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Bell Helicopter and TRU Simulation + Training announce official name of Valencia facility

Bell Helicopter and TRU Simulation + Training Inc., both Textron Inc. companies, announced the official name of their training center in Valencia, Spain: “Bell Helicopter Training Academy (BTA) – Valencia, Powered by TRU Simulation + Training.” BTA – Valencia is desi...

AeroVision International announces the sale of a second fully refurbished ERJ-145EP aircraft

AeroVision International (Muskegon, Michigan) announces the sale of a second fully refurbished ERJ- 145EP aircraft to Groupe Transair, an African carrier based in Dakar, Senegal. The 50 seat aircraft refurbishment was managed to Groupe Transair’s specifications by AeroVision staff members...

HAECO Americas Signs LOI with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation

HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, announced today that it signed a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation at the Farnborough International Airshow to become a preferred airframe Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (“MRO”) partner for Mitsubishi Regional Jet (“MRJ”) in North A...

AEI Announces Successful Maiden Flight Of CRJ200 SF

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) announced today the successful completion of the CRJ200 SF maiden flight. AEI reported no conversion related issues and with weather permitting, the smoke barrier test flight will occur on Friday, July 15th. The test flights mark the final stages in the overall certification process, of which AEI expects FAA certification to follow i...

First international customer for aircraft painting hangar

At the end of April the ENGINEERING Holding’s aircraft painting division returned a fully repainted Boeing 757-200 to the Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana. The project was a milestone for both partners. The paint shop of the S7 ENGINEERING (part of the Engineering Holding) at Mineralnye Vody Airport served its first international customer. Whereas Kazakhs...

Bell Helicopter names RUAG Aviation as CSF in Switzerland

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, named RUAG Aviation as Bell Helicopter’s newest Customer Service Facility (CSF). This latest Customer Service Facility agreement reconfirms RUAG Aviation’s participation in the Bell global network and marks an important milestone for the aviation company. "Becoming an Authorised Customer Service Facility is an important step towards stre...

Daher selects StandardAero for maintenance, repair and overhaul services on TBM aircraft PT6 engines in Europe

Daher announced its selection of StandardAero as the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services supplier for Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines that power Daher’s family of TBM very fast turboprop aircraft based in Europe. Following an extended selection process, a three-year contract was awarded to StandardAero for coverage to be available to all European TBM customers for thei...

First AW169 Full flight simulator certified

Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced the first Level D Full Flight Simulator for the new generation AgustaWestland AW169 light intermediate helicopter obtained ENAC (Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile – Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and EASA certification on June 30th. Based at the Leonardo Training Academy in Sesto Calende, Italy, the new simulator will be used to deliver advance pilot tra...

CAE wins civil aviation training contracts valued at more than C$180 million

CAEannounces today at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow a series of contracts, including long-term training agreements with airlines in Asia as well as the sale of 9 full-flight simulators (FFSs) to commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers and operators worldwide. These agreements, valued at more than C$180 million, highlight the span of CAE’s training solutions, from airline pil...

Emirates Signs 10-Year Services Agreement with Unison Industries

Emirates signed a ten-year After Market Services Agreement with Unison Industries in support of the largest GE90 and GP7200 engine fleets in the world. The agreement extends through 2025 and covers external Unison new parts and component repairs for GE Aviation and Engine Alliance engine families in the Emirates fleet. “We are very pleased to have Emirates as a key customer on this strate...

AMAC Aerospace Announces New Maintenance Contracts

AMAC Aerospace is proud to announce that three new maintenance contracts have been awarded to the facility in Basel, Switzerland. In addition to that a VVIP B747-8i aircraft has been released to service after its first annual maintenance inspection at AMACAerospace in Basel. An A319 aircraft from a Middle East customer will undergo a heavy maintenance C-Check at AMACAer...

World Aero repairs 16,000th component at its EASA/FAA Part-145 wheel & brake repair facility

Aircraft wheel and brake MRO World Aero this week celebrates processing its 16,000th component at its EASA/FAA/TCCA certified wheel and brake repair facility. World Aero carried out this work on a Messier-Bugatti-Dowty main wheel for the Boeing 787-8, for one of the world’s leading flag-carrier airlines. Phil Randell, World Aero’s Managing Director, comments: &ld...

Fortress Investment Group becomes new customer of Volga-Dnepr Gulf

Volga-Dnepr Gulf (UAE) FZC has signed a contract with WWTAI AirOpCO 1 Bermuda LTD to provide maintenance services on the customer’s Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The scope of work to be performed in Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s Sharjah hangar will include required checks and inspections up to C-check, implementation of open airworthiness directives and complete undercarr...

TAG Global Training Launches Upset Prevention and Recovery e-Learning Training Course

TAG Global Training (TGT) announced today that it has launched an ‘Upset Prevention and Recovery Training’ (UPRT) theory course to add to their established suite of e-Learning courses. Professional training which is dedicated to helping pilots gain the required skills to recover appropriately with any potential upset when airborne is vitally important. TGT’s brand new UPRT cours...

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S7 Technics has started production of tactile stickers in Braille for aircraft interiors

S7 Technics specialists were the first in Russia who have released sets of stickers in Braille, which will be used to equip the cabins of aircraft of Russian airlines. In accordance with the Order...

Embraer boosts Phenom maintenance to 800 flight hours

Embraer announced a revision to the Scheduled Maintenance Requirements (SMR) for the Phenom family of jets. The revision extends the intervals between stops from 600 flight hours and/or...