Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), based in Al Bateen Executive Airport, hosted the first International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Regional TRAINAIR PLUS Course Developers and Instructors Standardization Meetings (CDI/STDs) from 17 to 19 March 2014. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), based in Al Bateen Executive Airport, hosted more than 250 students for a tour of their state of the art training facilities during the Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2014. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports, today announced that it has been appointed as an IATA Authorized Training Center (ATC). With that, GCAS will be able to diversify its course portfolio by offering globally recognized IATA Cargo & Dangerous Goods courses. GCAS has also been designated as the IATA examination centre for Abu Dhabi. Read More

As part of the ABSHER government initiative for training and employing UAE Nationals, Abu Dhabi Airports has rolled out “Al Eqla’a” train-to-hire programme through Abu Dhabi Airports' training arm, the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS). Read More

Abu Dhabi Airports Company’s (ADAC) Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) and Thales Université, the training and education arm of Thales Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which aims at exploring opportunities for establishing training solutions targeting high-level professional and academic programmes with a focus on technical, engineering, maintenance and project management training in the field of aviation. Read More

In line with its strategy to develop the aviation sector of the U.A.E, Abu Dhabi Airports Company’s Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), recently hosted members of the Mubadala Development Company’s (MDC) asset man Read More

In line with its strategy to develop the aviation sector of the U.A.E and the region, Abu Dhabi Airports Company’s Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) held informative aviation sessions to Diploma and High School level students in Abu Dhabi last month at its headquarters in Al Bateen Executive Airport. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), was unanimously elected to chair the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) TRAINAIR Plus Steering Committee. This announcement was made during the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Global Symposium held in Singapore from the 25th to 28th September 2012, where all members voted for GCAS to Chair this leading committee with Dr. Othman Al Khoori, Vice President Human Resources and Administration at ADAC & General Manager of GCAS, selected as the Chairman. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), and AVTECH Middle East signed a partnership agreement at GCAS headquarters in Abu Dhabi last week. The agreement will facilitate the offering of leading aviation training modules for the first time in the Middle East focused on key operational areas. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company has concluded the first training program held in the Middle East region on Performance Based Operations in the Air Traffic Industry. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company, represented officially the Middle East region in the annual IATA Training Partner Congress that was held on 15th & 16th May in Istanbul, Turkey. This representation follows GCAS’s aim to create sustainability and long-standing business relationship towards developing the human capital for tomorrow’s air transport industry. This announcement comes during GCAS’ current participation in the Airport Show in Dubai. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company, announced today that it has concluded the first ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Training Developers Course (TDC) held in the Middle East region in April, 2012. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), the training arm of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), received the gold TRAINAIR PLUS full membership by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at an official ceremony held in Montreal, Canada. This prestigious membership comes after the centre finalised last month the world’s first TRAINAIR PLUS Standardized Training Package (TP STP 001) at GCAS facilities in ADAC’s Al Bateen Executive Airport. Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), announced today the participation of 60% of the assigned group from ADAC managers in the Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP). Read More

The Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), announced today the introduction of new safety courses to the centre’s popular Programs in Health, Safety & environment. Read More