Saif Mohammad Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has been elected Chairman of the Executive Council of the Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC).
Lufthansa Technik signed a "long-term" Total Component Support contract with China Airlines covering its fleet of 18 A330-300s and six A430-300s. LHT will supply maintenance, repair and overhaul, consignment stock optimization, supply chain management and home base stock allocation, reliability enhancement programs, documentation and warranty management.
Bahrain Airport Company has appointed Gordon Dewar - currently Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport - as its CEO. He will be taking up his new post at the beginning of July.
Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has been awarded the highly-accredited and internationally recognised European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part-147, to provide Aircraft Engineering Type training, and to conduct examinations in conformance with global aviation benchmarks. The Academy successfully completed the rigorous accreditation process - which typically takes up to one year - in a record four months.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the appointment of Khawla Salem Al Badi as the airline's Head of Business Strategy Development in its Information Technology (IT) department.
TAM, which yesterday officially became a member of Star Alliance, said it will make a decision by the second half of this year on whether to spin off its MRO subsidiary. "We've already talked to eight to ten possible" buyers, VP-Operations and MRO Ruy Amparo told ATWOnline this week in San Carlos, Brazil. "In about two months from now, we will decide if our MRO subsidiary will become a spinoff. We are ready to spin off [MRO]."
CTC Aviation Executive Jet Services Limited, the private jet management division of CTC Aviation Group plc, announced today a 49% increase in business activity.
Former Bombardier business aircraft chief John Lawson, has been named as the chairman of the Project Phoenix company - the Dubai headquartered conversions business
StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company, announced today that it has named Marc Wittingen, Director of International Sales for the company's Airlines & Fleets business sector
Etihad Airways has appointed Roy Kinnear as the new Senior Vice President of Etihad Crystal Cargo, replacing Executive Vice President Des Vertannes, who is leaving Etihad to take up a senior role with IATA as Global Head of Cargo.
CAE announced at EBACE today that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Gama Aviation for pilot training services, including e-Learning, on four Bombardier aircraft types - Learjet 45, Learjet 60, Learjet 60XR, and Global Express. The training will be conducted at CAE's aviation training centre in Burgess Hill, UK, near London Gatwick Airport.
Turkish Technic signed a base maintenance contract with Sky Express to perform one C6 check on a 737-500. Work will be carried out at Turkish Technic's Istanbul facilities this month. AJ Walter Aviation announced a partnership with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering to support Air Arabia's new Egyptian fleet of A320s. AJW will provide spares leasing and power-by-the-hr. support.
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) and CAE announced today at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) the signing of a three-year contract with ExecuJet Aviation Group for pilot and technical training services on more than 30 aircraft types - including models for Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream, Hawker, King Air, Turbo Commander and Westwind.
CAE has sold a CAE 7000 Series Airbus A330/A340 convertible FFS to Saudi Arabian Airlines (SVA), the national airline of Saudi Arabia, as well as an enhanced CAE Simfinity Airbus Pilot Transition (APT) trainer. The simulator and APT trainer will be delivered to the Prince Sultan Aviation Academy in Jeddah in 2011.
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) announced today that it will further expand its business aircraft training programs for pilots and maintenance technicians with the addition of a CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulator in Dubai for the Dassault Falcon 900EX and Falcon 2000EX models. The simulator will be ready for training in the first quarter of 2011.
Bombardier Aerospace announced the expansion of its worldwide training network: five additional Bombardier business aircraft simulators will be, or are planned to be, available for training in Europe, the United States and the Middle East by early 2011. The announcement includes Bombardier's purchase of a new, CAE-built Challenger 605 aircraft full-flight simulator.
Etihad Airways' first Emirati trainees from the Vocational Education Development Centre (VEDC) have successfully graduated from their work placement program at Etihad's airport office in Abu Dhabi.
