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SR Technics wins major PW4000 order from Condor

SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider, announced today that it had concluded an exclusive contract with Condor Flugdienst GmbH, part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines, Germany’s most popular leisure airline, to service its Pratt & Whitney (PW) 4000 engine fleet. Th...

Etihad Airways Medical Centre signs partnership with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Etihad Airways Medical Centre, the UAE's first aeromedical facility, and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), Ireland's oldest post-graduate medical training body, have announced a new partnership to provide the airline with educational,...

Hawaiian Airlines To Purchase Second Airbus Simulator For On-Site Pilot Training

Hawaiian Airlines announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training to purchase a second Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for its pilot training facilities at its corporate headquarters in Honolulu. The new A320 series simulator will allow Hawaiian to continue its Advanced Qualification Program for pilots using the most advanced and sophisticated techn...

AFI KLM E&M Consolidates Dedicated A350 MRO Service Offer

AFI KLM E&M has signed an agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) covering aircraft maintenance services in connection with Airbus A350 components supplied by the North American OEM. The go-to partner for A350 operators The powerful ties it has forged with the leading OEMs mean that AFI KLM E&a...

Hartzell Engine Technologies Buys Sky-Tec Brand

Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET), a Tailwind Technologies Company, took advantage of the first-day excitement at Sun ’n’ Fun 2016 to announce that it has purchased the Sky-Tec brand of high-performance aircraft starters and solenoids. Based in Montgomery, Ala., HET is an OEM supplier of aircraft cabin heating solutions and engine accessories, including turboc...

Flying Colours completes first of eight Sparkle Roll CRJ200 conversions

Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, has announced the first of eight CRJ 200 conversions, will be re-delivered to Joint Venture partner Sparkle Roll Jet (SRJ) before the end of April. The multi-class format required a new STC for China which the Civil Aviation Administration of China, CAAC, certified at Flying Colours Corp.’s Peterboroug...

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim receives GCAA CAR145 approval

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has received CAR145 approval from UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority for providing maintenance services for the Bombardier Global Express and Challenger 604/605 type aircraft. “This is a major milestone for DCAF as it means we are now in a position to provide comprehensive maintenance services to our fleet of managed aircraft,” said Michael Lind...

ExecuJet announces new Line Maintenance Station for EASA aircraft in Nigeria

ExecuJet is announcing an extended Line Maintenance capability for EASA registered aircraft at its base in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. In partnership with Maintenance Centre Malta (MCM), ExecuJet now supports a larger fleet of different aircraft types from Bombardier, Dassault and Hawker in the West Africa region. Ettore Poggi, Vice President, ExecuJet Africa, says:...

Lufthansa Technik's interior workshops enter into contract manufacturing

The interior workshops of Lufthansa Technik Base Maintenance in Hamburg anticipate opportunities from entering into contract manufacturing of cabin elements for large aircraft manufacturers who are ramping up their production. The extremely flexible workshops at Lufthansa Technik can offer support through their extensive capabilities in engineering, design and production,...

Bombardier and Adria Tehnika Extend Authorized Service Facility Agreement for CRJ Series Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that it has extended its Authorized Service Facility (ASF) agreement with Adria Tehnika of Ljubljana, Slovenia, for an additional five-year term. Under the agreement, Adria Tehnika is designated as an authorized service provider for base and other maintenance on all Bombardier CRJ Series aircraft, including aircraft modifications and upgr...

Lufthansa Technik introduces emergency floor path marking system that matches interior

Engineers at Lufthansa Technik have now refined their emergency floor path marking system to be only visible when actually needed. “GuideU CustomFit” can be fully integrated in any carpet and flooring design. It will be introduced to the business community for the first time at the Aircraft Interiors Expo from April 5 – 7 in Hamburg. Torben Biehl, Head of product developme...

Lufthansa Technik wins Surinam A340 contract

Lufthansa Technik has signed a four-year contract with Surinam Airways to provide its total technical support offering on an A340-300 aircraft operated by the airline. Under the terms of the agreement, LHT will provide spare parts pooling services through its warehouse located in Amsterdam while also carrying out all aircraft checks at its facilities in Brussels and Frankfurt. The contrac...

Bombardier Business Aircraft Service Centres Complete Nearly 120,000 Hours of Training

Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Service Centre network continues to bolster the capabilities and skills of its workforce to accommodate customer needs whenever and wherever they arise. In 2015 alone, the network completed approximately 120,000 man-hours of training. This is a direct reflection of Bombardier’s commitment to offering its customers outstanding flexibility and quality throu...

Embraer Phenom 100 jets to train UK armed forces aircrew

The Embraer Phenom 100 business jet has been selected to provide multi-engine pilot training to armed forces aircrew in the United Kingdom. The contract with Affinity Flight Training Services will provide five aircraft to the U.K Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System, (UKMFTS) program. The contract includes support services and an option for additional follow on aircraft...

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