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Textron Aviation customers benefit from expanded authorizations, greater maintenance capabilities at Singapore Service Center

Textron Aviation Inc.announced its Singapore Service Center has expanded jet and turboprop service with additional authorizations from authorities across Asia-Pacific and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These recent authorizations enable the Singapore facility to deliver full service and...

Embraer Extends Pool Agreement to Support LOT’s Fleet

Embraer Services & Support and LOT Polish Airlines, the national carrier of Poland and leading airline in Central Europe, have signed an extension of the pool agreement to support LOT’s fleet of 34 Embraer E-Jets. In a multi-year deal, Embraer’s popular component support solution...


AMAC Aerospace has received several new maintenance projects

AMAC Aerospace is pleased to announce that it has received several new maintenance projects, which will be carried out in Basel, Switzerland. A privately owned A318 arrived in August for a C-Check inspection and will undergo a landing gear overhaul at AMAC’s headquarters. An Airbus A330 entered the hangar doors in Basel for a C-Check inspection in conjunction with a cabin modification....

FlightSafety International is Building a New Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator for the Aviation Safety and Training Center in Singapore

FlightSafety International and HAITE Aviation Safety and Training Pte. Ltd. have signed an agreement for the purchase of a full flight simulator for the Airbus A320.  The simulator will replicate both the CEO and NEO versions of the A320 aircraft. The FlightSafety FS1000 simulator will be qualified to Level D and enter service at the Aviation Safety and Training Center in Singapore in January...

Jet Aviation gains EASA STC Approval for ADS-B Out compliance on B747 in Basel

Jet Aviation recently received EASA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for ADS-B Out compliance for the B747 series aircraft, some 2 years ahead of EASA and FAA 2020 mandates. With this approval, Jet Aviation’s MRO and Completions facility in Basel is authorized to configure and install ADS-B Out systems on B747 aircraft subject to specific equipment configurations. ADS-B...

First A380 dismantled and will be sold as spare parts

The first Airbus A380 has been dismantled and will be sold as spare parts as a new lessee or buyer could not be found following expiry of the 10-year lease in October 2017. For investors, this is likely to mean a modest end to their investment, according to research by Scope Analysis. After the 10-year lease with Singapore Airlines expired, shareholders in DS 129, the A380 fund launched in 2007...

MRO provider FL Technics Indonesia: earns FAA Part-145 Air Repair Station certification

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has earned FAA (Federal Aviation Association) Part-145 Air Repair Station certification #47DY377D emerging as one of Asia’s MRO hotspots in the Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Indonesia alone has approximately 60 MRO companies and only a few of them have FAA certificatio...

Pilot Career Show Brussels: complex initiative to meet ever-greater demand for pilots

The issue of global pilot shortage is starting to aggravate the aviation industry. Pilot strikes calling for improved working conditions is its latest representation. The core problems of the issue touch upon many related fields, particularly regarding pilot training, given that the number of graduate students is not able to meet the yearly demand in every region equally, including in Europe. ...

GLOBALJET Services Expands Benchmark AIM Course to Reach Wider Audience

Business aviation to see new gains in productivity, safety and effectiveness with leadership training offered to wider target audience GLOBALJET Services, Inc., a leader in on-location aviation aircraft, avionics, safety, and professional development training, has completed a strategic direction to offer their Aviation Interpersonal Management (AIM) course to a broader target audience. The high...

FlightSafety International Introduces PT6 Engine Familiarization Training for Pilots

FlightSafety International announces a new PT6 engine familiarization training program for pilots. “FlightSafety’s new PT6 engine familiarization training will provide pilots who fly PT6-powered turboprop aircraft with the operating fundamentals,” said Daniel MacLellan, Senior Vice President, Operations. “The course includes basic theory, engine to airframe interface, an...

Lufthansa Technik: Comprehensive A350 APU support for two Asian airlines

Two major Asian airlines entrusted Lufthansa Technik with the technical support for the HGT1700 auxiliary power units (APU) of their A350-900 fleets. South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines signed a ten year long-term contract for the HGT1700 APUs of its planned fleet of 30 A350-900 aircraft. The services will be provided in the frame of an exclusive time and material agre...

FL TECHNICS lands Comair Limited as a new client

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced the signing of an agreement withComair Limited, a private domestic airline operator in the Republic of South Africa listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).  Comair Limited is a South African aviation and travel company, offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline service...

Flightdocs partners with HondaJet Owners and Pilots Association to offer discounted services to members

Flightdocs, the leading provider of cloud-based aircraft maintenance tracking, compliance, and inventory management services, announced that it has partnered with the HondaJet Owners & Pilots Association (HJOPA) to offer discounted services to HJOPA members. The annual cost for its Enterprise service will be significantly less than a competitive system that is also offered to HJOPA members, wi...

SR Technics expands presence at Malta International Airport with modern new hangar

SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks Limited to expand its aircraft maintenance facility in Malta, following last year’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement includes the construction of a modern multi-bay hangar facility for narrow- and wide-body aircraft at Mal...

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GE Aerospace names FL Technics Indonesia as first MRO partner for avionics support

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Textron Aviation helps shape tomorrow’s workforce through Kansas’ first aviation youth apprenticeship initiative

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ATP Flight School hosts Alumni Career Expo featuring 20 airline and industry partners

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