Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Pakistan's Chief of the Air Staff, underlined the importance of the new JF-17 Thunder which, he said, “represented a much-needed capability for the Pakistan Air Force”.
Two rulers – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, UAE prime minister and vice president of Dubai and King Juan Carlos of Spain – led a delegation of senior officials as they opened the Dubai Airshow.
With the tug of a red ribbon, HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces and chairman of Mubadala, released the drapes to reveal the Italian designer style of the P180 Avanti II 'Cacciatore di Stelle' (Star Hunter), from Piaggio Aero.
Wing Commander Dicky Patounas, the commanding officer of No3 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force, spoke at the Dubai Airshow and described his most memorable combat mission during recent operations over Libya.
Jordan Airline Training and Simulation (JATS) and SKIES Consultancy have signed an agreement to recruit and promote two different type-rating modules on behalf of JATS.
RizonJet's future is sound and the company is not merging or being sold – that was the clear message from the company's new chief executive on the eve of the Dubai Airshow. Alan Peaford reports.
MEBAA is stepping up its attack on illegal charter market operators. Founder chairman Ali Al Naqbi said the industry association wanted to educate pilots and passengers about the potential penalties of using aircraft not licensed for charter operations.
Austrian jet card and charter services provider VistaJet has announced a firm order for three new Bombardier business jets: a Global 5000 and two Challenger 850s. Valued at around US$110 million, the aircraft augment the firm's US$2 billion order backlog.
UK-based aerospace design, analysis and modelling software solutions company j2 Aircraft Dynamics Ltd has announced it has won a $170,000 contract with the Ministry of Science and Technology in Iraq to provide them with an aircraft design lab in Iraq and associated training and education over a 2 week course in the UK.
Jet Aviation has appointed Abdullah Al-Ghamdi as the new customer relations manager and sales representative for aircraft management and charter services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & GCC.
A total of 31 UAE national cadet pilots, 10 graduate managers, one engineer graduate and 77 contact centre staff from the UAE and an additional 11 graduating cadet pilots of other nationalities, were welcomed to Etihad in a ceremony held yesterday at the Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Ruedi Kraft, the face of Gulfstream in the Middle East has left the business jet manufacturer to take up a key role with another General Dynamics subidiary, Jet Aviation
Jetstream Aviation Academy has announced the opening of its new Training Centre in Dubai Silicon Oasis FZE - to meet regional airlines' increasing demand for flight and cabin crew training - and its participation in the forthcoming Dubai Airshow.
Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) crews started flight training on their first A330 MRTT with Airbus Military instructors at the Airbus Military Getafe facilities in Spain yesterday
UAE manufacturing company, Spatial Composites, achieved prime time TV news across the West Coast of the USA last week as it enjoyed a high profile acceptance of its latest cabin trainer.
The first annual Gulf Aviation Training Event (GATE 2011) has signed up aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie of France and the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies as sponsors, emphasising the conference's critical role in seeking solutions to the region's demand for flight crew to meet the requirements of Middle East airlines.
Mubadala Aerospace is taking active steps to increase its Emiratization and is taking part in Najah 2011, the Education Training Exhibition and Career Fair taking place at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi today.
