The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Hamburg-based MRO provider Lufthansa Technik to install Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Ka-band antenna on Lufthansa’s Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s Authorized Service Facility (ASF), SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance, has received its CSeries aircraft Part 145 base maintenance approval from the Civil Aviation Authority, The Netherlands.
Thirteen Nigerian Aerodrome safety inspectors have been trained by the Singapore Civil Aviation Academy, the first time a programme of its type has been held in Nigeria.
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow, an MRO branch of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been awarded a Russian Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 285 certificate to perform maintenance on Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft.
Abu Dhabi's luxury executive jet provider Royal Jet has a new President and CEO. Canadian, Rob DiCastri brings to the company more than 25 years of international aviation and hospitality leadership, including over 10 years in the Middle East, where he played a key role in establishing National Air Services (flynas) / Net Jets Middle East (now NasJet) in Saudi Arabia as CFO and Head of Strategy.
Fastjet has appointed the former CEO of Mango Airlines to its board following shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou requesting the carrier reconsider its chairman.
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has appointed Christopher Grainger to the role of vice president marketing for the EMEA region.
TAG Global Training has announced the launch of its 'Upset Prevention and Recovery Training' (UPRT) theory course, adding to its offered e-Learning courses.
EgyptAir Training Centre received a high-level delegation from the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority, in order to re-accredit the centre for training for airlines operating in the Libyan market.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a decision by its Board of Governors, to recommend Alexandre de Juniac, Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, to succeed retiring Director General and CEO, Tony Tyler.
Malaysian flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) is to enter into a joint venture MRO operation with Lufthansa Technik AG, based at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
