A new reference book covering civil aviation from the Indian perspective and analysing the industry in surrounding regions has just been published and could have interest for those looking at business in the new southern Asia powerhouse.
The Oman Aviation Academy is expected to start operations soon as it gears up to produce future generations of pilots for the Gulf region. Alan Dron reports.
Egyptian Aviation Academy is looking to target African and Middle Eastern student pilots and engineers, according to its chairman and CEO, Captain Elias Sadek. Marcelle Nethersole reports.
A new dawn for aviation in Saudi Arabia – and a further indication that greater liberalisation in the kingdom is gaining pace – came when CAE and the Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA) announced they are to open a new CAE authorised training centre in Damman to train both Saudi and non-Saudi commercial pilots.
Just when you thought there were enough new military training aircraft in the world, with the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, Super Tucano and Pilatus PC-21 dominating the market, there is now another, as Alan Warnes reports.
Arabisation has been a buzzword in the aerospace industry for the past decade, as governments have aimed to develop the region's human capital. Barbara Saunders looks at the progress being made and asks if Arabisation is soaring or stalled?
The race is on to train pilots for the Middle East's booming airline industry. Dave Calderwood checks out the situation, as another big player is about to enter the market.
Etihad Technical is further investing in its expansive Graduate Engineering Programme, which was launched in 2010. After a multi-million-dollar investment in a dedicated Airbus classroom, complete with the latest simulators and the airworthiness approved Airbus Competence Training (ACT) 'learning by doing' concept, it's ploughed more money into a Boeing classroom which will be operational by Q3 this year.
The study, conducted by the DLR’s Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), focused initially on engine washes as part of a broader effort to develop a modular framework for life-cycle assessment of aircraft maintenance.
Acting chief executive officer of Gulf Air, Captain Waleed Abdulhameed AlAlawi, recently visited Etihad Aviation Training Centre in Abu Dhabi and was given a tour of the facility.
Boeing Global Services (BGS) is continuing to outpace the market as it pursues a target of achieving $50 billion in revenues by 2025, according to the division's new CEO, Ted Colbert, speaking at the Dubai Air Show yesterday
Lufthansa Technik will stop offering line-maintenance services from a raft of facilities in its home market as it continues restructuring in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Ethiopian Airlines has expanded its training fleet with five new Diamond DA40 NG aircraft. The airline now operates 18 training airplanes from Diamond Aircraft, 16 single-engine DA40 and two DA42 twins as well as two Diamond Aircraft simulators for the preparation of their pilots.
Mubadala's Swiss MRO subsidiary SR Technics has appointed former Jet Aviation senior vice president Christof Späth to head its component repair business.
Turkish Airlines and CAE have signed a three-year contract to train new Turkish Airlines A320 and B737NG First Officers in a programme ranging from ab-initio to type-rating training.
Nextant Aerospace, maker of the Nextant 400XT, has bolstered its global sales team with the promotion of Jay Heublein to executive vice president, global sales and marketing and has also added a specific role for an African and Middle East sales director
Dubai Aerospace (DAE) subsidiary StandardAero announced today the appointment of Firoz Tarapore as interim president and CEO to replace Rob Mionis, who resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.
Dubai-headquartered international trip support provider United Aviation Services (UAS) has announced the creation of The UAS Aviation Grant & Internship Program, which will allow two students from the Civil Aviation University of China to advance their aviation career and further promote professional exchange and cooperation between the Middle East and the Far East.
