What's wrong with an airshow in Bahrain
Nothing. Like I said, it's a step in the right direction.
Perhaps they will build a new runway and facility and then use it as a cadet pilot training base?
I'll be dead and gone before that ever materializes. There's no infrastructure to accommodate general aviation let alone flight training. The most basic PPL requirement, your qualifying solo x-country where you make two full stop landings at aerodromes different to that of your point of departure can't even be met - heck, you can't even fly over bahrain because it's airspace (sans OBBI) is restricted from the SFC to UNL!
None of Bahrain's educational establishments offer air transport/aerospace training courses or qualifications. Why? supply & demand. If Bahrain wants to make a name for itself within the aviation industry today, it's got to reform its national aviation authority and set the stage. At the moment, it's nothing more than a side dish.
I can supply many for your review and selection where the credibility of these report is often questionable.
Funny how the very same "questionable" indices are used by the financial services industries themselves, not to mention government policy makers.