FlightSafety International, which has a training centre in South Africa, and TRU Simulation and Training, a Textron company, have formed a new company called FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training.
Panasonic Avionics has announced Tom Eskola as regional vice president and general manager for the Middle East, Central and Southern Asia and Africa (MECSAA) region.
Russia’s Atran Airlines, an air express subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800BCF March 20, becoming the first operator of the type in the country.
Embraer, following shareholder approval of the transaction with Boeing, announces that the current President and CEO of the company, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, concludes a successful professional cycle with the company on April 22, 2019 - which is the end of his current two year elected term.
Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), has graduated 20 Cabin Crew trainees from Mozambique, who will serve the newly established Ethiopian-Mozambique airline.
The growing concern among airlines about vertical consolidation in the MRO industry is likely to spur a reaction from carriers, and may even prompt smaller airlines to cooperate more to establish MRO networks, a veteran industry executive predicts.
Addressing the tax incentive structure is a major challenge for India if it is too meet its goal of stimulating the MRO sector, according to an industry observer.
Emirates Aviation University (EAU) has announced that its undergraduate and graduate engineering programmes are now accredited by The Royal Aeronautical Society.
Air Traffic and Navigation Services’ (ATNS) in partnership with Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) recently hosted a group of high-achieving Grades 10 to 12 learners from the Eastern Cape Province, on a three-day Aviation Career Development Tour – in and around Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Aviation and marine logistics specialist for the Nigerian oil and gas sector, Caverton Helicopters, has selected Thales' Reality H Full Flight Simulator to provide AW139 training to pilots in Nigeria at its Lagos training facility.
Schedule disruptions caused by unavailable aircraft are costing Southwest Airlines millions of dollars each week, and the issue’s uncertainly makes providing short-term financial guidance challenging.
On the second day of the Aviation Africa 2019 conference, the University of Rwanda (UR) and the AviAssist Foundation announced a partnership to further expand the scope and impact of the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) in Rwanda.
The simmering battle between Southwest Airlines and its mechanics saw a new group join the fight, as the airline’s pilots’ union blasted management for “tribalizing and scapegoating” technicians to cover for an “ineffective” operation.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR said Feb. 25 it had received certification from EASA to extend the intervals between Type A maintenance checks for all its aircraft from 500 to 750 hours.
Landover Aviation Business School (LABS), a leading aviation training school in West Africa, has produced the student with the best performance in Nigeria in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Foundation in Travel and Tourism with Amadeus course in the December 2018.
