Maintenance & Training

A massive skills gap facing industries including aerospace and space needs urgent attention from governments and corporations according to the advisory board for the Global Aerospace Summit which takes place in Abu Dhabi this month.

At the Future Aviation Forum, Prince Sultan Aviation Academy (PSAA) and Airbus have signed three important agreements.

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Abdérahmane Berthé, met the new Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive officer, Mesfin Tasew Bekele in Addis for the second edition of “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues” session.

Convincing U.S. lawmakers to revisit the 2010 law that required the FAA to boost minimum flight hours for airline pilots to 1,500 hr. will require a unified push backed with data to support revised standards, executives from two major carriers said.

Airbus has signed an MoU with Tata STRIVE, a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts, and the Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) to train young Indians for aviation and aerospace jobs.

AviAssist, which supports aviation safety and promotion in African, has revealed a new seven-part series of its Focus Sessions.

Airbus Global Market Forecast has said there will be a massive demand for aircraft maintenance technicians and engineers over the next 15 to 20 years.

CPaT Global, a provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, announced a new product launch—the Bombardier CRJ 700/900 Aircraft Systems course.

Burkina Faso is again relying on international carriers for its air transport following an engine fire on Air Burkina’s only operational Embraer E195 aircraft last week.

As flight activity rises, the aftermarket recovery’s pace faces threats from labor, supply chain constraints.

ALSIM has announced its second sale at AERO Friedrichshafen 2022, an ALSIM ALSR20 simulator to Cirrus South Africa, based in Lanseria, South Africa.

Listen in as Aviation Week and ATW air transport editors discuss the pilot shortage U.S. airlines are grappling with during the post-pandemic rebound.

Air New Zealand has revealed a plan to relocate its headquarters to Auckland Airport, and is also restarting its project to build a new maintenance hangar there.

Carriers predict a return to profitability in the second quarter, but pilot staffing challenges loom large.

Aerospace components manufacturer aims to slash training needed to fly eVTOL aircraft.

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has cut its first Boeing 767-300BCF cargo door, while Chinese-owned lessor CDB Aviation has separately taken delivery of its first freighter.

The curriculum for engineering must expand to include flexible interdisciplinary coursework and hands-on laboratory experience.

With the recent purchase of three Diamond Aircraft flight training devices, Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) is now operating a fleet of five state-of-the art simulators.

Air India is restoring salaries of employees following recovery from the pandemic, of which the Indian aviation sector was badly hit and resulted in a cut in salaries.

US domestic capacity in 2022 is returning to 2019 levels, but this follows the early retirements in 2020 and 2021 of thousands of flight crew. The

Honeywell has appointed Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-juffali as Honeywell country president of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Unlike in the U.S., the pilot market is still tough in Europe and in the Lufthansa Group in particular.

Ryanair is adding French flying school Astonfly to its network of European partners for pilot training as part of plans to meet its sustained demand for pilots.

Pilots are gaining access to more data and contributing to aggregation programs, and operators are benefiting.

Mehmet T. Nane, who has been serving as CEO of Pegasus Airlines since 2016, has become a Member of the Board of Directors and was elected vice-chairperson of the Board.