Maintenance & Training

To celebrate International Women’s Day Netflights has highlighted the Top 10 Inspiring Women in Aviation of all time.
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Emirates has appointed Richard Jewsbury as the new divisional vice president of the UK from 1 April 2018. He will take over from Laurie Berryman, who retires from the airline on 31 March.
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The head of VIP aviation company AMAC Aerospace has been recognised for his exceptional leadership skills by Business Worldwide Magazine in their 2017 Global Corporate Excellence Awards, reports Business Worldwide Magazine.
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EgyptAir Training Academy received a high level delegation from the Civil Aviation Authority of Ghana in order to discuss ways of joint cooperation for the training of pilots and maintenance engineers.
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GAL Air Navigation Services (GAL ANS) has been appointed Jesper Skou as its new Chief Operating Officer.
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By Karen Walker
More than two years after filing a complaint with the European Commission (EC) about the control that OEMs hold over the support and repair market, IATA has struck an agreement with a major engine supplier that it says will lead to greater competition for MRO work.
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By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 25, 2018
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ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, is becoming the provider of major maintenance on Honeywell TFE731 engines in the EMEAI region (encompassing Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India), after ExecuJet’s Johannesburg facility was awarded the rights by Honeywell International on 26 June 2018.
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By Sean Broderick
United Airline’s growing reliance on used aircraft is more than a way to add inexpensive lift—it’s also providing both fleet and aftermarket-support flexibility should a downturn hit that requires cutting capacity, the Chicago-based carrier’s executives said.
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Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAA), ICAO TRAINAIR Plus member and IATA authorised global training center, has graduated 302 aviation professionals at a ceremony held at the Academy’s Commercial and Cabin Crew Training Building.
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By Bill Carey
The FAA has agreed to improve its safety oversight of airlines after a finding by the US Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) that its oversight of American Airlines “lacked objectivity.”
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By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 11, 2018
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Royal Jordanian pilot Alia Twal has a simple message to pass to young women across the Middle East and Africa: If you are female, want to be a pilot and have the determination, nothing should stop you.
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By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s state-owned Rostec, its subsidiary Technodinamika, and Italian MRO provider Atitech plan to launch a joint venture (JV) to build an MRO center in the Moscow region.
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By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 5, 2018
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By Adrian Schofield
Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) returned the first of its freighters to service July 5, after its fleet was grounded for several days because of irregularities in maintenance records.
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Two US Democrat congressmen have accused FAA or failing to implement mandatory drug and alcohol testing for workers at foreign aircraft repair stations.
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Philippine LCC Cebu Pacific has signed a deal with Switzerland-based IPR Conversions to convert two ATR 72-500s into freighters.
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By Sean Broderick
Cabin retrofits, increased aftermarket emphasis among likely near-term offerings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-June 21, 2018
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By Adrian Schofield
Japanese carrier Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has temporarily halted all operations after it discovered a discrepancy in maintenance records for one of its freighters.
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Following a restructuring of the Egyptian government’s cabinet, Air Marshal Younes Al Masry has been appointed as the country’s Civil Aviation Minister.
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By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-June 13, 2018
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By Sean Broderick
Aircraft returning from storage in April reached a four-year high, IATA figures show, suggesting that operators are scrambling to support sustained demand for lift and perhaps offset the effects of delivery delays and in-service issues delays on several key aircraft programs.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air has signed a contract with Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) to offer full flight simulator training to Gulf Air’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots.
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