Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has become the first EASA Part 21 Design Organization Approval (DOA) holder in China.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd’s (MAEL) has been granted EASA’s Part M Subpart G approval as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO).
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic is launching a trial with Sony Mobile Communications to test how new wearable technology can help improve the airline’s maintenance and engineering processes.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
The Safran Group reported continued momentum in civil aftermarket in 2014.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Lord Corp.—which makes vibration, motion and noise-control equipment—has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Satair Group for its commercial fixed-wing product line.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Silver Airways will open shortly its new international maintenance headquarters at Orlando International Airport.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Magnetic MRO has completed acquisition of an Airbus A321-131 for part-out.
Maintenance & Training

Jet Aviation Basel - well known in the Middle East for its completions expertise on VIP aircraft - has made two key leadership changes to its completions sales organisation.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
MRO News-March 3, 2015
Maintenance & Training

Tyrolean Airways’ maintenance arm Tyrolean Technik was re-established as a separate company, effective March 1, as a result of the reorganization of Austrian Airlines Group.
Maintenance & Training

An ambitious Emiratisation target of 50% by the end of 2015 has been announced by Abu Dhabi Airports on the sidelines of Tawdheef, currently taking place at ADNEC under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of culture, Youth and Community Development.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
MRO News-Feb. 27, 2015
Maintenance & Training

By Sean Broderick
Southwest Airlines is investigating why a required inspection interval in its routine maintenance program was left out of its maintenance tracking system, causing it to miss deadlines for checking backup hydraulic systems on 128 Boeing 737s.
Maintenance & Training

South Africa's AVIC International Flight Training Academy (AIFA) at George has been stepping up its fleet as it has welcomed an increasingly international cohort of students from Asia and across Africa.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
MRO News-Feb. 25, 2015
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Briefs from the Feb. 25, 2015 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
AAR will sell its Telair Cargo Group to TransDigm for $725 million in cash, subject to adjustments.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
GDC Technics, an aircraft modification firm based in San Antonio, Texas, with clients worldwide, has been approved as the newest tenant at Alliance Airport.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Turkish Technic and Citilink have signed an Airbus A320 component support contract, which includes component supply and repair on a part-number basis.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
AJW Aviation has stepped up its acquisition program to purchase a Boeing 757 from Aerolease. Previously operated by Russia’s VIM Airlines, the aircraft is being parted out by HAITEC at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has extended its cooperation with Gulf Air for Airbus A320, A321 and A330 landing gear overhaul services.
Maintenance & Training

Transportation consultant Arik De who has been working on the transformation of TACV (Cabo Verde Airlines) has joined the Cape Verde carrier as its chief commercial officer.
Maintenance & Training

Following an investigation into allegations of misconduct, South African Airways (SAA) has begun formal disciplinary proceedings against suspended chief executive Monwabisi Kalawe.
Maintenance & Training

Etihad Airways, has appointed John Friel as its new general manager for South Africa.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
MRO News-Feb. 19, 2015
Maintenance & Training