For the past four months Chiheb Ben Ahmed has been general manager of TunisAir Handling, setting up a staff training system as well as preparing for a big project in Libya – and all this before he starts his new role as director general for technical affairs at TunisAir. Marcelle Nethersole caught up with him.
The looming pilot shortage in the Middle East – part of an anticipated global deficit of crews needed to operate tomorrow's airliners and business jets – has the full attention of the North American-dominated flight simulator and flight training provider market. James Wynbrandt reports.
Alan Peaford heads to Cairo to find out how the nation that has produced many of the MENA region's greatest teachers and academics is applying learning skills to aviation training.
Jordanian training company Ayla Aviation has always tried to encourage the youth in the Middle East to take an interest in aviation – from organising student summer camps to encouraging young women to check out what is often deemed to be a more a male market. And this year is no exception.
Captain Robert Scott, author of Training for the Future, Defining Tomorrow's Requirements and a participant at GATE last November, looks at the challenges facing the airline industry – and particularly the training establishments.
Strata, the advanced composite aerostructures facility section of Mubadala, had a hectic time at the recent Dubai Airshow. Jill Stockbridge finds out why.
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport has continued to show significant growth in the first quarter of the year according to figures announced by the airport today.
Qatar-based Rizon Jet has signed a management contract for a brand new Challenger 605 which will be available for VIP charter from Doha later this month.
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support from Chester in the UK has delivered its first modified medical evacuation (Medevac) conversion Hawker 900XP midsize jet to a customer in Saudi Arabia.
With the Middle East a bright spot in a challenging global market, business aircraft original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are bolstering their presence in the region to accelerate sales growth. James Wynbrandt reports.
Visitors to EBACE will be hearing why Sharjah is a viable alternative to Dubai for business aircraft – Alan Peaford meets the man behind the ambitious plan.
Saudi Arabian business aviation specialist Aviation Horizons has formally received its Part 135 approvals from GACA, the Saudi civil aviation authority. At a special event in Jeddah the company also signed a cooperation agreement with Saudia Private Aviation (SPA).
US correspondent James Wynbrandt reports on the progress of the latest Boeing Business Jets, which will be making their presence felt in the Middle East's VVIP sector.
A relaxation in Saudi's policy for issuing Air Operator's Certificates has meant there is room for new players on the private aviation scene. Liz Moscrop reports.
Qatar Airways' corporate jet division Qatar Executive is gearing up to unveil its custom-made new elegant exhibition stand at Europe's leading business aviation show EBACE in Geneva next week.
