Maintenance & Training

A recent survey commissioned by British Airways in the UAE shows that just over one in four residents have a fear of flying.

Embraer's business aviation sales and marketing teams in the Middle East, Africa and Europe will have new leadership following the resignation of vice president EMEA, Colin Steven.

Etihad Airways has appointed Dr Nadia Bastaki to the new position of vice president Medical Services.

Bahrain's aviation academy, Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding as a basis to start discussing further collaboration with Bahrain Polytechnic (BP) for the development and delivery of various transport based training and education courses in Bahrain.

Gulf Helicopters has ordered an AW189 EASA CS-FSTD(H) FFS Level C Simulator, to support the company's pilot development training needs for its recently announced purchase of 15 AW189 medium twin-engine helicopters.

Qatar-based Gulf Helicopters has ordered an AW189 EASA CS-FSTD(H) FFS Level C Simulator from AgustaWestland, to support its pilot development training needs for the recently announced purchase of 15 AW189 medium twin-engine helicopters.

Etihad Airways has appointed James Mueller to the new position of senior vice president sales.

Etihad Airways has today announced five senior appointments in operations, marketing and guest experience, as part of the progressive realignment of the business to the Etihad Aviation Group structure announced last month

The UAE's civil aviation authority (GCAA) held a successful air accident training exercise at Fujairah International Airport, planned, coordinated and managed by the GCAA's air accident investigation team.

After months of hard work, long nights, test flight and crashed aircraft, the winners of the 4th UAE Innovation Challenge Abu Dhabi 2014 were announced today at an official awards ceremony at the HCT Abu Dhabi Men's College.

Gulf Air's first female Bahraini Captain, Yasmeen Fraidoon, has taken to the skies on her maiden commercial flight.

A group of air traffic control students from Saudi Arabia National Guard has graduated at New Zealand based Airways' academy, marking the completion of a successful two-year investment by Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education

Dubai Aerospace (DAE) subsidiary StandardAero announced that James Colleary has been appointed President of Associated Air Center (AAC), the company's large transport category VIP completion centre located in Dallas, Texas.

APM Terminals Bahrain, the operators of Khalifa bin Salman Port, recently completed the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training for employees. Lean Six Sigma is a structured, problem-solving approach designed to help master techniques to improve process performance and consistency within an organisation.

Bahrain based AFAQ Institute of Aviation Technology (AFAQ) has announced signing a new agreement with NASTECH/FLY NAS Airline to establish the First European EASA 147 approved Aircraft Engineering Training Academy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Etihad Airways has announced it is establishing the Etihad Flight College, a world-class flight training facility in the United Arab Emirates for Emirati and international cadet pilots.

Infinity Support Services (ISS) is to launch helicopter pilot training for the Sikorsky S-92 in Saudi Arabia.

Universal Avionics has announced that Ross Dickey has been appointed to the newly created position of Airline and Government sales manager for Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia is to host a series of International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) workshops for the first time.

Thales has appointed Jean-Yves Tolot, previously in charge of the Africa region, as new VicePresident, Saudi Arabia. He will be based in Riyadh and will lead allThales business activities in this country.

The next generation of engineering talent from the Gulf state of Oman is to receive specialist training from air traffic management company, NATS.

Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) is celebrating its second anniversary this week and its first students are now in airline roles.

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that its training facility Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) signed an MoU with Emirates Group Security - Centre of Aviation and Security Studies (CASS) to provide a number of joint Aviation Security training programmes.

Etihad Airways has appointed Robert “Dougie” Douglas as its General Manager for Armenia.

Three Libyan students who recently graduated from Progress Flight Academy have successfully achieved a full type rating on the Airbus A320 at the Airbus Training Centre in Toulouse.