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Hillsboro Aviation became authorized Airbus Helicopters service center

Hillsboro Aviation has been designated as an authorized Airbus Helicopters Service Center. In 2016, Hillsboro was appointed Airbus Helicopter’s first-ever North American commercial sales agent in the aircraft manufacturer’s 47-year history. With its new service center appointment, H...

Air Astana completes 1st C-check on Airbus A321neo

Air Astana has successfully completed its first six-year C-Check at its engineering and technical center in Astana. The work on an Airbus A321 took more than 20 days and involved 7,800 man-hours undertaken by highly qualified mechanics and engineers holding international certificates and EASA P...

Innovative manufacturing made in France - JCB Aero

JCB Aero opened early December its facility doors to an audience of government representatives, industry experts and local dignitaries. The company celebrated the inauguration of their newly installed 3D Printing Large Scale 5 axis CNC Machine “Cms Poseidon Kreator”. This new CNC machine is the first one in France and ensures 3D printing and machining of parts and tools of large sizes...

Pilatus enters agreement to acquire Pilatus focused aircraft maintenance business from Aero Centers Epps

Founded in 1965, Epps Aviation has been an Authorized Pilatus Sales and Service Center since 1996. Pilatus will assume responsibility for aircraft sales within this territory, and, after the deal closes, will incorporate the Pilatus maintenance operations (MRO) from 2024 and manage them independently from thereon. The Pilatus Service Center operation will continue to operate through Epps until the...

Airflite becomes an authorized service center in Australia for Daher TBM turboprop-powered aircraft family

Daher Aircraft Division further enhances its support Network coverage in Australia with the appointment of Airflite as an authorized service center for the TBM fast and efficient aircraft family, joining Airflite’s previous maintenance, repair and overhaul approval for Daher’s Kodiak series of utility airplanes. Airflite is based in Western Australia at two primary...

Paramount Aviation Services announced certification of its new Airbus A320 simulator in Miami

Paramount Aviation Services significantly adds much needed Airbus A320 pilot training capacity in North and South America with the FAA certification of its new Airbus A320 full-flight-simulator. Newly certified Airbus A320 FFS full-flight-simulator seamlessly integrates with Paramount’s existing A320 flight-training-device. Together, this technological duo makes up the cornerstone tools...

Dassault Aviation & Dassault Systèmes extend collaboration to aircraft MRO in the cloud

Dassault Aviation has extended its use of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on a sovereign cloud to optimize the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its fleet of Rafale aircraft for the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Platform’ powerful data science and collaboration capabilities enable Dassault Aviation to anticipate MRO issues, optimize maintenance operations and maximize fleet availability...

TAG Aviation expands maintenance capabilities with Bermuda approval

TAG Aviation has obtained OTAR-145 approval from the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority for its maintenance stations in Hong Kong, Macau, and Subang, Malaysia. The new approval authorizes TAG Aviation to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul services on Bombardier Global Express/5000/6000/6500/7500 aircraft, Dassault Falcon 7X/8X aircraft, and Gulfstream G450/550/600/650 aircraft regis...

Elixir Aircraft received EASA certification for full glass cockpit configuration

The 4th generation part 23 aircraft manufacturer, Elixir Aircraft, marked next phase of their continued advancement by receiving EASA Certification for the Full Glass Cockpit layout. Consisting of Dual Garmin G3X touchscreens, a GTN750xi and Garmins GNC355a Comms and Nav backup unit. World Wide head of sales Mike Tonkin commented: “With this new flight deck configuration...

Riyadh Air partners with CAE for pilot training

CAE and Riyadh Air agreed on purchase of two state-of-the-art Boeing 787 CAE7000XR full-flight simulators and a Boeing 787 flight training device to support the new airline as it continues its journey to take off in 2025. CAE and Riyadh Air will work in partnership with Prince Sultan University to deploy the simulators in 2024 at a purpose-built facility at the newly establishe...

Quality Fly further bolsters fleet to meet 30% expected growth in 2024

Quality Fly announced pending arrival of 4 more brand-new Tecnam P2008 aircraft in order to meet an expected 30% growth in 2024. The success of Quality Fly’ EASA ATPL Integrated course, featuring all the latest innovations in airline pilot training, has propelled rapid growth for the Madrid-based flight school. In 2024, the school is poised for further expansion with an exp...

Total Component Support for Air Serbia

Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a minimum five-year contract to provide Total Component Support for their current and future Airbus A320ceo family fleet. The contract includes comprehensive Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul services as well as spare parts pooling and homebase services for the required components in Belgrade,...

Challenges of aging fleets in modern era - from maintenance woes to efficiency gains

Back in the days of aviation' golden era, where iconic jumbo jets and sleek, cutting-edge models dominated the skies, airlines took pride in their state-of-the-art fleets, symbolizing the pinnacle of technological achievement. Yet, as time marches on, these once-mighty aircraft are showing signs of age, posing a unique set of challenges for the industry. Yet, as commercial transportation...

Europe’ largest aviation training and recruitment event, Pilot Expo 2024, interview with Ingmars Kibermanis

Today 50skyshades has the pleasure to welcome the guilty one who once created Pilot Expo – Ingmars Kibermanis. We have a lot of questions, just because for us it will be first time visiting this show next February. T.O. We have to be prepared, can you tell us – how you got the idea? Because you're the guilty one who actually came up, then got a team. And now the...

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Why faster diagnostics are becoming critical for aircraft heavy maintenance

For airlines, every additional day an aircraft remains on the ground during heavy maintenance directly impacts operations, schedules, and revenue. As maintenance workloads become more complex and turn...

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...