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A German-Polish success story: Ten years of MTU Aero Engines Polska

Ten years ago, the first 200 employees at MTU Aero Engines Polska started producing their first engine components. Today, the site in the Polish Aviation Valley near Rzeszów has about 900 employees – and is indispensable in the production network of Germany's leading engine manufact...

Establishment of New Line Maintenance Station in Dubai - agreement signed between Bombardier and JETEX

An important agreement to be celebrated at EBACE in Geneva! The agreement with JETEX for the establishment of a new Line Maintenance Station in Dubai, further is signed between Bombardier and JETEX, complementing the tip-to-tail maintenance services provided by Bombardier&rsqu...


Cougar Soars Back to Engage Worldwide Pilot Shortage and Innovation Needs

Cougar Aircraft Corp. has acquired the assets of the GA-7-Cougar light twin prop executive aircraft, designed and formerly produced by Grumman Gulfstream Aviation renown for military and corporate jets. Cougar now owns the FAA Type Certificate, production fixtures, and technology needed to build this aircraft, which is aimed at both the training market, and as a platform for the next generati...

Congratulations - 1,000th Trainee graduated from Falcon Practical Training Course

In your opinion, 1000 trainee graduated, is it a lot, not yet, a little bit? For a practical training course?How do you think aviation industry professionals are learning?This is quite a milestone for The Dassault Training Academy, as the 1,000th trainee graduated from its Falcon Practical Training course, underscoring the growing popularity of this advanced, hands-on educational to...

Turkish Airlines pilots to be trained by BAA Training

Turkish Airlines, one of the top airlines in the world, has signed a contract with BAA Training for a Cadet training program. One of the TOP 3 biggest independent aviation training centers in Europe, BAA Training, is proud to announce that it will deliver training to almost 300 cadets for the airline in 3.5 years. Having one of Europe's youngest fleets with an average age of 8,2 years, Turk...

Euramec Calls for Smart Cost Efficiency with new Business Aviation Flight Simulator Line Up

Simple question - in your opinion, how important are flight simulators for business aircraft types? What's on the market? What need to be improved? Euramec announced a new line up of Flight Simulators for business aircraft types and further explore technologies to help operators reduce initial and recurrent training costs.     “Training optimization is a major focus f...

Interior Inspector application launched by Magnetic MRO

Investment in new technology is important in order to always be on TOP level of quality and service development. So here it is a technologycal news from Magnetic MRO - Interior Inspector – a new service which connects airline workers and maintenance teams in logging damages found in the passenger cabin of a commercial airliner. The company is constantly working on finding new ways to...

Meet the growing International Team of Flying Colours

Flying Colours Corp. are expanding, not just expanding, but coming to Europe! Attention, the expansion of its international team is announced: who and what's the role?  Paul Dunford to the newly created role of Managing Director, International Operations and naming Andrew Pearce as its first ever European Sales Manager. The new positions reflect the company’s commitment to&n...

New MTU Aero Engines repair facility in Serbia

New step to further expantion of MTU Aero Engines MRO network with a dedicated parts repair facility, an investment in a location in the Belgrade region.  A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between he Government of the Republic of Serbia and MTU Aero Engines AG with regard to the company’s intention to set up a new industrial site in Serbia. The Serbian...

Japanese New Central Airservice takes delivery of Dornier 228

Japanese New Central Airservice got new Dornier 228 from RUAG MRO International. New Central Airservice, together with their longstanding partner, Sojitz Aerospace Corporation (SOASCO), accepted delivery of their factory new 19-passenger commuter aircraft during a ceremony at the RUAG MRO International facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, on 29 March 2019. A RUAG Dornier 228 cre...

The Fastest Way to the Modern Airlines’ Cockpit - MPL

It’s not a secret that every airline needs highly professional and well-trained pilots. The fastest way leading an aspiring future pilot to the airline’s cockpit is the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence Program (MPL).  Thea only question is why an increasing number of airlines is turning to MPL programs, and what the difference between the MPL program and traditional licensing programs is?...

SafeDrone: Comprehensive contracts with drone manufacturers

SafeDrone by Lufthansa Technik has signed comprehensive contracts with drone manufacturers Matternet and SwissDrones. Both companies will use SafeDrone Health to improve the efficiency of their maintenance programs. SafeDrone Health helps to reduce maintenance efforts SafeDrone Health is a holistic and manufacturer-independent diagnostic solution especially for flight-critical components of...

AFI KLM E&M to provide maintenance solutions for Air Tahiti Nui 787 fleet support

Extending a long-standing relationship, two contracts, organizing component and engine support for the French carrier's fleet of four Boeing 787-9s were signed between AFI KLM E&M and Air Tahiti Nui .The solutions delivered by the MRO group include repairs and pool access for the Component Support aspect, shop visits, engineering and logistics support for the nine GEnx-1B po...

Profitable growth of MTU Aero Engines in the first quarter of 2019

MTU Aero Engines reported increased revenues and earnings as well as that business prospects remain positive. In the first quarter of 2019, MTU Aero Engines AG saw its revenues  increase by 11 % from € 1,016.4 million to € 1,131.2 million. The group’s operating profit grew by 7 % to € 187.6 million (1-3/2018: € 175.1 million), resulting in an adjus...

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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

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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...