Maintenance & Training

At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, flight training students become comfortable with basic principles in a simulated environment before moving into an aircraft.

2Excel had 18 aircraft based at Doncaster but has been forced to move its fleet to Teesside and Humberside airports, after Doncaster Airport’s owners Peel Group announced it would close the airport in September.

Optima Aero Europe has expanded its presence in Europe by opening a new facility in Anglet, France.

Bombardier's new maintenance facility at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport offers major inspections, upgrades, modifications and avionics installations, as well as interior refurbishments.

What does the talent pipeline look like and is training evolving to better train for competency? Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President Barry Butler talks with Aviation Week.

Commercial aviation advantages will be difficult to overcome.

ShowNews talks to Textron’s CEO: Demand is in excess of supply.

The expansions are part of ongoing growth of their worldwide facilities.

The “X” shaves $1 million off the price.

Fargo Jet Center (FJC), located at Hector International Airport (KFAR) in Fargo, North Dakota, has announced the expansion of its facility to include a new $22 million 112,000 ft.² hangar and office complex.

Textron Aviation has announced an agreement with ATP Flight School, a pilot training academy, for the purchase of 55 Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft.

High school and middle school students who do take an interest in aviation as a career often believe their only decision is whether they should become a pilot. A special task force is making recommendations.

Aviation Week Network recognizes 20 exceptional students leading change in the aerospace and defense industry.

While some flight schools have impressive graduation rates producing new pilots with sport and private certificates, many others are confronted with attrition t

Why incorporating virtual reality in helicopter pilot training can make it safer.

Sabena says that half of the French military helicopter fleet will now benefit from its services.

Operators of business aircraft can provide a personal touch to lure pilots, unlike the airlines whose size works against them.

Many aviation articles bemoan the fact that only about 7% of the pilot industry is made up of women, but they fail to explore the reasons why no less

Bombardier has opened its new Melbourne Service Center at Essendon Fields Airport in Australia, part of the company’s worldwide aftermarket network expansion.

Mid-Continent Aviation Services (MCAS) has expanded its maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities with the completion of a fourth hangar.

The company is building an extension to its facility at Subang Airport as it reaches capacity from growing business aviation activities in the region.

The VRM system allows pilots to practice routine, abnormal and emergency procedures efficiently.

We’re headed to the Matterhorn.

VRM Switzerland’s flight training device is paving the way for more affordable and potentially more versatile training devices that can be used for enhancing ov

The funding was awarded by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration.