Maintenance & Training

Royal Air Maroc's CEO Driss Benhima, has stepped down after a pair of amateur passenger videos has rocked the North African airline's reputation.

Emirates Airline has announced three appointments to its senior management team for key operational functions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

MRO Briefs-Sept. 1, 2016

FlightSafety International has announced that Ted Bowlds has been named chief information officer and Joe Warakomski has been promoted to deputy CIO.

Alsim has announced the sale of an AL250 simulator to Algavia, FTO based in Oran, Algeria.

HAECO Americas has announced plans to a build a $60 million MRO facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina.

MRO Briefs-Aug. 18, 2016

Air Zimbabwe has a new chief executive. Ripton Muzenda, son to the late Vice President Simon Muzenda who is taking over from Edmund Makona who was acting CEO since September 2013.

MRO Briefs-Aug. 12, 2016

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has been chosen by Russia’s VIM Avia to perform Boeing 777 heavy maintenance.

Fastjet chief financial officer Nick Caine is to leave the African low-cost carrier next year.

Egypt Air Training Center hopes to expand its training capabilities in the African continent after being in a co-operation with RwandAir.

Former Malaysian Airlines and Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller, 54, is to join Emirates as its chief digital and innovation officer.

Etihad has announced a new organisational structure for the growing multi-faceted business to create clearer management responsibilities for the different companies.

MRO Briefs-Aug. 3, 2016

Aerospace and defence contractor AAR has appointed Cheryle Robinson Jackson as its first president of AAR Africa.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will build a new 105,000 sq. ft. maintenance hangar at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), the airline announced July 29.

Austrian Airlines’ technical subsidiaries, Innsbruck-based Tyrolean Technik and Austrian Technik Bratislava (ATB), are planning a closer cooperation with an eye on third-party markets.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Bombardier Services Corp. has extended heavy maintenance agreements with SkyWest carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines for a further 10 years.

Boeing has released its 2016 Pilot and Technician Outlook and projects a demand for nearly 1.5 million pilots and technicians over the next 20 years.

Embraer and the Mohammed VI International Aviation Academy (AIAC) have signed an MoU for engineering development in Morocco.

Germany-based Lufthansa Technik (LHT) plans to cut 700 of 2,000 jobs at its engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit as new engine types become more efficient.

MRO Briefs-July 21, 2016

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has continued to buy up Western aviation assets, with its aviation division acquiring a majority stake in MRO provider SR Technics.

Boeing has named Greg Hyslop its chief technology officer (CTO), replacing John Tracy.