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KUHN Aviation orders third ACH145 helicopter at NBAA-BACE 2024

KUHN Aviation has ordered a third ACH145 helicopter, following two previous ACH145 orders this year, as it looks to expand its fleet. This commitment includes the first North American order for the refreshed ACH145 Mercedes-Benz Style Edition, while the additional two helicopters will feature ACH Line interiors. The ACH145 Mercedes-Benz Style Edition, currently undergoing a facelift, draws on...

American Airlines and Florida Memorial University partner to expand access to aviation careers

American Airlines announced its donation of a $150,000 grant to Florida Memorial University (FMU) in support of the school's Wayman Aviation Academy, which provides access to careers in aviation for underrepresented students and develops top aviation talent. The contribution furthers American’s mission to create awareness and access to opportunities in aviation. Christina Flores, Mana...

End of an era: Qantas marks final day of 717 flying in Australia

26th October marks the end of an era for the Qantas Group with the last remaining QantasLink Boeing 717 jet taking passengers to Australian skies for the final time. The final flight (QF1511) landed in Canberra at approximately 18:00 this evening, operated by a crew with a long and proud history operating this aircraft and more than 100 years combined experience flying the 717 in Au...

Qantas to invest more than $40 million in the future of aviation with new skills and training initiatives

Qantas Group will invest more than $40 million across a range of new initiatives to train the next generation of Australian aviation talent and accelerate skills across the airline and broader industry, including: New Qantas Group Safety Academy set to launch in 2025 $40 million investment in cabin safety training assets and new facilities across Australia Doubling the number of Pilot Ac...

Supernal and Clay Lacy Aviation partner to prepare FBO network for advanced air mobility operations

Supernal and Clay Lacy Aviation announced a partnership to prepare Clay Lacy's FBO locations for eVTOL operations. This marks Supernal's first official FBO partnership, which will benefit future operators of the company's eVTOL vehicles. As part of the five-year partnership, Supernal and Clay Lacy will develop end-to-end operational plans for integrat...

Tamarack Aerospace expands presence in Europe with new authorized dealership agreement with Prince Aviation

Tamarack Aerospace announced another Authorized Dealership Agreement with Prince Aviation, a well-respected leader in aviation services. This partnership strengthens Tamarack’s presence in Europe, demonstrating a clear commitment to providing cutting-edge aircraft performance and sustainability technology to the region’s CitationJet community. Tamarack CEO, Nick Guida commented: &ld...

TARMAC Aerosave signs a contract with EastMerchant to recycle three A380

TARMAC Aerosave signed a contract with the German arranger and asset management company EastMerchant Capital GmbH. Three A380s will be dismantled and recycled at the Tarbes site, in order to supply spare parts for the A380s fleet around the world.  With TARMAC Aerosave bringing 29 A380s back into service and then redelivering them between 2023 and 2024, demand for spare parts is growing. T...

GAMIT's ROAM wins 10-year Transavia France digital records management tender

GAMIT has been awarded a long-term contract to digitize the technical records of Transavia France’s fleet using the aerospace industry leading software produced by GAMIT called ROAM (Records Online Asset Management) which is a digital records management solution. Transavia France will utilize ROAM to further modernize its operations and seamlessly manage the technical documentation g...

Bombardier Global 8000 speeds forward as manufacturing begins

Bombardier announced that manufacturing of major structural components for the 1st Global 8000 production jet is underway across Bombardier facilities in Saint-Laurent (Québec), Red Oak (Texas) and Querétaro (Mexico). Set to enter into service in the second half of 2025, the Global 8000private jet will stand alone as the world’s fastest and longest-range purpose-...

Airbus, Kansai Airports, Kawasaki Heavy Industries to accelerate readiness of hydrogen aircraft operations

Airbus, Kansai Airports, and Kawasaki have signed a MoU to study the feasibility of hydrogen infrastructure at three airports operated in the Kansai region - Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport, and Kobe Airport. With this MoU, the three parties will conduct an initial feasibility study for the introduction and operation of hydrogen aircraft as part of the “Hy...

Lufthansa Technik partners with KM Malta Airlines for CFM LEAP services

With KM Malta Airlines, the newly founded national airline of the Maltese Islands, Lufthansa Technik welcomes another customer for LEAP-1A services. Over the next 9.5 years, the MRO provider will perform the repair and overhaul of this engine type operated by the Maltese airline on its Airbus A320neo fleet. Lufthansa Technik is currently undertaking two quick turns for KM Malta Airlines. Since...

ATR optimizes inventory management with Syncron

ATR has selected Syncron's Parts Planning software to improve the reliability, accuracy, and consistency of its inventory management. ATR is known for its innovative, efficient, and low-emission aircraft, which are flown by 200 airlines in over 100 countries. Maintaining resiliency in a challenging global context, with supply chain instability across the industry, required a modern soluti...