Malaysia Airlines has announced the appointment of Mr. Nur Shaffik Haris as General Manager – UAE & Gulf, tasked to spearhead expansion of the airline's foothold in the growing Gulf region.
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has been awarded a contract modification to build the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) two F-16 Block 52 Weapon Tactics Trainers (WTTs), two brief/debrief systems and one mission observation centre.
Former search and rescue helicopter commander Mark Kelly has been appointed vice president – marketing at helicopter leasing specialist Lease Corporation International (LCI) to focus on the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
International service company Serco and Iraq's Al Burhan Group, have signed a new agreement with the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) to continue providing Air Traffic Control (ATC) services, training and support at Baghdad International Airport and extending the partnership's presence in Iraq.
A group of high school students calling themselves Dubai Amateur Rocketry have developed a new type of rocket fuel that they say is much easier and cheaper to manufacture.
The Emirates Group Security Centre of Aviation and Security Studies (CASS) and Edith Cowan University of Western Australia have conferred 117 diplomas at its 11th graduation ceremony.
Middle Eastern business aircraft operators flying to the USA and making their pre-clearance technical and immigration stop at Ireland's Shannon Airport will have a new FBO to take their break.
Laila Ali Hareb Al Muhairi, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority's assistant director general, has been named as a fiinalist in the female innovator category in the 10th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and will ultimately be a gold, silver, or bronze Stevie award winner in the programme.
TAV Airports CEO & president, Dr. Sani Sener has been unanimously selected by the board of ACI Europe to represent the European region at the Governing Board of ACI World starting January 1, 2014.
Jet Aviation has announced the appointment of Hardy Bütschi as the new vice president and general manager of the company's maintenance and FBO operations in Dubai, effective January 2014.
The former deputy minister for industrial affairs at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in Riyadh, Walid Abukhaled, has been appointed chief executive of Northrop Grumman's Saudi business.
Oman Air has held a series of one-day training workshops for staff involved in identifying and evaluating hazards, and controlling risks across the company.
Gulf Air's manager of Emergency Response Planning and Security, Mrs Hala Azam has been elected for a three year term, to the position of chairperson of the Arab Air Carriers Organisation's (AACO) first Emergency Response Planning Taskforce (ERPTF).
CAE has announced that it has signed contracts for five full-flight simulators (FFS), a series of flight training devices and update services, including a Global Vision simulator to Emirates-CAE Flight Training in Dubai.
Competent US nationals, who are interested in joining Etihad Airways' award-winning team of cabin crew, food and beverage managers, and qualified in-flight chefs, should apply online.
