Maintenance & Training

The African airline industry is facing a critical shortage of well-trained aviation professionals. Kaleyesus Bekele has been looking at the problem.
Maintenance & Training

Qatar Aeronautical College (QAC) has ordered 14 training aircraft and two simulators from Austria's Diamond Aircraft
Maintenance & Training

Beaverton, Oregon-based Precision Aircraft Solutions (PAS) and Wilmington, Ohio-based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) have formed a joint venture (JV) company to develop a passenger-to-freighter conversion of the Airbus A321-200.
Maintenance & Training

The Etihad Aviation Group Board of Directors has appointed Ray Gammell as interim Group CEO, and confirmed that James Hogan, current President and Group CEO, will leave the company on 1 July 2017.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Aug. 3, 2017
Maintenance & Training

Monarch Aircraft Engineering, the GCAA CAR 147 approved organisation, is to launch a series of training programmes that will enable airlines in the Middle East to train their engineers on the new Airbus A320 NEO and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft families.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 31, 2017
Maintenance & Training

Air Partner’s Aircraft Remarketing division (formerly Cabot Aviation) has been appointed by Saudi Arabia’s national carrier Saudia as its exclusive remarketing agent for 15 Boeing 777-200ERs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The XIESA MRO facility—a joint venture (JV) of China Eastern Airlines and Safran Landing Systems—has begun construction in Xi’an.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 24, 2017
Maintenance & Training

LATAM Airlines has appointed Guido Blanco as the new commercial manager for the UK, Africa and Nordic Countries.
Maintenance & Training

The Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the AviAssist Foundation have announced a partnership to further expand the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) in Rwanda.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 20, 2017
Maintenance & Training

Pilots and students can now access on line professional training videos covering over 60 different procedures for the A320.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 19, 2017
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 18, 2017
Maintenance & Training

By Mark Nensel
FAA and the Civilian Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) signed a maintenance agreement guidance (MAG) document July 12 to implement mutual surveillance of certified repair stations located abroad for each of the agreement partners.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 13, 2017
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division and MRO provider Delta TechOps has entered into a new 12-year agreement, valued at $750 million.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 7, 2017
Maintenance & Training

BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has announced gaining an approval to provide ATR 42/72 FFS services for Tanzanian aviation companies.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-July 6, 2017
Maintenance & Training

By Victoria Moores
Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company StandardAero has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire MRO business Vector Aerospace Holding from Airbus.
Maintenance & Training

Strata - the Abu Dhabi based advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing business – has appointed Ismail Abdulla as its chief executive.
Maintenance & Training

BAE Systems has appointed Ian Lane as General Manager of BAE Systems Oman, based in Muscat.
Maintenance & Training