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easyJet set to expand state-of-the-art pilot training operations to support the airline’s growth

easyJet has announced that it is expanding its flight training operations across Europe through its continued partnership with world-renowned training and simulation technology partner CAE. The airline is expanding at existing CAE training facilities with two additional state-of-the-art full fl...

GAMIT’s ROAM wins 10-year SAS Denmark-Norway-Sweden digital records management tender

GAMIT an AMAC Aerospace Company, based in Stansted, UK has been awarded a long-term contract to digitize the technical records of SAS’s fleet using the aerospace industry leading software produced by GAMIT called ROAM (Records Online Asset Management) which is a digital records management solu...


Diamond Aircraft further expands in Middle East with new Abu Dhabi flight school and DA50 delivery

Diamond Aircraft announced a contract for the acquisition of two DA40 und one DA42 aircraft by Abu Dhabi’s newly-founded ‘Project Aviation’ flight school, as well as the delivery of the first DA50 RG to the UAE. Diamond Aircraft’s single-engine DA40 and twin-engine DA42 piston aircraft are used worldwide by preeminent flight schools to train the next generation of...

Alliance Aerospace granted EASA Part 145 maintenance approval

Alliance Aerospace has been awarded EASA Part 145 approval from the Irish Aviation Authority.  The accreditation bolsters capabilities at its 3000m2 FBO Hangar facility located at Westlands Apron, Dublin Airport (EIDW), Ireland. The process of approval was completed within six months.  With helpful assistance from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Alliance Aerospace was able...

British Airways makes multi-million pound aviation investment in Cardiff base

British Airways has announced a multi-million pound investment in its engineering maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport. The planned investment will expand one of three existing maintenance bays at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) to facilitate larger long-haul A350 aircraft. When completed, BAMC will go from one to two fully flexible bays, which will allow more complex and detailed ma...

Total Component Support for SWISS' future A350 fleet

SWISS will entrust Lufthansa Technik's renowned expertise in aircraft component support also for Airbus A350s to be added to its long-haul fleet from next year. A recently signed contract for a Total Component Support covers all aircraft of the new type and complements the current TCS for SWISS’ Airbus A320ceo, A320neo, A330 and A340 fleets. This also includes the expansion of...

FL Technics Indonesia adopts Mototok Spacer 8600 NG technology

FL Technics Indonesia strengthens its commitment to sustainability, efficiency, and operational safety by adopting the advanced Mototok Spacer 8600 NG technology. This technology has been in operation since January 2024 at the company’s hangar in Bali, positioning FL Technics Indonesia as the pioneer in the adoption of green technology within the country’s MRO sector.&nb...

Elevating future aviators with excellence - Tecnam & Redbird

With the delivery of the last four P-Mentors, Tecnam has completed the delivery to the renowned Indian flight school Redbird. With 5 bases in India (Baramati, Seoni, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Lilabari), Redbird is one of the largest training organization in India. To support this steady growth, they have chosen Tecnam's fleet solution to provide excellent platforms for the training of over 500 studen...

SmartLynx Airlines joins Pilot Runway Project— financed pilot training program

SmartLynx Airlines has joined Avion Express and Air Explore in the Pilot Runway project. Recently launched by BAA Training and backed by its parent company, Avia Solutions Group, the innovative pilot training program offers a financial solution, and a job guarantee at the group's airlines upon successfully completing the training. IATA estimates that half a million pilots will n...

Qantas Group pilot training set to soar in new Sydney flight training centre

Qantas and CAE have officially opened Sydney’s new purpose-built flight training centre today, where thousands of new and existing Qantas and Jetstar pilots will train each year. The facility in St Peters near Sydney Airport is now home to five full-flight simulators, three fixed training devices and ten classrooms. Further tranches of training equipment will arrive in the coming years, incl...

Lufthansa Technik to support Avianca’s LEAP-1A engines

Lufthansa Technik has entered into a non-exclusive contract with Avianca, a leading carrier in Latin America, to provide maintenance support for CFM International LEAP-1A engines. This agreement marks Avianca as Lufthansa Technik’s first customer in South America to benefit from Lufthansa Technik’s LEAP-1A services. Through this cooperation, Lufthansa Technik will provide quick turn...

Lufthansa Technik Milan continues light base checks for easyJet

easyJet and Lufthansa Technik Milan have recently signed a three-year extension of their previous contract for recurring light base maintenance checks on the airline’s massive Airbus A320 family fleet. Until mid-2027, each and every night will see two of the airline’s over 300 jets rotating through Milan to receive a broad spectrum of high-quality services. The agreement will cover air...

CAE accelerates maintenance training with new modular program for Bombardier technicians

CAE and Bombardier are collaborating on the development of a modular maintenance training program which will aim to optimize the time required to train Bombardier Service Centre maintenance technicians. The testing phase of this new training program will take place at Bombardier’s service centres in Wichita, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; and Opa Locka, Florida. CAE Business Aviation Division P...

Mermoz Academy expands its training fleet with a third ALSIM simulator

ALSIM is strengthening its partnership with Mermoz Academy, which has recently acquired a second AL250 simulator for its facility in Nîmes. With this addition, Mermoz Academy now has three ALSIM simulators, including another AL250 and an AIRLINER. This new acquisition reflects Mermoz Academy's ongoing confidence in ALSIM’s flight training solutions. Sylvain Morel, Head of T...

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