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Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines lay foundation stone for joint MRO shop in Poland

ALSIM celebrates delivery of AL42 simulator to Skyborne Airline Academy

Alsim is pleased to announce the delivery of an AL42 simulator to Skyborne, the UK’s newest and most innovative airline training academy, based at Gloucestershire Airport. Set to meet the ever-increasing demands of the aviation industry with innovative, airline-focused t...

AZAL to acquire flight simulators for new aircraft types

AZAL President Jahangir Asgarov met with Robin Glover-Faure, President of Commercial Training Solutions of L-3 Technologies, on September 25.  At the meeting, the sides discussed prospects for cooperation. The guests noted that the opportunities created in Azerbaijan’s civil aviation b...

Flying Colours Corp. completes third Bombardier Global heavy maintenance check

Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO business has completed its third 120-month, heavy maintenance check, on a Bombardier Global airframe. The ten-year inspection of the Global Express required the privately-owned aircraft to be stripped back to the airframe to enable a full structural inspection. The interior was also stripped bare, as wall panels, carpets, insulating surfaces, floorboard...

Bombardier CRJ Series Certified for Higher Maintenance Intervals

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has granted approval for the maintenance intervals escalation of the CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000 aircraft. The line maintenance interval (A-check) is extended to 800 flight hours, and the heavy maintenance interval (C-check) at 8,000 flight hours.   “With the longest maintenance intervals on the regional j...

Metrojet MRO obtains Aruba approval

Hong Kong-based Metrojet Limited (www.metrojet.com), a business aviation service provider based in Hong Kong with presence throughout Asia Pacific, is pleased to announce that its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Facility (MRO) in Hong Kong has recently obtained the approval from Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Aruba to perform Line/ Base Maintenance on Gulfstream and Bombardi...

Lufthansa group chooses FL Technics for 28 Airbus 320s

After several ad-hoc maintenance projects, FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has signed a long-termjoint contract with Lufthansa group companies (network and point-to-point airlines)for MRO services.  The firstaircraft is scheduled for maintenance at the beginning of October2018 in Vilnius (Lithuania) and will be fol...

Fly Coop invests in an ALSIM : first ALSIM simulator in Hungary

Alsim is pleased to announce the installation of an ALX flight simulator (Single Engine Piston/Multi Engine Piston, Medium Jet) at Hungarian flight school Fly Coop, located in Budapest.   Mr. Peter Nagy, Fly Coop Deputy Head of Training, explains why the flight school selected Alsim’s ALX: “We did a quite exhaustive research on the required device before reaching...

Jet Aviation provides ground handling services in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Jet Aviation has received authorization from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia to provide handling services at Prince Abdul Mohsin Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport in Yanbu, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jet Aviation is providing round-the-clock flight support services to employees of Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company ba...

Norwegian signs comprehensive engine services contract

The Norwegian Air Shuttle Group and Lufthansa Technik have signed a contract extending an existing Total Engine Support (TES®) contract. The agreement, signed on 17 September at the airline's headquarters in Oslo, covers all-inclusive services for the CFM56-7B engines powering the airline's current fleet of 115 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. According to the contract, for the next five ye...

Nomad Aviation launches maintenance and hangarage services in Basel, Switzerland

Nomad Aviation has started to offer maintenance and hangarage services at its Basel, Switzerland facility at the beginning of August 2018. The company, branded as Nomad Technics AG, occupies a 7’400 m2 heated hangar together with 7’000 m2 ramp space at the international EuroAirport. Hangar and ramp can accommodate aircraft up to the size of the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 ser...

LBAS offers enhanced services and support for Bombardier business aircraft in Russia

The Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services Moscow facility, based at Vnukovo – 3 (VKO), has been added to Bombardier's worldwide service network as a line maintenance authorized service facility (ASF) and official parts provider for Russia. The support provided at the facility includes a seamless parts supply system, which is expected to directly benefit customers by reducing downtime...

National flag carrier of Luxembourg chooses FL Technics for their Boeing 737NG

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has just recently signed long-term contract with Luxair S.A., Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne, the regional flag carrier airline of Luxembourg for MRO services. The MRO services will be provided to their whole Boeing 737 NG fleet. First aircraft will be handled in t...

Aeronavigation Department launched after reconstruction at National Aviation Academy

On the eve of academic year, the building of Aeronavigation Department at the National Aviation Academy was put into operation after full reconstruction. On September 12 AZAL President Jahangir Asgarov, the National Aviation Academy’s rector Arif Pashayev, as well as academic staff got acquainted with the conditions created at the department.  With the support of CJSC Azerbaijan A...

CZECH AIRLINES TECHNICS ENTERS NEW SERVICE SEGMENT OF AIRCRAFT CONSUMABLES SALES

Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of the Czech Aeroholding Group which provides aircraft repair and maintenance services, has entered a new market segment of aircraft consumables sales. The company has decided to take the step based on the demand from airlines, MROs and Brokers. Thanks to the established network of suppliers, the amount of stored inventory and already established...

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Luxaviation Group signs sale agreement with Dassault Aviation for global maintenance activities of ExecuJet

The signature of a final sale agreement for the worldwide maintenance activities of Luxaviation Group affiliate company ExecuJet to the French company Dassault Aviation is announced. Subject to o...

Special World Economic Forum Event Support from Dassault Aviation

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Luxaviation Group signs sale agreement with Dassault Aviation for global maintenance activities of ExecuJet

The signature of a final sale agreement for the worldwide maintenance activities of Luxaviation Group affiliate company ExecuJet to the French company Dassault Aviation is announced. Subject to o...

Special World Economic Forum Event Support from Dassault Aviation

Dassault Aviation’s global product support organization will once again offer a full selection of services to assist Falcon operators at major business, cultural and sporting events worldwide in...

Tahiti based pilot training center ,C3P, trusts in ALSIM again and buys an ALX Flight Simulator

C3P, Polynesian Center of Piloting Improvement, located in the heart of the South Pacific in Tahiti, has been using an Alsim simulator since 2012. As part of the introduction of their new professional...

FBO RIGA launched Embraer authorized service center

FBO RIGA, an operator of business aviation center at the Riga Airport, and Jet Flight Service, an international MRO provider for business aviation, announce the launch of an Embraer authoriz...

2019 Scholarship Opportunities from Piper Aircraft

The availability of two scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year is announced by Piper Aircraft and its Community Outreach Committee. Each year, educational scholarships impact the community by pr...

S7 Technics’ Moscow base is ready to welcome the Boeing 737 MAX

S7 Technics, Russian provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has prepared its Moscow’s Domodedovo airport site for the maintenance of the latest generation of Boeing 737 MAX...