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BAA Training Vietnam starts long-term business partnership with Vietravel Airlines

BAA Training Vietnam enters the long-term business partnership with Vietravel Airlines by signing a Memorandum of Understanding for five-year comprehensive cooperation and Type Rating service agreement. The agreement outlines the provision of flight crew training and simulator leasing...

DC Aviation opens New hangar at Munich Oberpfaffenhofen Airport

July 20, 2022 will be a big day for DC Aviation as the company will hold an opening celebration to present its new hangar at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport. The approximately 100 invited guests will experience 6,000 square meters of hangar space with a designer lounge, a state-of-the-art conference a...


Aircalin signs contract for pilot training at AATC in Singapore

New Caledonia Aircalin has signed a contract with Airbus Asia Training Centre for the provision of flight crew training for its A320 and A330 pilots. Under the agreement, up to 35 pilots from Aircalin could undergo recurrent training on both aircraft types to maintain their skills and qualifications.   As part of the training package, the airline will also be able to undergo Airb...

The largest OEM business aviation maintenance facility in Asia Pacific - Bombardier

Bombardier opened newly transformed Singapore Service Centre, the largest OEM business aviation maintenance facility in Asia Pacific. A key jewel of the next major investments in Bombardier’s growing worldwide customer service footprint, the newly expanded facility features substantially enhanced service capabilities for its growing fleet of Learjet, Challenger and&n...

BAA Training Vietnam launched a new in the market ATPL integrated with type rating program

BAA Training Vietnam has launched a first in the market EASA ATPL Integrated with Type Rating program to be held in both Europe and Vietnam. Vytautas Jankauskas, Managing Director of BAA Training Vietnam, commented: “BAA Training Vietnam, best-known for its simulator training and Type Rating courses, is now upscaling its services portfolio by adding initial pilot training. The insi...

Launching future 4WARD - The Registry of Aruba & Aegle Aviation

The Registry of Aruba (TROA) expands 4WARD into education, with a course at ERAU titled Future 4WARD - Intro. To Business Aviation, a global initiative to encourage more young people to pursue careers in business aviation. Future 4WARD is a half-day, certificate-based education program focusing on four key areas of the industry: Strategy, Leadership, Brand, and Sustainability. The progra...

Bristow signs long-term maintenance support agreements for its global AW139 helicopter fleet

Bristow Group signed long-term, favorable maintenance support agreements with Leonardo Helicopters for airframes and Pratt & Whitney for engines on the Company's global fleet of AW139 helicopters.The legacy Era AW139 fleet was previously covered by a limited power-by-the-hour ("PBH") support agreement with Leonardo for the airframes, while the engines were maintained on a time an...

Weathering the storm: how aircraft withstand tough weather conditions

Every day, aircraft encounter turbulence caused by inclement and unsettled weather. While no pilot will voluntarily fly through a storm, aircraft still need to be able to cope with unpredictable weather-related events.  Here, the experts at Artemis Aerospace look at how aircraft are engineered to endure difficult conditions and the skills all pilots need to successfully navigate sto...

An investment planned to bolster business jet aviation growth - Complete Aircraft Group finalises acquisition of Aerocare AS Ltd.

Complete Aircraft Group finalises the acquisition of MRO Part 145 provider, interiors and paint specialist Aerocare Aviation Services. This formally ratifies its September 2021 terms of agreement and cements CAG’s move into business aircraft support. The Aerocare Aviation Services Limited name remains unchanged.  CAG Head of Operations Alan Barnes commented: &ldqu...

Rolls-Royce signed TotalCare agreement with T’way as Trent 700 sets new milestone

Rolls-Royce and South Korean airline T’way have signed a TotalCare service agreement for Trent 700 engines that will power three Airbus A330 aircraft. The agreement is the first time T’way has selected TotalCare – adding another new member to the global family of operators relying on this service. It also marks the first time Trent 700 engines have been operated by a So...

Handover of the first Airbus A321LR to the German armed forces

Lufthansa Technik handed over the first of two Airbus A321LR troop transports to the German Armed Forces at the ILA Berlin airshow. In the presence of Lufthansa Technik COO Soeren Stark and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, the State Secretary in the German Ministry of Defense, Benedikt Zimmer, and the German Air Chief, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, formally took delivery of the aircraft w...

Firm contract for up to 10 passenger to freight conversions - Embraer

Embraer has signed a firm order for up to 10 Embraer E-Jets Passenger to Freight conversions with an undisclosed customer. Aircraft for conversion will come from the customer’s current E-Jets fleet, with deliveries starting in 2024. This is the first firm contract for Embraer’s P2F, being the second agreement for this kind of operation. In May, Embraer and Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC)...

Newcomer in Cirrus Aircraft authorised service centres network - Oriens Aviation

Oriens Aviation is now able to offer third party MRO work on the Cirrus SR family of single-engined piston aircraft.  It is expanding its presence at its London Biggin Hill Airport HQ to accommodate the type, which has become increasingly popular in Europe with first time owners.  At AERO Friedrichshafen, Germany in April, Cirrus highlighted nearly 40% of buyers of the...

Honda Aircraft extends partnership with FlightSafety International

Honda Aircraft Company and FlightSafety International announced a 25-year extension to their existing 15-year-old partnership that will continue the two companies’ innovative relationship until 2047. The agreement builds on a partnership that combines the strengths of both parties across different sectors to provide training to HondaJet owners and operators with the highest level of safety,...

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