Maintenance & Training

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.

News about coatings, engine MRO and joint ventures in this month’s Contracts and News Briefs.

Landing gear MRO providers are adding new capabilities, facilities and certifications to meet growing demand.

Etihad Airways is advertising for its future cabin crew.

The hangar at Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport will count 12 widebody and six narrowbody maintenance bays, plus two separate painting bays.

The equities analyst Jefferies believes that improving widebody flying hours and China’s reopening represent significant positives for the engine OEM.

Emirates is scaling up its nationwide search for UK Cabin Crew to join its multinational team.

Etihad Airways has appointed Arik De as its chief revenue officer, overseeing a new organisational division focused on revenue.

EgyptAir Training Academy has successfully passed the EASA recurrent qualification for the full flight simulators on A320 (neo /ceo), B737-800, and B777.

XBAG, the safety bag for fighting battery fires in aircraft, is now part of Dynamic Advanced Training, the training programme of provider of aviation safety and security training in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.

Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) has won the Training Provider of the Year Award at the Aviation Business Middle East Awards 2022.

Global flying activity, the metric that drives maintenance spending, has a ways to go before it is on par with pre-pandemic levels.

The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) has launched the Space Workshops with the aim to support the private sector and encourage start-ups with opportunities.