs will be needed for China’s mainline jets in the next 20 years.

The Board of Directors of Oman Air has today officially announced the appointment of Wayne Pearce as the new CEO, as reported in Arabian Aerospace earlier this week

Some 125 Etihad maintenance and engineering staff are to study the art and science of lubrication under a new deal with oil giant BP.

Australian Wayne Pearce - the former head of strategy and planning at Etihad - is to become CEO of Oman Air

Ayla Aviation Academy has welcomed 13 cadets into Course Uniform, the Academy's 21st course since it opened its doors in Aqaba in 2006.

Oman Air has announced the appointment of Saleem Bin Amanullah Bin Abdul Hussain to the new role of general manager customer services. He will be based at the airline's headquarters in Muscat and will spearhead Oman Air's drive for the highest quality in all direct customer contact.

Human factors were to blame for a tail strike suffered by an Emirates A340 at Melbourne in March 2009, concluded a report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)issued yesterday.

Captain Hossam Kamal has taken over the position of chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding Company.

Dubai low-cost carrier, flydubai is to be the anchor customer for a new airline training centre operated by the CAE-Emirates joint venture ECFT.

Piper customers in the Middle East and North Africa will be meeting new faces following a reshuffle in the general aviation company's management team.

Aircraft maintenance software specialist Commsoft has named Nick Godwin its new managing director as part of a management restructuring designed to ensure continuing customer focus at a time of rapid growth.

EgyptAir training centre has successfully passed its EASA audit.

JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) and APSD (Arabia for Professional Skills Development) have agreed to renew their flight training services agreement.

Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE Ministry of Education to launch a pilot programme for Rolls-Royce Technology Laboratories in the UAE.

Gama Group has appointed Andy Patsalides as director of marketing, a new position for the business aviation services company. He joins the leadership team at a time of significant growth, which will see the company expand its territory in the Middle East as well as moving into Asia in 2012.

Etihad Airways' Manchester call centre moved one step closer to becoming operational today when 25 staff members graduated from an intensive four-week training course at the airline's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

Captain Hany Azmy has been appointed vice president for the EgyptAir Training Center and plans to see the organisation reach out to the burgeoning African airlines

Jeddah-based Arabian Jets and CAE have entered into a long-term agreement, for pilot training services on eight business aircraft types.

CAE announced today at the Dubai Airshow that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways' corporate jet subsidiary, for pilot training services on the Bombardier Global Express XRS and the Bombardier Challenger 605.

Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has entered into a new contract agreement with Dubai-based Emirates Aviation College to provide ab-initio pilot training courses.

Following a day of tense and very public brinkmanship, Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker and Airbus' COO, customers, John Leahy appeared to be on the verge of falling out.

Jet Aviation has appointed Peter Lewis as senior manager of its new operations at Al Bateen executive airport.

Raytheon has finished the installation and testing of its AutoTrac III (AT3) air traffic management (ATM) system at Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport.