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Air Evac Lifeteam sign contract renewal with Able Aerospace Services

 Able Aerospace Services, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has signed a long-term contract renewal with Air Evac Lifeteam, part of Air Medical Group Holdings – the largest air ambulance service in the U.S. The contract designates Able as the exclusi...

JetCrew pioneers corporate flight attendant training and placement defining premium services benchmark

JetCrew, a subsidiary of Jetsolution Aviation Group, established in early 2017, has proudly launched a progressive training program for corporate flight attendants, extending the group's business vision in service perfection. The objective of the training is to provide high-level cabin service e...


Magnetic MRO presents its new Paint Hangar

Magnetic MRO is opening its purpose-built Paint Hangar’s doors for operation as of tomorrow, November 2nd, and is pleased to confirm that the hangar is already booked for the next 6 months by both existing and new customers. The new facility is located at our Tallinn home-base and has been built as a part of company’s growth strategy. The total size of the new paint hangar is 2,853...

CAE expands training relationships and footprint in Europe

CAE announced at the 2017 European Aviation Training Symposium (EATS) aviation training solutions contracts with European airlines, including Brussels Airlines and Stobart Air, as well as the expansion of its footprint in Europe. Reinforcing its leadership position in the region, the company inaugurated new ATR 72-600 and A320 full-flight simulators and updated training equipment to the latest sta...

BAA Training acquires three new full-flight simulators from CAE

BAA Training, one of the largest aviation training centres in Northern Europe, has announced the acquisition of three new full flight simulators from CAE. Under the agreement, BAA Training is procuring two Airbus A320 CAE 7000XR Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) and one Boeing 737NG CAE 7000XR Series FFS. The full-flight simulators will be equipped with the latest innovative CAE Tropos 6000XR v...

Lufthansa Technik Sofia further expands capacities in Bulgaria

With eight bays largest base maintenance facility in Eastern Europe The leading provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, Lufthansa Technik, is expanding its capacity with a new hangar, office and multifunctional building at Sofia Airport becoming the largest base maintenance facility in Eastern Europe. Bulgarian subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Sofia will be also the largest...

Pilot Flight Academy orders two DA42 NG simulators from Diamond Aircraft

Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) based in Norway has ordered two new DA42 NG simulators from Diamond Aircraft in Austria in order to meet the growing demand for new airline pilots. CEO of PFA, Frode Granlund says: “These simulators are a part of our long-term strategy and expansion plan. We have invested highly in people and good administrative systems to be able to educate larger groups of fut...

Lufthansa Technik achieves further milestones in Asia Pacific

More than 100 Airbus A350s under contract already  Offices and logistics centers opened throughout the region  Local presence of top management The Lufthansa Technik Group celebrates the first year anniversary of the establishment of Lufthansa Technik Component Services Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. The move last year facilitated the expansion of the component divisi...

Aeroclub Di Varese invests in an ALSIM ALX

ALSIM is pleased to announce the sale of an ALX (SEP Complex, MEP, MEJ) to Aeroclub di Varese, a flight school located in Venegono Inferiore, Italy.  Mr. Renato Nobili, the president of Aeroclub di Varese, explains why the Aeroclub selected ALSIM’s ALX: “We decided to choose Alsim’s ALX because we think it is the best FSTD device on the market that we can use to...

Bombardier London Biggin Hill Service Centre Demonstrates its Extensive Maintenance Capabilities

Since its inauguration, the facility has supported more than 40 maintenance events for customers in the region, including a nose-to-tail work package on a Global 6000 aircraft and a 96-month inspection on a Challenger 605 aircraft Facility received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority (CGAA) CAR...

RUAG’ Marco Michel second on the podium!

Marco Michel – former apprentice and now a polymechanics EFZ at RUAG Aviation – won silver in his vocational category at the WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi. RUAG is proud of the successful young talent. The SwissSkills team won 11 gold medals, six silver and three bronze medals at the WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi, finishing as the by far highest-placed European natio...

Czech Airlines Technics and GA Telesis to launch a joint service for ATR turboprop aircraft

Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of the Czech Aeroholding Group providing aircraft maintenance services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GA Telesis (GAT), a US-based key player within the aviation and aerospace industries, at the MRO Europe in London. Based on the agreement, the two companies are to form an integrated supply chain partnership and offer customers a c...

MOMook to make 43 Air School training operations more efficient

MOMook, an intelligent business and training management software developer, and 43 Air School, the largest aviation training provider in South Africa, signed a contract on the use of MOMook software for management of pilot training processes. The new aviation training management system of MOMook is tailored to improve training scheduling, document management and expiration tracking, student ev...

A new training season begins for the Pilot Training Organisation at SmartLynx Airlines

The SmartLynx Airlines Pilot Training Organization, which provides type rating courses for Airbus A320 family aircraft, begins its new training season with plans to increase student enrollment by 80%. Around half of graduates are expected to be offered further job opportunities at SmartLynx Airlines. The SmartLynx Airlines Approved Training Organization (ATO) is a leading approved airline pilot...

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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...