Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways has welcomed the first group of UAE national employees to its English and work-place training programme, a course designed to develop the participation and careers of Emiratis at Etihad.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Airlines announced today that it has purchased a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from CAE.
Maintenance & Training

Next Monday the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro will be the extraordinary location for an audacious world-record attempt in aid of the “Smile Train” – a charity dedicated to providing free cleft surgery to millions of children in developing countries around the world.
Maintenance & Training

United Arab Emirates' struggling airline project RAK Airways has lost its latest chief executive with the departure of Kristian Kirchheiner.
Maintenance & Training

Esterline CMC Electronics has received initial orders from Hawker Beechcraft to supply its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite for 24 T6-C trainer aircraft for the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
Defense

Private Aviation service provider Air Partner has expanded its market reach with the opening of a new base in Turkey.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air management and the Gulf Air Trade Union (GATU), has resolved a number of outstanding issues between the two sides and signed a collective bargaining agreement to promote the ongoing cooperation between the two parties.
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air has appointed Philippe Georgiou as Chief Officer, Corporate Affairs. The departments that he will be responsible for are Marketing, Corporate Communications and Media, Customer Relations, Emergency Response, Government Relations and Legal Affairs. He will also be the official spokesperson for the airline.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways has appointed Ahmed Thani Salim Mousa Al Halyan as its country manager for Qatar, based in Doha.
Maintenance & Training

Bahrain Air has appointed Bart Schellens as the Director of Commercial Operations.
Maintenance & Training

The first aviation Youth Summer Camp in the Middle East is to be launched by Ayla Aviation Academy this summer.
Maintenance & Training

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it has delivered the first four Beechcraft T-6A military trainer aircraft to the Iraqi Air Force.
Maintenance & Training

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) affirmed its commitment to UAE national employment, through its Emiratisation programme, as it welcomed Emirati students and graduates to its pavilion at today's opening of the Abu Dhabi Recruitment Show.
Maintenance & Training

Boeing and industry supplier Havelsan announced today they have completed installation of Mission Simulator and Mission Support Center hardware for Turkey's Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) program.
Defense

The Middle East Aerospace Consortium (“MEAC”) today announced the official opening of its Shanghai Office, complementing its existing presence in the UAE, UK, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.
Maintenance & Training

Pilots from Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have graduated from Horizon International Flight Academy in Al Ain, following the successful completion of a year-long Commercial Pilot License (CPL) flight training helicopter course
Aerospace

SELEX Communications,part of the Finnmeccanica Group,and Sirio Panel - has been awarded two contracts worth a total of 5.6 millions Euro by Pilatus Aircraft for the supply of communication and identification avionic systems and of cockpit panels
Defense

What started as a child's fascination with birds and flight has become a major theme for 'Art of Flight' creator David Bent. He spoke to Chuck Grieve about the inspiration and perseverance behind his successful collections.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Aviation Academy, the new training centre owned by Bahrain sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, is to take delivery of a new Embraer 170/190 full flight simulator.
Maintenance & Training

A|D|S, the UK's aerospace, defence and security trade organisation is to set up a regional office in Bahrain in order to support the growing market in the Middle East, its chairman said today.
Maintenance & Training

Kuwait's Wataniya Airways, has appointed Lee Shave as the company's new chief commercial officer bringing along with him over twenty years of expertise in the international aviation sector to the airline.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) recently signed an agreement with Civil Aviation Affairs to participate in the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2010 which is to be held under the Royal patronage of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa. GAA will be announcing its official launch to both local and International markets for the first time during the three day event held from 21 to 23 January 2010 at the Sakhir Air Base.
Maintenance & Training

President and CEO of MEBAA - the Middle East Business Aviation Association - Ammar Balkar has announced his resignation from the post today.
Business Aviation

StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company, has appointed Jeff Manion to the position of Vice President, Global Sales & Customer Service for the company's Business Aviation Sector.
Maintenance & Training

The former head of Harrods Aviation is in a new job and has plans for extending FBO facilities to the Middle East.
Maintenance & Training