Maintenance & Training

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has promoted Martin Drew to the role of Managing Director - Cargo and Logistics.

Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Kirsten de Bruijn as senior vice president, cargo sales and network planning.

Patria have signed a five-year agreement with Qatar Airways to train their new pilots. The training will be based on Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) program, which was tailored by Patria for Qatar Airways.

Peter Mohring, Managing Director of Transport, Serco Middle East, explores why it has never been timelier for the air transport sector to embrace outsourcing to help with post pandemic recovery.

Alpha Aviation Simulator Centre has officially opened near nearby Sharjah International Airport.

Gulf Air has appointed Shams Al Doseri as country manager for its Muscat station after relocating from Ethiopia back into the Middle East.

The Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) this week held its first ever graduation ceremony for 25 pilot cadets who have completed its rigorous training programme.

Emirates has announced several movements and rotations to its commercial team, both in its Dubai hub and across key markets in the Far East, West Asia and Africa.

Leonardo and CAE have announced the two companies have created a joint venture called Leonardo CAE Advanced Jet Training Srl to support the operations of the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Italy.

The Royal Jordanian (RJ) Board of Directors has elected Samer Majali as vice chairman and designated him to assume the role of RJ President/CEO as of March 30, 2021.

Italian football legend Paolo Maldini paid a visit to Emirates Group Headquarters yesterday during his stay in Dubai.

Dentons has appointed Paul Jarvis as chief executive officer for the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region.

Doug Schlam has been appointed as the North America Sales Director for the global stage for defence interoperability ahead of the World Defence Show 2022 event.

Gulf Air has announced four Bahraini pilots have completed the final check for command upgrade training and have been promoted as Captains.

Bauer Aviation Advisory (BAA), the aviation and strategy consulting firm, has appointed four new aviation leaders in the Middle East to its advisory board.

The Indian Air Force (IAF), for the first time, participated in an annual multinational air exercise hosted by the United Arab Emirates. The sixth edition of Exercise Desert Flag, began on March 3 and concluded on March 21.

Saudi Arabia joined Greece in a mass training exercise which saw the two nations agree joint-cooperation in defence issues.

Hardly six years after its first flight, India’s home-made basic trainer aircraft HTT-40 is set to become the mainstay of basic training of rookie pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Fast jet trainers – especially those that have the potential to carry out the hybrid role as a light attack aircraft – are drawing the attention of the defence OEMs and the air forces in the emerging markets.

Dnata has made key senior management appointments.

U.S. air-framer Boeing has partnered with the Indian Aviation Academy (IAA) and the University of Southern California (USC) for safety management system training to all stakeholders in the domestic aviation industry.

Qinetiq has made a major multi-million dollar investment to increase capabilities at its test pilot school that will give talented pilots, engineers and aircrew access to the most advanced and systems-rich helicopters of any test pilot school.

Pakistan hosted a two-week long multinational air exercise- ACES Meet 2021-1 with the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF).

A lack of effective F-16 virtual maintenance training simulators has led to a Turkish manufacturer developing their own – much to the delight of the country’s Air Command.

An investigation into a death during a training exercise in Kuwait has seen blame point at changes in training because of the Covid-19 pandemic.