Austrian Airlines is reconverting two Boeing 777-200ERs for passenger service that had been used for cargo flights over the past 15 months amid the COVID-19 crisis.
London-based aviation-services firm Air One Aviation is acquiring two flight-training businesses, UK-based Quadrant Systems Limited (QSL) and Sharjah-based Pier Seven Aviation FZC.
Empire Aviation Group and CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation), has announced the appointment of Matthieu Chavrot as the global director of aircraft sales and acquisitions.
S7 Technics will build a new facility at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) that will be the first in Russia to overhaul CFM International CFM56-5B/7B engines, installed on the Airbus A320ceo and Boeing 737NG.
Jordan has opened a Military Women’s Training Centre in the Ghabawi area in Zarqa Governorate, which was established in cooperation between JAF and NATO.
As part of a new commercial structure, Swissport has redesigned its market setup and appointed new regional managers across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
Paramount Aerospace Systems, subsidiary to aerospace and technology company Paramount Group, has announced that its Technical Aviation Academy has strategically re-located to Wonderboom National Airport, adjacent to the company’s advanced aircraft manufacturing facility.
While growth remains a goal, Boeing Global Services will focus more on investing in products and services with high capital-return potential, according to Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun.
Emirates Group Security (EGS) and GMR Aviation Academy (GMRAA), two aviation training providers based in Dubai and India respectively, have signed an MoU to promote cooperation for the development and exchange of information, technical expertise, and experiences in aviation security.
The largest Aviation Academy in Africa, Ethiopian Aviation Academy, in collaboration with the UK's Open University, saw 15 Ethiopian Group management staff graduate with Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees on Saturday 12th June 2021.
Between receiving EASA certification for the aircraft and its electric propulsion unit in June 2020 and the end of last year, Pipistrel delivered 39 Velis Electros.
The eighth cohort of General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has graduated from air traffic control (ATC) training with Airways International, 11 years after the first group to arrive in New Zealand completed their training.
HE Dr Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, Minister of State for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Qatar and the UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air force.
Dawit Lemma, founder and CEO of Krimson Aviation, the Addis Ababa-based flight support, charter, leasing, MRO solutions and aviation consultancy, joined the International Standards for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Board on May 17.
The Turkish Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) has published a report concluding that the Turkish air force risks falling “behind world trends” as a result of leaving the F-35 programme. Its third-generation F-4s and fourth-generation F-16s are nearing the end of their useful lives, and the indigenous TF-X fighter is unlikely to be ready in time to replace them.
The Egypt and the UK are moving towards closer military training and cooperation following a visit to Cairo by the UK chief of defence staff’s senior advisor to the MENA region.
Pakistan Air Force instructors have been working in-country to support the Nigerian Air Force ahead of this month’s arrival of three JF-17 Thunder fighters.
In recent years, pilot production across all segments of aviation and pilot retention specifically for militaries have become critical issues. Though the current pandemic may have stalled the exodus of pilots from the military to civil aviation sector, this is expected to be a relatively short-term pause and in the not too distant future militaries will again find that pilots are leaving faster than they can be replaced.
Pilots and crew of the Philippine Air Force’s 15th Strike Wing have arrived in Ankara to begin training with Turkey Aerospace Industry (TAI) on the T129 helicopters following approval for the export by the US State Department.
The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has announced that its chief executive officer, Chris Zweigenthal, will retire from the organisation at the end of August 2021.
The growing number of DA-42 in military roles across the emerging markets has seen a new business opportunity for Alsim who have been developing simulators for the civil training markets.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to initially lease an Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft to help train the IAF personnel in mid-air refuelling.
