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Able Aerospace expands opportunities with Nadcap Accreditations

Able Aerospace Services has expanded its ability to serve key industry segments with three new accreditations from Nadcap, the global program denoting superior competency in aerospace-specific special processes capabilities. The new Nadcap accreditations recognize Able’s non-destructiv...

ExecuJet Middle East is ‘Overall & International’ winner at Annual Bombardier ASF Excellence Awards

ExecuJet Middle East is celebrating being announced as the Overall & International Winner at the 8th Annual Bombardier Authorized Service Facility (ASF) Awards, marking ExecuJet’s eighth consecutive win since 2011. Presented at NBAA last week, the accolade recognises the long-term...


Jet Aviation performs two C-Checks in tandem on Gulfstream GVs in Dubai

Jet Aviation is pleased to announce it successfully performed two simultaneous 192-month C-Checks on Gulfstream GVs in Dubai. Both checks were combined with a number of service bulletins. The company recently redelivered the aircraft to two separate customers. As a factory authorized service center for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Jet Aviation’s maintenance center in Dubai...

New ownership and bright future for Monarch Aircraft Engineering

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has agreed the terms of its new ownership structure, with a transaction in which Greybull Capital LLP becomes the majority shareholder in the leading aircraft MRO provider. MAEL’s lenders PNC will continue to provide facilities and support, and many of the operator’s key customers have also expressed their support for the business as the restructu...

C Series Aircraft Lands at École nationale d’aérotechnique to Start New Training Mission

The CS100 aircraft donated by Bombardier was welcomed by hundreds of students at the École nationale d’aérotechnique This aircraft will enhance aerospace technical training by giving Québec students access to the latest technology in commercial aviation A C Series aircraft landed for the first time at the St-Hubert airport, where it was officially han...

FRENCH PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL ASTONFLY ACQUIRES THEIR THIRD ALSIM AL250 FLIGHT SIM IN 12 MONTHS

Alsim is very pleased to announce the sale of a third AL250 FNPT II simulator, to Astonfly, a flight training school located in Toussus-le-Noble, near Paris, France. The simulator will be delivered beginning of 2019. Alsim developed the EASA & FAA certified AL250 simulator in 2016 in response to a strong market demand. This compact FNPT II addresses initial phase tr...

TAG Aviation’s Le Bourget Maintenance Service Centre receives Bombardier ASF Line Maintenance Excellence Award for a Fourth Year

TAG Aviation’s Maintenance Services Centre at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, has been awarded the Bombardier Authorized Service Facility (ASF) Excellence Award for Line Maintenance for a fourth consecutive year. Bombardier ASF Excellence Awards are presented annually to Bombardier Business Aircraft ASFs that deliver the best performance across a set of specific measurable...

Field International shows trust to FL Technics: exclusive representation in almost entire Eurasia

MRO Europe, Amsterdam: FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced signing a cooperation agreement with an independent global engineering enterprise Field International Ltd. Under the terms of this agreement, FL Technics shall act as an exclusive representative of Field International Ltd across Scandinavia, Russia, CIS, Mongolia....

Safran wins new wheel and brake contract from Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines has chosen wheels and carbon brakes from Safran Landing Systems for its fleets of 25 Airbus A350-900 and 25 Boeing 787-9 long-range aircraft, set to enter service starting in 2019. The contract was announced during a signing ceremony at the MRO Europe trade show in Amsterdam, attended by Ahmet Bolat Phd., Chief Investment & Technology Officer at Turkish Airlines, and Jean Sou&...

STG Aerospace wins order from Volotea for 45 full-colour liTeMood® LED cabin lighting systems

STG Aerospace, the pioneering aircraft cabin lighting specialist, is delighted to announce that its full-colour Airbus liTeMood® LED cabin lighting system has been chosen by Volotea, the Spanish low-cost operator. Currently operating a mixed fleet of A319s and Boeing 717s, the airline plans to move to an all-Airbus fleet over the next five years, resulting in this current order with STG Aer...

Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam awards FL Technics Indonesia with AMO certification

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has announced that its subsidiary company FL Technics Indonesia hasreceived an Approved MaintenanceOrganization (AMO) certification from the CivilAviation Administration of Vietnam. This approval opens the door for the company, based in Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airpo...

METROJET ENGINEERING CLARK RECEIVES FAA GLOBAL 6000 60-MONTH INSPECTION APPROVAL

Hong Kong-based Metrojet Limited (www.metrojet.com), a business aviation service provider with presence throughout Asia Pacific, is pleased to announce that its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) joint venture in The Philippines – Metrojet Engineering Clark – has recently increased its Bombardier Global 6000 capability up to 60-month inspection level with the corresp...

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 Avgas and piston aircraft ground support.  ATP’s fleet of over 330 aircraft have been...

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 largest infrastructure growth to date. Plans are currently being finalized for the groundbreaking...

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Groundbreaking for new facility at Clark International Airport

Lufthansa Technik Philippines, the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MacroAsia Corporation, broke ground this Thursday on its new base maintenance facility at Clark International Airport. Th...

Daher Aircraft expands its authorized service center Network in Brazil, reinforcing support for the country's growing TBM fleet

Daher Aircraft has strengthened its customer support coverage for Brazilian owners and operators of the fast, efficient TBM airplane family with the addition of two authorized service centers to the c...

Flying more sustainably with “shark skin”: Lufthansa Group tests next-generation AeroSHARK

An Airbus A319 of Lufthansa City Airlines is the world’s first test aircraft for a new generation of fuel-efficient AeroSHARK technology. Lufthansa Technik will test approximately 70 transp...