Sintavia, LLC, the leading independent additive manufacturer supporting the Aerospace & Defense industry, announced today that it had acquired QC Laboratories, Inc. (“QC Labs”), a non-destructive testing (“NDT”) services company based in Hollywood, Florida. The acquisition greatly enhances Sintavia’s NDT capabilities for commercial aerospace applications, particularly with respect to surface finish conformance testing. Post-closing, it is expected that QC Labs will operate as a stand-alone"...

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of UAE has announced that the second edition of Global Investment in Aviation Summit (GIAS) 2020, themed ‘Enabling Global Aviation Growth through Fund Raising and Key Partnerships’ will be held in Dubai from January 27-29.

Over 200 investors and 1,200 delegates, besides selected government officials, aviation organisations, finance & insurance firms, aviation asset owners, aircraft operators"...

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it has appointed Mr. Mohamed Al Hamer as a country manager for its Colombo and Male stations and with this appointment, he will become the youngest ever country manager for Gulf Air in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Al Hamer will represent Gulf Air in Sri Lanka and the Maldives as well as manage the airline’s office in Colombo after gaining extensive knowledge within sales, network and revenue management departments at the headquarters in Bahrain"...

Manama, July 14 (BNA): Ongoing preparations to train more than 5,800 Bahrain International Airport stakeholders (BIA) on how to effectively operate the new Passenger Terminal Building are progressing on schedule, His Excellency the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications and Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) Chairman Eng. Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed announced.

Since the launch of the familiarisation and contractor training programmes three months"...

Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has recruited a batch of 30 Bahraini job-seekers, in line with its strategy to invest in human capital and support airport services.
The move marks the completion of the company’s efforts to employ 200 young Bahrainis to the various sections of the company, which has about 3000 employees and about 82% are Bahrainis. Where the company has been honored at the level of Ministers of Labor for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries because of its leadership in the field of job resettlement.

Manama, July 10 (BNA): Gulf Air– the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain – has recently started a strategic partnership with Emarsys- the largest independent marketing platform company in the world- with the aim of enhancing its automated communication with its customersthrough email and digital media platforms.

With this deal, Gulf Air will now be connected to the passengers prior to and post the flight experience with value added and personalized communication.

The airline has"...

Manama, July 7 (BNA): Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, has appointed Shams Al Doseri as a Country Manager for its Addis Ababa station.

This appointment makes Al Doseri the first Bahraini female to run a Gulf Air station. With eight years of airline sales experience in Gulf Air’s hub station in Bahrain, Shams was selected to represent Gulf Air in Ethiopia"...

Europe’s aviation regulator has outlined five major requirements it wants Boeing to address before it will allow the plane maker’s 737 Max to return to service, according to a source.

One of them, about the jet’s autopilot function, hasn’t surfaced previously as an area of concern.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has sent its list to both"...

Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier is set to increase its direct Delhi service from two to three daily flights starting from July 9.

Gulf Air has provided direct air services between India and Bahrain since 1960, operating 75 weekly flights to eight destinations in India: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Hyderabad, Calicut and Bangalore.

“We"...

BIA’s operator and managing body, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) signed a key contract with Bahrain Limo to provide 24/7 service between the terminal building, Car Park D, and the Overflow Car Park, backed by a brand new fleet of minibuses. This increases the number of shuttles in service to 12. The new models feature a more spacious interior that can accommodate a higher number of passengers, as well as dedicated luggage areas.

BAC Chief Executive"...