Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. is looking for more supermarket clerks and accountants to train to fly its planes as the US airline industry copes with a looming pilot shortage. The New York-based carrier said its first-in-the-US training programme that turns people with little or no flying experience into commercial jet pilots has been so successful that it’s seeking a second …

DUBAI / WAM Growth in the UAE non-oil private sector economy climbed to the fastest pace seen since February 2015, bolstered by sharp expansions in new orders and output, according to the latest UAE PMI survey. The survey, sponsored by Emirates NBD and produced by IHS Markit, contains original data collected from a monthly survey of business conditions in the …

SHARJAH / WAM A massive 24 million square metre-project said to be generating AED24 billion in real estate value was launched in Sharjah in the presence of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. The Aljada, owned by Arada, is said to be the largest privately-owned mixed-use real estate project in the …