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Star Flight Training expands modern fleet with four Tecnam P-Mentor aircraft

Star Flight Training has expanded its fleet with four IFR-equipped Tecnam P-Mentor aircraft. This strategic acquisition brings cutting-edge technology and enhanced capabilities directly to their Virginia-based operations. Tecnam P-Mentor represents a new generation of aircraft specifi...

Ryanair opens its largest maintenance hangar at Madrid Airport: €25 million investment revitalises Barajas' industrial area creating 700 high-skill jobs

Ryanair inaugurated its new €25 million maintenance centre at Madrid Barajas Airport – the largest in the Ryanair network. With capacity for 7 aircraft, this 22,000 m² state-of-the-art facility, located in the airport’s industrial area, will create 700 high-skill jobs, includin...


Why the airspace you train in can make or break your commercial pilot career

Choosing a flight school involves a lot of decisions: Part 141 or Part 61, instructor experience, aircraft availability. But there's one factor that doesn't always make the top of the checklist: where the school is located, and what the airspace around it looks like. If your goal is a career in commercial aviation, this might be the most important factor of all. Not all training environ...

Airhub Aviation secures GTA with AerCap for base maintenance at SQQ

Airhub Aviation has signed a strategic maintenance agreement with AerCap to provide base maintenance and aircraft redelivery services at its Siauliai International Airport (SQQ) facility in Lithuania. The agreement positions Airhub Aviation as strategic MRO partner for AerCap, supporting narrow-body aircraft transitions, deliveries, and re-deliveries across Europe and Middle East. Under the agr...

Embraer introduces the KC-390 Millennium to WZL-2 as companies advance MRO cooperation in Poland

Embraer officially presented the KC‑390 Millennium multi‑mission military transport aircraft to Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 S.A. (WZL‑2) in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This significant milestone marks the first concrete step in the strategic cooperation between the two companies. It builds upon the landmark Memorandum of Understanding signed on December 2, 2025, in Warsaw, which established the fou...

StandardAero selected by Robinson Helicopter Company as preferred MRO provider for R66 Rolls-Royce RR300 engines

StandardAero has been selected by Robinson Helicopter Company to support their global fleet of R66 helicopters powered by Rolls-Royce RR300 engine. This relationship will provide R66 helicopter owners and operators with a Robinson-recommended MRO solution for abbreviated turnaround times and reduced costs. New agreement secures immediate shop capacity and establishes turnaround time comm...

Lufthansa Technik lays the foundation for future investments worth billions

Lufthansa Technik generated earnings of more than 600 million euros in the 2025 financial year, laying the foundation for further extensive investments in the future. The company's revenue exceeded eight billion euros for the first time, reaching 8.049 billion euros at the end of the year (up 12% year-on-year). Three-quarters of revenue now comes from business with customers outside the Luftha...

New Tecnam P2006T NG joins CANAVIA's fleet

Tecnam announced the delivery of a new P2006T NG (Multi-Engine Trainer configuration, Registration: EC-ORF) to CANAVIA Aviation Training, a leading Approved Training Organisation based in the Canary Islands, Spain.​ This latest acquisition brings CANAVIA’s total Tecnam fleet to nine aircraft, comprising six P2008JC and three P2006Ts (including the newl...

Lufthansa Technik celebrates its 1,000th overhauled GTF engine

Lufthansa Technik celebrates a major milestone: its 1,000th overhauled Pratt & Whitney GTF engine. This achievement is a testament to the strength of a globally united team, spanning Poland, Germany, North America, and China. The milestone reinforces Lufthansa Technik’s role as a central partner in the worldwide GTF Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul network and highlights the close c...

Diamond Aircraft expands Diamond Authorized Training Center program with two new European partners

Diamond Aircraft announced continued expansion of its Diamond Authorized Training Center program with the signing of two new agreements during Pilot Expo 2026, Europe’s largest pilot recruitment and training event. AELO Swiss Academy and Türkiye based Atlantic Flight Academy are the latest institutions to join the growing network, further strengthening Diamond’s commitment to elev...

Blue Skies opens Tecnam-based flight training academy

Tecnam partnership with Blue Skies Aviation Solutions marks the launch of a newly formed Approved Training Organization in Sri Lanka. To build a world-class pilot training capability from the ground up, Blue Skies Aviation has selected an all-Tecnam fleet, acquiring three P-Mentors and one P2006T NG. Purpose-built to deliver structured professional pilot tra...

Lufthansa Technik expanded partnership with Embraer on Praetor 500E and Praetor 600E

Lufthansa Technik announced its role as a core development and supply partner for the next generation of business aviation cabins on Embraer Praetor 500E and Praetor 600E. The collaboration delivers industry-first innovations such as a 42” curved OLED Smart Window, a fully integrated Inflight Entertainment and Cabin Management System, the award-winning Omni-Fi membrane speakers, and a f...

Mount Royal University in Canada expands its flight training capabilities with Alsim AL250 simulator

Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada added an Alsim AL250 simulator. This new addition strengthens the university’s commitment to delivering high-quality and immersive pilot training. AL250 simulator addresses the initial phase of training needs (PPL, CPL, Instrument and Multi Engine ratings) and is a SEP/MEP reconfigurable simulator certified as an EASA FNPT II, FAA AATD...

airBaltic Training becomes Diamond Authorized Training Centre

airBaltic Training, the subsidiary of the Latvian national airline airBaltic announces that it has officially been recognized as a Diamond Authorized Training Centre by Diamond Aircraft. The authorization comes as Diamond Aircraft officially launches its global DATC programme, designed to recognize selected flight training organizations operating Diamond&nbs...

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ST Engineering expands global MRO capacity with new airframe maintenance facility in Singapore

ST Engineering has officially inaugurated its new Commercial Aerospace airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Changi Creek within Singapore Changi Airport. As the company's fou...