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Cathay Pacific relaunches its Cadet Pilot programme in collaboration with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Cathay Pacific is relaunching its Cadet Pilot training programme in a new collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) that aims to further enhance Hong Kong’s reputation as a leading centre for aviation training in Asia. Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic,...

Flexjet got record 23rd consecutive FAA Diamond Award for excellence in aircraft maintenance

Flexjet has received the 2021 Federal Aviation Administration’s Diamond Award of Excellence for Aviation Maintenance Technician Training for a record 23rd consecutive year, more than any other private jet travel provider in history. Since 1991, the FAA Diamond Award, the highest...


Busy March at AMAC Aerospace - McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Gulfstream G550 and Airbus

Pre-Purchase Inspections on McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Gulfstream G550 Two aircraft have found new owners after Pre-Purchase Inspections at AMAC Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland. A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 arrived in February in Basel, to undergo a Pre-Purchase Inspection. In addition, AMAC’s maintenance team performed a 6-month check before re-delivering the MD-80 to its new owner...

Welcome back Dassault Falcon regional M&O series & 2022 seminar schedule

Dassault Aviation announces 2022 dates for its Falcon Maintenance & Operations (M&O) seminars. This spring marks the return of a full seminar series after a three-year absence. This year’s schedule will kick off on April 6 in Paris and conclude on May 24 in Chicago. In all, the seminars will travel to seven cities across North America, South America and Europe.  &ld...

DC Aviation successfully completed a 10-year check on a Global 5000 including an avionics and internet upgrade

DC Aviation maintenance center at Stuttgart Airport has successfully completed a 10-year check on a Global 5000, including an avionics and internet upgrade as well as cabin refurbishment. The extensive maintenance work included a general overhaul of the nose and main landing gear, including installation and removal. The airframe and flap fairings were partially painted for sustained prot...

Extended landing gear services agreement In China - HAECO Landing Gear Services & Liebherr-Aerospace

HAECO Landing Gear Services announced that the company and Liebherr- Aerospace have extended their initial landing gear service agreement to offer state- of-the-art landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to Embraer E-Jet E1 operators in the Chinese Mainland. Riding on the stable market demand for MRO services in the region, the partnership combines HAECO Landing Gear...

MTU Maintenance and LATAM Airlines use sustainable fuels for engine tests

MTU Maintenance has joined forces with LATAM, Latin America’s largest airline, to use sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in test runs. A V2500 engine of the airline was recently tested at the MTU site in Hannover with a 10% SAF fuel blend. The fuel used is derived from waste fats, oils, and lubricants and produces up to 80% less greenhouse gas emissions per gallon than paraffin over...

J&C Aero receives 2.2 mln euro loan for new aircraft cabin interior production facility

J&C Aero, an international aviation center for innovation in cabin transformation and CAMO, has received a 2.2 mln euro loan for the construction of its new aircraft cabin interior production line in Vilnius. The loan was provided by Swedbank.  The new 3500 sq. m. facility will house state-of-the-art production lines of some of the most demanded aircraft cabin elements like windscreens...

TAG Aviation inaugurated TAG GLOBAL TRAINING new offices

TAG Global Training has relocated to its new offices in Farnborough Airport. This move is designed to bring the training centre and TAG Aviation’s UK Headquarters closer together within the same building and to create a space that will facilitate the prospect of future expansion. It took a year of planning, designing and construction to bring to life the vision of TAG Global Training’s...

J&C Aero develops in-cabin bassinets and special curve-shaped windscreens

Traveling with new-borns may be challenging as it is, but it gets even more stressful when it comes to flights: many existing bassinet solutions are complicated and time-consuming for the attendants to install and come with additional inconvenience for parents during the flight. J&C Aero engineers and flight experience designers decided to address the issue and developed a new concept of cabin...

Breeze Airways opened training center in Salt Lake City

A new Breeze Training Academy in Salt Lake City was unveiled, designated for initial and recurrent training for its pilots, flight attendants and technical operations teams. The center has offices, training classrooms and briefing rooms and, for pilot training, an Embraer 190 flight simulator. Breeze will add an Airbus A220 flight simulator this summer. The facility is large enough...

Spanish One Air Academy add P2008JC MKII Premium

TECNAM and Spanish Flight School ONE AIR announced the flight school’s acquisition of two Tecnam P2008JC MkII Premium. ONE AIR is the first Spanish flight school to introduce and offer the P2008JC with premium equipment to their students. The single-engine Tecnam P2008’s versatility and ease of use has firmly established it as the aircraft of choice for Flight Training Organisatio...

Start of construction for new training center at MTU Maintenance Zhuhai

At MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, the joint venture partners MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airline Company Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the construction of a new training center. Beginning in early 2023, the center will train 50 to 100 engine mechanics for the company every year. “With a training center, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai will get on a fast lane to be a company with a...

Hartzell names Arrow Aviation as propeller service, support center in India

Hartzell Propeller has appointed Arrow Aviation Pvt. Ltd. as a Service and Support Center in India. Arrow Aviation’s propeller overhauling workshop and its head office are located in Kolkata. It also has locations in Delhi, Mumbai and the UAE. Arrow Aviation provides product support services for airframes, tooling, avionics and instruments, brakes and wheels, consumables and lubricants,...

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

Located alongside Dassault Aviation’s flagship manufacturing facility, Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac is celebrating a decade of dedicated support to Falcon operators around the world....

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...