Maintenance & Training

Bangladeshi startup Air Astra has selected L3Harris Technologies as its pilot training provider.

Adefunke Adeyemi has been elected as the new Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).

The long-expected pilot shortage has now begun to hit home, with airlines around the world cancelling flights due to a lack of crews, particularly in those countries experiencing a strong bounce-back in air travel demand after Covid-19.

It will be Safran's largest heavy maintenance facility in the world, with annual capacity for up to 300 Leap engine shop visits.

How MROs are adapting and planning for ever-changing fleet composition as air travel recovers.

Oman Air is enabling more opportunities for Omanis from varied academic backgrounds, providing more leadership and specialised aerospace positions.

flydocs, a asset management solution provider for the aviation industry, has appointed Mahendra Senapati as financial director for flydocs India.

What the future has in store for the Trent XWB engine aftermarket.

The FAA is kicking off consideration of a Republic Airways request to provide an exemption for graduates of a tailored program in its training academy that would allow them to qualify as airline pilots with 750 hr. of flight experience.

Kuwait Airways has participated in a career fair organised by the College of Engineering and Petroleum at the Kuwait University.

AJW Group, a producer of aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has appointed Rachael Caston as CEO of AJW Aviation.

Seasoned aviation professional Richard Nuttall has had his role as chief executive confirmed by SriLankan Airlines.

After a decade at the head of Reunionese airline Air Austral, Marie-Joseph Malé has announced that he's leaving.

Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, has received the ‘2022 Joseph Murphy Award’ by Air Transport World (ATW).

EgyptAir Training Academy (ETA) has successfully passed the International Civil Aviation Organization's inspection.

Summa Airports Niger has signed an MoU with İstanbul International Airport on online and in-class training via İGA Academy, mutual airport site visits, internship opportunities for Nigerien students.

Pegasus Airlines Vice-Chairperson of the Board and managing director Mehmet Tevfik Nane has assumed his duties as Chair of the IATA Board of Governors for a one-year term.

RwandAir CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo will become the first woman to serve as chairman of the IATA Board of Governors when she takes over next year.

Qatar Airways and GE Aviation have joined forces to launch a customised training programme under the name ‘Leadership, Future and Culture’ (LFC).

MRO in West Africa has received a major boost following an agreement between Jordan’s Joramco – the major independent MRO provider across the Middle East and Africa region- and Ghana’s Aerojet.

EgyptAir Training Academy has welcomed a delegation from Siemens to its Cairo base as part of a move towards greater collaboration.

Norway has canceled its NH90 program and is demanding a refund after struggling with availability of the naval variant.

The FAA’s amended type certification process is successful, but agency needs more flexibility to put less focus on cost justifications.

ICAO’s top executive is calling on global regulators to broaden their efforts to foster mutual acceptance of aviation maintenance organizations.

A delegation from Siemens recently visited EgyptAir Training Academy to introduce EgyptAir Training Academy's potentials and capabilities.