Maintenance & Training

Gen24 Flybiz, an upcoming Flight Training Company based in Mumbai (India), has entered into an agreement with Avion to supply eight Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulators.

Delta TechOps has opened its dedicated Pratt & Whitney GTF facility that will be capable at maximum capacity to overhaul 400 engines annually.

David Neeleman’s latest airline, Breeze Airways, is expanding its fleet and operations. Its president, Tom Doxey, provides details.

The 737-700 fleet accounts for 425 of the airlines’ 776 aircraft and should retire over the next 10 years.

The first group of Emirati graduates has successfully completed the first phase of a new programme launched by the UAE Space Agency.

The FAA’s phased upgrade aligns with voluntary delays put in place by wireless companies.

Collins Aerospace has appointed of Sean Hodges-Jackson as business development director for its Mission systems business in the Middle East.

The Spanish MRO provider plans for a changing engine aftermarket with new investments and more in-house parts repairs.

The training facility forms part of Ethiopian’s Vision 2035 15-year strategic plan, which aims to grow the group’s activities across all business areas.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has inaugurated a new aviation training centre in the city of Hawassa.

Joramco, the Amman-based MRO facility has announced Lambros Stasi's appointment as the new vice president of operations.

Engine maintenance should get a boost from seemingly positive economic trends in the U.S. and China, an RBC Capital Markets Survey suggests.

Peru’s ATSA will operate South America’s first De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 cargo conversion.

Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram noted that investors were wondering "why it is taking Hawaiian longer to return to profitability than other U.S. airlines.”

S7 says the A321neos have been sent for scheduled maintenance to prepare them for the peak summer season.

Emirates Group and Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy builds diplomatic capacity in the UAE aviation sector.

Of the first 51 student pilots to graduate, nearly 80% were women or people of color.

Daylighting mental health issues is critically important to aviation safety.

Rosaviatsia now allows the installation of non-original spares on foreign-made commercial aircraft, without seeking approval from the type-certificate holders.

The saying goes that an airline is either short of aircraft or short of pilots – but, as Tom Batchelor reports, supply chain bottlenecks, an unexpectedly rapid recovery in post-Covid domestic and international air travel, and a tight labour market risk leaving operators in need of both.

Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) has opened a new hangar in Johor Bahru and is offering its MRO services to third party clients beyond the LCC giant.

Struggles among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to meet delivery targets is providing near-term boosts for aftermarket providers.

AWIN data shows that from June 2022, flight hours have been above 80% of their equivalent month in 2019.

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.

The facility will provide light maintenance services on aircraft operating under the airline’s European arm.