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BAA Training starts cadet program with Small Planet Airlines

BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, widens its partners’ list for ab initio pilot training and starts cooperation with Small Planet Airlines, one of the fastest growing independent leisure airlines in Europe. The main purpose of the recently launched cadet program is t...

Happy Design Studio creates the CARBONEUM Livery Design

Created by Didier Wolff, Happy Design Studio’s owner, specially for the Bombardier Global 6000, CARBONEUM has been created with speed and power in mind. Enhanced by honeycomb patterns, the engines show elegance and technology, the overall Ferrari grey colour adds a touch of supremacy to the de...


Boeing Partners with China Airlines to Enhance Maintenance, Engineering, Training Capabilities

Collaboration aims to qualify China Airlines as approved Boeing parts supplier partner Boeing and China Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of the airline’s capabilities to serve the growing maintenance, repair and overhaul market in Asia. Boeing anticipates providing technical support and maintenance training to China Airlines to en...

BAA Training will provide ATR 42/72 type rating training for Tanzanian airlines

BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has announced gaining an approval to provide ATR 42/72 FFS services for Tanzanian aviation companies. After successful audit by Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA), ATR 42/72 type rating training and full flight simulator dry or wet lease is allowed to be provided at the training center in Vienna, Austria. Inspectors of TCAA audit...

RUAG repaints Bombardier Global Express XRS with unique and detailed Carboneum design

The aircraft painting facility at the RUAG Aviation one-stop shop in Munich has repainted a Bombardier Global Express XRS, on behalf of long-time customer SBK Holding Ltd. The RUAG one-stop shop services optimised the downtime associated with a scheduled 15-month inspection. SBK Holding Ltd chose a full repaint of their eight-year-old aircraft to express their own dynamic and innovative image...

Flying Colours Corp. completes its first Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band installation

The Flying Colours Corp. avionics team has completed its first installation of the Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band satellite communications system. Work on attaching the LRU’s, radome and tail mounted antenna has just finished at the company’s Peterborough, Ontario facility, making it one of the first Bombardier Aerospace Authorized Service Facilities, ASF, to fit the system. The conn...

HM Aerospace renews its confidence in Alsim and aquires another AL42 flight simulator

Alsim is very happy to announce the sale of an AL42 flight simulator, an exact copy of the Diamond DA42, to HM Aerospace flight training school, based in Langkawi, Malaysia. The school already owns two Alsim AL42 simulators. This AL42 simulator will provide the latest technological advances, such as PBN (Performance-based Navigation) and HDVS (High Definition Visual System), developed by Alsim....

Beechcraft T-6C military trainer boosts international availability with EASA certification

Textron Aviation Defense LLC. announced that the Beechcraft T-6C  military trainer has achieved basic certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), supporting future configuration certification and delivery of 10 previously ordered T-6C aircraft for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) program. The T-6C aircraft, on schedule to...

Patria Flight School receives new Diamond training aircraft

In January 2017 Patria has purchased five training aircraft and two flight training devices from the Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH. The purchase consists of four DA40 NG, one DA42-VI and two DA42-VI Flight Navigation and Procedures Trainers (FNPT II). Patria receives the four new Diamond single DA40 NG trainers in June. The DA42-VI will be delivered by the end of August 20...

Swiss University of Applied Sciences HE-Arc and Dassault Systèmes Prepare Students for Industries of the Future

 3DEXPERIENCE Platform used for precision engineering academic programs  Students learn skill sets on the same virtual applications used by industry  University is part of the “Peer Learning EXPERIENCE” to digitally transform engineering education  ​ Dassault Systèmes announced that the Swiss University of Applied Science...

Lufthansa Technik will extend its Base Maintenance capabilities by adding Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Lufthansa Technik Shannon has announced a multi-million Euro investment that opens the doors for the Boeing 787 later this year. The Shannon-based aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider will modify existing aircraft hangars to accommodate the Dreamliner. Lufthansa Technik Shannon will also be able to offer modifications, cabin and interior refurbishment, interior repair and...

Vector Aerospace achieves CAA Part M approval, expanding its capabilities to include CAMO services

Vector Aerospace Corporation, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announces that its Fleetlands facility in Gosport, United Kingdom, has achieved Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Part M approval.  As such, Vector’s UK team is now a Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation, capable of supporting aircraft operators and owners wit...

Embraer appoints SIA Engineering as E-Jets Authorized Service Center in the Philippines

Embraer has appointed SIA Engineering (Philippines) Corporation (SIAEP), a subsidiary of SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC), as an E-Jets authorized service center.  Embraer’s E-Jets family of commercial jets consists of the E170, E175, E190 and E195 aircraft.   “The appointment of SIAEP as an authorized E-Jets service center in the region is a result of our commitment...

FL Technics Indonesia signs first base maintenance deal with Tri-M.G.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Indonesia has recently granted FL Technics Indonesian branch, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, with base maintenance approval AMO-145. Immediately after the approval, FL Technics Indonesia has announced signing C-check agreement for Tri-M.G.’s Boeing 737 CL. The recently received AMO-145 base main...

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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...