Maintenance & Training

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co. and Russia’s Aeroflot have agreed to the airline’s 15th 767 C checks at Pudong Airport.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Egyptair Training Center has joined the newly-established African Aviation Training Organization (AATO), which was launched in Nairobi in April in the presence of ICAO secretary general Raymond Benjamin.

The head of Lufthansa Group’s fleet management team takes a highly analytical approach to filling the future new aircraft requirements of the airlines that make up the Group. Looking out to 2025, Lufthansa has crunched all the numbers, calculated the best and worst case scenarios, and has planned for a fleet that will give the Group the most flexibility regardless of circumstance.

fastjet has announced that it has appointed four new Directors to the board of its subsidiary, fastjet Airlines, in Tanzania.

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Briefs from the Nov. 27, 2013 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

Bombardier Aerospace and Tianjin Airport Economic Area have signed a letter of agreement to increase aircraft maintenance services in Mainland China.

Taleris, a joint venture between Accenture and GE Aviation, has implemented its Intelligent Operations (IO) services to Etihad Airways.

Boeing’s Jeppesen subsidiary has won a five-year electronic flight bag (EFB) service contract with Turkey’s MNG Airlines.

Southern Air Holdings has awarded MTU Maintenance exclusive long-term maintenance and lease-engine provisioning on present and future GE CF6-80C2 engines.

Chromalloy has acquired Trac Group, a tier-one component supplier to the aerospace and energy industries.

Emirates has announced several management changes in its commercial operations team within Africa.

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced the appointment of Raphael Kuuchi as the Association's Vice President for Africa from 17 February 2014.

Dublin-based jet engine overhaul facility Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI) is considering shutting down due to declining revenues and shrinking international market opportunities.

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Briefs from the Nov. 20, 2013 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is expanding its activities in the Middle East.

Skyone Maintenance Services has formed an alliance with Lockheed Martin’s Kelly Aviation Center, a provider of engine MRO services.

Bombardier Aerospace has signed an eight-year repair agreement with Oman Air.

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) subsidiary Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Co. (TAECO) recently completed its first Boeing 757-200 converted freighter for Air China Cargo.

Rockwell Collins has announced that Chafik Hilal has been named managing director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, effective January 1, 2014.

Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduated 39 pilots and 45 Aviation Technicians at a ceremony held at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.

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