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Signature Flight Support inks deal with ATP Flight School for a nationwide flight support program

Signature Flight Support recently signed an agreement with the nation’s largest flight training provider, ATP Flight School, for a nationwide, full-service flight support agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Signature Flight Support will be the preferred flight support partner for A...

Flying Colours Corp. increases North American footprint with largest expansion yet

On the eve of this year’s NBAA Flying Colours - booth 1735 - the North American maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions business has announced it is adding more than 140,000 square feet to its North American footprint as it continues its ambitious expansion and embarks on its l...

TAG Farnborough Airport announces winner of Flying Scholarship 2018

TAG Farnborough Airport has announced that 17-year-old Réshé Harrison has been awarded the TAG Flying Scholarship 2018 which provides training towards a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). The TAG Flying Scholarship is part of the airport’s “Aviation to Education” programme. Now in its 11th year, the programme engages schools and colleges wi...

Flying Colours Corp. delivers 100th Bombardier Challenger retrofit.

Ahead of this year’s NBAA-BACE Flying Colours Corp. has reached a significant milestone as its Peterborough facility re-delivered its one hundredth major retrofit of a Bombardier Challenger model. The Bombardier Challenger 604, delivered in the first week of October, underwent a major overhaul of the cabin, avionics, connectivity and fuselage. Minor maintenance was conducted as the same...

Lufthansa Technik performed first base maintenance layovers of Boeing 737 MAX

Lufthansa Technik recently performed the first major connectivity modifications on Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft of an undisclosed customer. The aircraft were modified at Lufthansa Technik Budapest. The airline customer is currently enlarging its all-Boeing 737 fleet with the newest member of this aircraft family and was looking for a partner to equip the fleet with a state-of-the-art connectivity...

Popular Private Jet Modifications – Jet MS Prepares Private Jets for the Future

Every year, business jet operators spend significant amounts of their budgets on various upgrades. If those upgrades are related to avionics and retrofits, the amounts quickly become significant. Modifications to power plants, cabin systems, exteriors, and interiors can double or triple the money spent on upgrades. There is no doubt that for many owners the most popular modifications are...

Euramec establishes China R&D Center for Custom-made Flight Training Devices and Flight Simulators

European aerospace in support of China Innovation-Drive Strategy with Hangzhou Startup STAR Program Award Euramec, the European provider of advanced flight simulation solutions, announced today the opening of its Hangzhou R&D Center, supported by The Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government as an integral part of its China Innovation-Drive Strategy. In June 2018...

Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines lay foundation stone for joint MRO shop in Poland

EME Aero is a 50/50 joint venture between the two global players and will offer MRO services for the Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family A total investment of 150 million euros by 2020 will make the new facility one of the world’s most modern MRO shops Operations are scheduled to start by the end of 2019; growing workforce expected to reach 1,000 employees by 2026 Lufthansa Techn...

ALSIM celebrates delivery of AL42 simulator to Skyborne Airline Academy

Alsim is pleased to announce the delivery of an AL42 simulator to Skyborne, the UK’s newest and most innovative airline training academy, based at Gloucestershire Airport. Set to meet the ever-increasing demands of the aviation industry with innovative, airline-focused training, Skyborne is the brainchild of three leading figures in aviation training; Tom Misner (Chair...

AZAL to acquire flight simulators for new aircraft types

AZAL President Jahangir Asgarov met with Robin Glover-Faure, President of Commercial Training Solutions of L-3 Technologies, on September 25. At the meeting, the sides discussed prospects for cooperation. The guests noted that the opportunities created in Azerbaijan’s civil aviation by using advanced technology made a great impression on them. Thanks to its innovative development...

Flying Colours Corp. completes third Bombardier Global heavy maintenance check

Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO business has completed its third 120-month, heavy maintenance check, on a Bombardier Global airframe. The ten-year inspection of the Global Express required the privately-owned aircraft to be stripped back to the airframe to enable a full structural inspection. The interior was also stripped bare, as wall panels, carpets, insulating surfaces, floorboard...

Bombardier CRJ Series Certified for Higher Maintenance Intervals

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has granted approval for the maintenance intervals escalation of the CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000 aircraft. The line maintenance interval (A-check) is extended to 800 flight hours, and the heavy maintenance interval (C-check) at 8,000 flight hours. “With the longest maintenance intervals on the regional j...

Metrojet MRO obtains Aruba approval

Hong Kong-based Metrojet Limited (www.metrojet.com), a business aviation service provider based in Hong Kong with presence throughout Asia Pacific, is pleased to announce that its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Facility (MRO) in Hong Kong has recently obtained the approval from Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Aruba to perform Line/ Base Maintenance on Gulfstream and Bombardi...

Lufthansa group chooses FL Technics for 28 Airbus 320s

After several ad-hoc maintenance projects, FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has signed a long-termjoint contract with Lufthansa group companies (network and point-to-point airlines)for MRO services. The firstaircraft is scheduled for maintenance at the beginning of October2018 in Vilnius (Lithuania) and will be fol...

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