Maintenance & Training

Green Africa Airways has appointed Joshua Koshy as its founding chief financial officer (CFO).
Maintenance & Training

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division and MRO provider Delta Tech Ops grew about 15% last year to “well over” $700 million in revenues and will continue to expand, albeit at a slower rate, in 2018, the airline projects.
Maintenance & Training

South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Vusi Pikoli to its leadership team.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Jan. 16, 2019
Maintenance & Training

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s S7 Technics, the maintenance arm of S7 Group, is expanding its MRO training facilities as it responds to growing demand for maintenance staff training for Western-built aircraft such as the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, the company said Jan. 14.
Maintenance & Training

Green Africa Airways has appointed Kristof Hegedus as its founding director of ground operations.
Maintenance & Training

Dassault Aviation has appointed Jean Kayanakis to a newly created position, senior vice president, Worldwide Falcon Customer Service & Service Center Network.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Jan. 10, 2019
Maintenance & Training

Roderick Drummond, the new British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, was recently welcomed to Gulf Air’s headquarters where he met with the national carrier’s chief executive officer Krešimir Kučko.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has announced new appointments to its commercial operations team in Africa.
Maintenance & Training

The dedication and commitment in time and money required to qualify as a pilot or air traffic controller often militates against obtaining a rounded education. Now someone is trying to do something about it.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Jan. 3, 2018
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
The engine MRO business shifts course.
Maintenance & Training

By Sean Broderick
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) will purchase 20 ex-American Airlines Boeing 767-300ERs through 2021 and plans to lease them, likely as converted freighters.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO briefs-Dec. 17, 2018
Maintenance & Training

UK-based Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been put up for sale by private equity group owners Greybull Capital and its board of directors, the company confirmed Dec. 14.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Dec. 12, 2018
Maintenance & Training

Aviation engineering and maintenance company, Commsoft, has signed a contract with the Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) for its MRO IT system, OASES.
Maintenance & Training

Ethiopian Airlines and the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia have signed a letter of intent to establish Ethio-European International Business School (EEIBS).
Maintenance & Training

Thai Flight Training (TFT), a subsidiary of Thai Airways, recently ordered an Airbus A320 door trainer from UAE based Spatial. This will offer training on the L1 door and over wing exit and is equipped with Spatial’s door visuals system. The device is due to come into service in Q2 2018.
Maintenance & Training

The Board of Airports Company South Africa has appointed Bongiwe Mbomvu as acting chief executive officer.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
UK regional carrier flybe has accused maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) of breach of contract by withdrawing its services.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Nov. 28, 2018
Maintenance & Training

Slovenia’s Adria Airways signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 15 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) via a long-term lease arrangement and signed an MOU with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) to establish a joint MRO operation at Ljubljana Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus has selected Dominik Asam as future chief financial officer, and Michael Schollhorn as chief operating officer.
Maintenance & Training