Maintenance & Training

Emirates is bolstering its recruitment efforts in London to meet the strong surge in customer demand.

Spirit Airlines has reached a compensation agreement with International Aero Engines for aircraft grounded due to geared turbofan (GTF) engine issues.

As Wizz Air points at its struggle with GTF engines to explain its poor fiscal 2025 financial performance, we look at the groundings' effect on emissions.

Delta TechOps will be replacing its legacy maintenance and engineering systems with Trax’s eMRO and eMobility products.

Ibrahim Mshelia, chief executive officer of Mish Aviation Flying School in Accra, Ghana, has advised that to resolve the challenges associated with poaching of aviation professionals in Africa and bond contract conflicts involving airline pilots, “the legal framework should sort this out”.

The implementation of competency-based training and assessment will first make pilot instructors more knowledgeable.

The MRO welcomes a new government initiative that could quickly increase applicants for open aviation maintenance technician jobs.

Strong landing gear and auxiliary power unit MRO demand drives Revima to consider geographic expansion.

JetBlue Airways is seeing improvements on the geared turbofan (GTF) engine constraint, one it has previously described as a significant impediment to margins.

Companies specializing in electric wiring and interconnection systems have been busy keeping up with demand from airframers wanting to ramp up production.

Air Cairo's five-year MRO contract with Singapore's ST Engineering will support the CFM Leap-1A engines that power the airline’s Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee, Prof. Ahmet Bolat, has been reelected to the Board of Directors IATA for a second term.

DTX Group has launched following its chairman Hussein Lookmanjee’s divestment from Drayton Aerospace.

CAE on June 2 named industry veteran Matthew Bromberg as CEO and president effective Aug. 13.

Air France has launched a recruitment campaign for cadet pilots, aiming to attract candidates for a two-year training program.

IndiGo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport to build a new maintenance hangar there.

The Channel Islands-based carrier is experiencing an aircraft shortage that has caused flight cancellations and implementation of some temporary route cuts.

Rolls-Royce appears to have made good progress with its first engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in mainland China.

AERO South Africa, the continent’s General Aviation trade show, has announced that the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) will be endorsing Aero South Africa 2025 and will host a dedicated Safety and Training Workshop during the 2025 edition of the event.

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has signed an agreement with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to collaborate on and develop a training scheme.

Hanwha Aviation is broadening its service offering via the purchase of an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the U.S.

Two recently delivered Gamebird GB1 aircraft have expanded Emirates Flight Training Academy’s (EFTA) fleet.

IndiGo has announced that Ton Dortmans shall join the airline in mid-August 2025 to support the technical entry into service of IndiGo’s A350 as well as supporting building up IndiGo’s overall MRO strategy C capabilities.

Vikram Singh Mehta has been appointed as IndiGo’s new Chairman of the Board.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Gaetz Aerospace Career Academy can serve as a template for reaching young people and guiding them into our industry.