Maintenance & Training

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA) has completed repairs on six Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) grounded by Mexican airline Interjet, the only SSJ100 operator in the Americas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Thales has appointed Roger Daix as VP of the Middle East.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has made three key management movements within its commercial and cargo operations team in the Middle East.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Jan. 5, 2016
Maintenance & Training

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft technical teams have been in Mexico since late December conducting repair work on 11 Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft grounded by Mexican airline Interjet, the only SSJ100 operator in the Americas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Ethiopian Airlines is upgrading the infrastructure at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for maintenance, cargo and flight simulators as the Star Alliance member continues to grow.
Maintenance & Training

By Karen Walker
Southwest Airlines’ unionized facilities maintenance technicians have rejected a five-year tentative agreement reached in October.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kaleyesus Bekele gets the IATA perspective on the state of the African airline industry.
Maintenance & Training

GE Aviation has named Jean Lydon-Rodgers as president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation, Services, and Tony Mathis is promoted to president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation, Military Systems.
Maintenance & Training

The Resource Group has launched a new, modular Airside Safety training course.
Maintenance & Training

Dassault Aviation has appointed Damien Farret, Director Customer Relations and Field Service.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Dec. 14, 2016
Maintenance & Training

Air Seychelles has celebrated the graduation of a group of seven Seychellois engineers who have completed a comprehensive training programme with Etihad Airways.
Maintenance & Training

Flydubai has announced the successful graduation of its 100th batch of certified Cabin Crew members from the Flydubai Training Centre. The batch of 27 candidates will join flydubai's community of 1,650 Cabin Crew members who represent more than 100 nationalities.
Maintenance & Training

South African based aviation services firm Hi-Fly Marketing has announced the appointment of Christobal Henner to the position of general manager.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Dec. 7, 2016
Maintenance & Training

FlightSafety International, that has a training centre in South Africa, is receiving outstanding reviews from U.S. Army personnel who are using the UH-72A Lakota simulators being delivered to Flight School XXI.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Dec. 1, 2016
Maintenance & Training

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) announced that its Secretary General and CEO, Dr. Elijah Chingosho, will retire in 2017 after serving seven years in the role.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Nov. 29, 2016
Maintenance & Training

Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg has named Kevin G. McAllister president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, succeeding company vice chairman Ray Conner in that role.
Maintenance & Training

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)has announced that Muhammad Ali Albakri will join IATA as regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East (AME).
Maintenance & Training

Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu was re-elected by acclamation today for a second three-year term as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Maintenance & Training

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Sharjah-based Volga-Dnepr Gulf will perform base maintenance services on five of Russia’s UTair Aviation’s Boeing 737s in 2016.
Maintenance & Training

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Mexico’s low-cost carrier Interjet and the Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) will establish a competence center for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to improve service support, manufacture components and implement improvements to the aircraft.
Maintenance & Training