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Welcome GOL Aerotech - World-Class Aircraft MRO Business Unit

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. launched of GOL Aerotech, a new business unit that provides aircraft maintenance, repairs, and aircraft and components overhauls (MRO). It extends GOL's expertise in aircraft maintenance to third-party airlines around the world for the first time a...

BAA Training expands its Ab Initio school in Spain

BAA Training announced expanding its Ab Initio flight school. Currently operating in Lithuania and Spain, the Academy adds one more flight base in Spain and expands its training infrastructure. Providing Ab Initio training since 2009, and collaborating with major airlines for cadet tr...


First G650ER 4C inspection completed by Metrojet HK MRO

Hong Kong-based Metrojet Limited announce that its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) in Hong Kong has supported its first 4C maintenance check on a Gulfstream G650ER earlier this year.  By working closely with the flight crew, our team completed all scheduled maintenance within the approved 11-day downtime and budget. During the scheduled maintenance period, the aircraft was...

BAA Training opted for an Alsim AL250

BAA Training has chosen Alsim to provide their Spanish base with an Alsim AL250 simulator. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. The device meets all current regulatory standards and responds to training requirements of smaller and mid-sized ATOs, flight schools, and universities. With...

An exclusive CFM56-7B contract between MTU Maintenance and Malaysia Airlines Berhad

MTU Maintenance and Malaysia Airlines Berhad signed an exclusive 10-year contract for the airline’s over 100 CFM56-7B. The contract covers maintenance, repair and overhaul for the engine fleet until phase-out and includes lease engines and LLP management.  Malaysia Airlines is the national carrier of Malaysia and transports 40,000 guests on more than 300 flights daily to 59 dest...

Expanded presence of Embraer Services & Support in South Florida

Good news for Executive Jets customers in South Florida - Embraer Services & Support announced the expansion of its Executive Jets Service Center at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. As of November 1, Embraer has expanded its service capacity through a lease agreement with Jetscape Services for a dedicated hangar. Embraer’s presence in Florida is s...

Accelerated development - Alsim raises more than 2 million euros

The regional investment fund Fonds Pays de la Loire Croissance et Océan Participations joined Alsim’s capital by investing a total amount of €2.1 million Euros. This arrangement allows the company to pursue both its future product development and its, mostly international, commercial development. Founded in 1994 by Jean-Paul Monnin and Jérôme Binachon, Alsim...

ATO Vizyon Havacilik is going for the Alsim ALX

Alsim announced the sale of a second ALX to Vizyon Havacilik, based in Ankara, Turkey, which has already been operating an ALX. The Alsim ALX FSTD will be configured to provide single engine piston, twin engine piston, twin turbine. The device is designed and approved for ATPL, CPL/MCC in compliance with all current regulatory standards. The ALX offers advanced technology simulation equipment tai...

Smart Aviation choses Alsim again

Smart Aviation, biggest flight school in Western Poland based in Poznan Lawica International Airport, renewed its trust in Alsim in purchasing an AL250. Smart Aviation has already been operating an Alsim ALX, which was certified on April 2017 and has reached more than 5500 hours since then. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfig...

AFI KLM E&M obtains CAAC approval for LEAP maintenance

Following on from its approval by the EASA and FAA, the airline-MRO has now received authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority of China.  AFI KLM E&M formally announced it had received authorization from the CAAC to carry out maintenance operations on LEAP engines (-1A / -1B). The announcement was made at the DDubai Airshow 2019. This marks a decisive new milestone in our in...

Czech Airlines Technics Base Maintenance Agreement with Austrian Airlines

Czech Airlines Technics has entered into a Base Maintenance Agreement with Austrian Airlines. Under the contract, CSAT will provide Airbus A320 Family base maintenance checks in its facilities at Václav Havel Airport Prague for the carrier effective November 2019. “At the moment, this new contract includes five base maintenance checks, namely C-checks, of Airbus A320 Family ai...

Cyber training agreement - Airbus CyberSecurity and ORSYS

Airbus CyberSecurity has signed an agreement with French services provider ORSYS to join forces in cyber training. As part of this agreement, ORSYS has selected the Airbus Cyber Range training platform to advance its services offering. Since 2015, ORSYS has trained more than 15,000 students in cyber security. By adding the Airbus Cyber Range to its portfolio, ORSYS will be able to provide its...

Strategic alliance between Sanad and Emirates

Sanad Aerotech has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with Emirates Airline, through its leading aircraft engine MRO division, Emirates Engine Maintenance Centre. The signing between two of the UAE’s aerospace giants, agreed during the Dubai Airshow 2019, sets a new milestone in the UAE’s future MRO landscape by establishing collaborative groundwork for the de...

Lighting to reduce jet lag of multi-timezone flights to increase passenger well-being

Dubai Air Show became the place where SCHOTT, jetlite, Etihad Engineering and Lufthansa Technik have signed a ceremonial letter expressing co-operation in further exploring and promoting a new “Human-centric Lighting” technology and bringing it to the market. For those who are asking themselves - what is Human-centric Lighting - here is a bit of details by jetlite: "Huma...

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Ten years of growth, expertise and excellence at Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac

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TARMAC Aerosave receives Indian DGCA approval covering the full Airbus A320 family and all engine types

TARMAC Aerosave, Europe’s leading provider of aircraft storage, maintenance and recycling services, announced today at MRO Asia-Pacific 2026 that it has received approval (IND.FAMO.0000000129) f...

Japan Airlines strengthens E-Jet operations with renewed Embraer Pool Program agreement

Embraer and Japan Airlines have strengthened their long-standing collaboration through a new multi-year agreement under Embraer’s Pool Program, ensuring continued maintenance, repair, and spare-...

ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia successfully completes 20-Year heavy maintenance inspection on Indonesian Legacy 600

ExecuJet MRO Services Australia successfully completed a major 20-year scheduled airframe inspection on an Indonesian-registered Embraer Legacy 600 at its Sydney facility, further demonstrating t...

flydubai expands pilot training capacity through partnerships with Egnatia Aviation and Skyborne

flydubai has strengthened its pilot development strategy through new partnerships with Egnatia Aviation and Skyborne Airline Academy, aimed at expanding the airline's training capacity and support...

Strategic partnership boosts India’s pilot training with ALSIM’s AL250

ALSIM has announced that MH Cockpit, based in India, has acquired an AL250 simulator—marking a significant step in MH Cockpit’s expansion plans and reinforcing its ambition to build a robu...