Nine Bahrainis have graduated with their commercial pilots licences from Ayla Aviation Academy in Aqaba, Jordan.

The academy's fourth graduation ceremony was held at the Movenpick Hotel in Aqaba, and was its first all-Bahraini course. 

The training course, called Course Delta, began training in January 2008 and after 17 months the participants received their commercial pilot licences with instrument rating.

The event was sponsored by Gulf Air and the graduation took place under the patronage of Ayla Aviation Academy chief executive officer Marwan Atalla and chairman Munir Atalla.

The graduates are Abdulrahman Akbari, Ahmed Husain, Ebrahim Hararah, Husain Al Asfoor, Mohamed Aseeri, Mohamed Al Ansari, Mohamed Shanbeeh, Nayef Dairi and Rashed Al Qattan. – TradeArabia News Service