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International Association of Aircraft Dealers Awards Scholarships to Future Business Aviation Leaders

The International Aircraft Dealers Association's Business Aviation Scholarship program has awarded $32,000 in individual scholarships to eight college students seeking professions within business aviation. Members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) dedicate donated funds...

Russian Helicopters can set up 3-4 warehouses in Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America

The Russian Helicopters is considering an opportunity of setting up 3 or 4 warehouses in different points of the world for support of its service centers and products overseas, CEO of the holding Andrei Boginsky told TASS on Thursday. "We have a development and aftersales service program. Th...


Four Gazprom Avia SSJ100s customized by S7 Technics

S7 Technics (S7T), an independent Russian provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is now completing heavy maintenance checks and modifications on four Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft under contract from their operator Gazprom Avia. The maintenance service company, which has been active in the Superjet 100 MRO market for the last two years, is continuing to build its...

Etihad Airways invites Special Olympics UAE athletes to its Young Aviators programme

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, welcomed a group of Special Olympics UAE athletes to Zayed Campus, the airline’s training academy, to take part in the Young Aviators programme, an initiative which aims to inspire youth and increase their knowledge of the aviation industry.  Established to support human development, one of the themes for the Year of Zayed, the Young A...

Flying Colours Corp. completes trio of Bombardier Challenger 650 jets in medevac format

Flying Colours Corp. has completed the industry’s first trio of Bombardier Challenger 650 medevac interiors. Number three, under contract from Bombardier Specialized Aircraft, was completed in December and has already arrived at Swiss Air-Rescue Rega’s base in Switzerland alongside the first two aircraft which were completed earlier this year. The third jet replicates th...

Need-to-Know Info for Private Jet Owners Thinking of Refurbishing Interiors

When you have a business Jet that is flying well but is not as new as you would like it to be aircraft refurbishmentis thesolution forbringing it up-to-date. Refurbishing an aircraft does not address only the renewalof interior and exterior livery or the changing of old upholstery and materials. It can also include modifications thatcompletely redesi...

Go2Sky to be maintained by FL Technics

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair & overhaul services, has announced signing the contract with Go2Sky for the line maintenance services in Vilnius airport for their Boeing 737NG.  Go2Sky will fly on behalf of GetJet who took over Small Planet Airlines contracts. Based at Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport in Bratislava (Slovakia), Go2Sky...

15th Anniversary of TAG Aviation Maintenance Services Operations at Farnborough and Delivers First 48-Month Check on a Bombardier Challenger 350

TAG Aviation Farnborough Maintenance Services (TFMS) is pleased to announce that this December marks the fifteenth year of maintenance services operations from its base at TAG Farnborough Airport. The significant milestone coincides with TFMS’s release of one of the World’s first 48- month base checks on a Bombardier CL350 aircraft. The comprehensive maintenance check, und...

Poland exercises approximately 130 million euro option for four additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers

​​Profumo: “We are very proud to have the Polish Air Force’s complete trust, reinforcing our close partnership with Poland” Poland exercises option for four more M-346s as outlined in March 2018 contract By acquiring four more M-346s, Poland’s fleet extends to 16 aircraft, becoming the second largest M-346 export customer Leonardo announces that the Ar...

Flying Colours Corp. breaks ground for new hangar at headquarters

Flying Colours, the North American maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions business has broken ground as work starts on building its largest hangar to date. Industrial construction company Vicano Construction Ltd braved the cool Ontario weather to formally begin the fourth phase of expansion plans at the Canada-headquartered business aviation company this month.  On completion in mid...

Maintenance center for Russian aircraft opens in Peru

The maintenance and repair center for Russian-made helicopters Helicentro Peru has been launched in Lima at the facilities of the Peruvian Air Force Maintenance Service – SEMAN. Built in partnership with Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation), the center will provide maintenance for Mi-type aircraft. The official opening ceremony was attended by CEO of Russian He...

Diamond Aircraft and SNCA announce purchase agreement of 60 aircraft

The Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA), a CAE Authorized Training Center, has selected Diamond Aircraft twin DA42-VI and single DA40 NG for its training center. The agreement will comprise 60 airplanes over a five-year period. Delivery of the first 12 aircraft will start February 2019. The DA40 NG and the DA42-VI represent the newest versions of Diamond’s technology leading piston...

MJet becomes first ACJ customer for Skywise

MJet GmbH of Austria has become the first ACJ319 operator to sign up for Skywise, enabling it to integrate its own operational, maintenance, and aircraft data into the Skywise platform. MJet will store, access, manage, and analyse selected Airbus data together with its own data and global benchmarks without the need for additional infrastructure investments. This service will provide MJet new i...

First ALSIM Simulator in Ireland: Atlantic Flight Training Academy selects ALSIM AL42 Device

Alsim is very pleased to announce the sale of an AL42 VI simulator to Atlantic Flight Training Academy, a flight school located in Cork, Ireland. This will be first Alsim simulator in the country. The device, an exact replica of the Diamond DA42, will be delivered during the first trimester of 2019.   Capt. Mark Casey, Atlantic Flight Training Academy Managing Director e...

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Groundbreaking for new facility at Clark International Airport

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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...