The Boeing Company has appointed Kuljit Ghata-Aura as the new president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META), excluding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, effective September 30, 2021.
International Aviation Services Organization (IASO), the parent association for all the aviation services companies worldwide, has announced that Camber Aviation Management’s CEO and aviation expert, Thomas Chatfield has joined its Board of Director.
Some of the leading Asia-Pacific MRO organizations are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite the fact that their revenues have been dealt a significant blow over the past 18 months by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), has appointed Aaron Munetsi as its new chief executive officer, with effect from 27 September 2021.
Joramco - the Amman-based MRO provider and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has named Fraser Currie as its new chief executive.
Commercial business at AAR Corp. was up sequentially and year-over-year (YOY) last quarter, pointing to signs of increased airline activity filtering down to the company’s variety of services that range from selling parts to overhauling airframes.
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to accelerate the trend in the Asia-Pacific airline industry of maintenance outsourcing, according to some senior airline executives.
Specialist surveillance company 360iSR has teamed up with Canadian UAV to develop a global programme to provide comprehensive unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations training.
Engine MRO companies specializing in used survivable material (USM) are noticing an uptick in requirement for widebody engine parts thanks to newfound air cargo demand brought about by reduced belly capacity.
Egypt successfully hosted 20 other nations from across the Middle East and Africa and beyond in a military training exercise called Bright Star. Throughout the first half of September forces from the 21 countries worked together to enhance security ties with exercised from the Mohamed Naguib base in the northern Matrouh governorate
Spatial, a provider of cabin crew simulators based in Ras Al Khaimah, has entered a new partnership with S7 to manufacture and deliver a cabin service trainer and door trainer for the Airbus A320 family.
Beta Technologies has selected Canada’s CAE to develop the pilot and maintenance training program for the Alia electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The global fleet of 128 Boeing 777s with PW4000s has been grounded since late February following a failure onboard a United 777 near Denver—the third PW4000-pow
European flight-training provider Bartolini Air has taken delivery of the first new CAP10C NG as launch customer of the re-introduced aerobatic airplane, which it uses for upset-recovery training.
Air France-KLM has appointed Sylvain Mathias as the new regional commercial director Middle East, based at the company’s regional headquarters in Dubai Airport Free Zone.
EASA plans to mandate an Airbus-recommended fuselage modification which addresses A380 fuselage cracks operators are discovering when conducting a similar fix required by the European regulator.
Six seasoned team members in leadership roles, all UAE Nationals, will help drive the airline’s commercial initiatives across key markets with a strategic focus on rebuilding its leadership position and growing its customer base as countries continue easing their restrictions, including in Africa.
