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Chinese aircraft cabin interiors market: MAC Sichuan launched

MAC Aero Interiors, a commercial aircraft cabin interiors arm of a global provider of Total Technical Care for aircraft operators and lessors, Magnetic MRO, enters the Chinese aircraft cabin interiors market by establishing a Joint Venture with Benniao Aviation. The newly launched MAC Sichuan will b...

BACA training day focuses on Best Practice

BACA – The Air Charter Association held another of its increasingly popular training sessions for members yesterday, focusing on best practice. In such a fast-moving and evolving industry BACA strives to ensure that brokers have the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest market tr...


The Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance is born as a result of leading aviation engineering companies team up

A group of significant players in the aviation industry are cooperating to form a new alliance in the field of aircraft modification. As leading companies in the retrofit industry, EAD Aerospace, Envoy Aerospace, Etihad Airways Engineering and  Lufthansa Technik have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance (IAMA). IAMA aims to encou...

Learjet Aircraft Engine Maintenance Intervals extended, 25 Million Flight-hour Milestone celebration

Bombardier announced that Learjet 70 and Learjet 75aircraft operators now benefit from lengthened intervals between recurring major powerplant inspections, which have been extended from 3,000 to 3,500 engine hours. This interval extension directly benefits the bottom lines of operators by reducing the number of repeat inspections over the lifecycle of the engine, thereby decrea...

Metrojet Engineering Clark receives Qatar 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 (MRO) in The Philippines – Metrojet Engineering Clark – has recently received approval from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) as an Approved Maintenance...

Flying Scholarship 2019 launched by TAG Farnborough Airport

 TAG Farnborough Airport has today launched the TAG Flying Scholarship 2019.  Under the auspices of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ scholarship programme, TAG Farnborough Airport grants one person a scholarship with the aim of supporting individuals who might otherwise not have the necessary resources to gain flying experience and ultimately achieve their Private Pi...

Delivery of inaugural shipset for World's First Super Versatile Jet by Strata Manufacturing

Strata Manufacturing has delivered its first shipset of belly fairings for the PC-24, a twin-engine business jet produced by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd of Switzerland. The delivery of the first shipset follows the two companies’ landmark agreement signed during Abu Dhabi Global Aerospace Summit in April 2018. The long-term agreement between the two companies aims to position Strata as the...

Airbus and Thailand’s CATC to work on pilot, maintenance training

Airbus and Thailand’s CATC to work on pilot, maintenance training  Airbus and Thailand’s Civil Aviation Training Center (CATC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on projects to develop and implement maintenance training and pilot training courses in the country.  Under the agreement, Airbus and the CATC will identify ways in which they can...

TBM’s customer support expands with a new Daher operational base in the greater Paris region

Daher announced the opening of a new TBM customer support base serving the Île-de-France geographic region surrounding Paris, and which is strategically situated in a technology cluster zone that has earned the designation as “Europe’s Silicon Valley.” Located at the popular Toussus-le-Noble aerodrome southwest of Paris, this operation includes a workshop and offices in...

Expansion in Scandinavia: new Magnetic MRO line maintenance station in Norway

Magnetic MRO, a global provider of Total Technical Care for aircraft operators and lessors, announced the launch of a new line maintenance station at Ørland International Airport (OLA), Norway. The new station will support Saab 340 aircraft, operated by a Scandinavian airline Air Leap. “We are delighted to re-start our Saab 340 line maintenance support on a daily basis. With a new...

Alsim got Record-Breaking 2018, importance of simulation grows

It’s been an exciting year, both for Alsim and their clients. As technology advances, worldwide travel growth continues and global aviation shortages persist, more and more flight training organisations (FTOs) are turning to simulation–and Alsim simulators in particular–to help fulfill their flight training needs. Of the all-time high of 40+ Alsim simulators sold in 2018,...

Flying Colours Corp. moves into fifth St. Louis hangar as customer demand grows

Flying Colours Corp., the North American maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions business has taken up residence in its fifth hangar at the Spirit of St. Louis airport. The existing building, which is ideally located adjacent to the KSUS runway, adds a much-needed 30, 000 square feet to the St. Louis footprint, and complements the expanded cabinetry and interiors workshop opened at the facil...

Facility Specific Maintenance Request Capability added by MRO Insider

Attention to all users! From now you areable to request quote directly from preferred facility using web based platform MRO Insider announced the growing website now allows aircraft owner/operators to submit aircraft maintenance requests to specific facilities on demand. Prior to this release, users sent requirements out to the MRO Insider network and all facilities matching the needs of t...

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 obtaining the required approvals, the ExecuJet maintenance activities will be stepwise integrated into the structure of Dassault Aviation group over 2019. Luxaviation Group acquired ExecuJet Group i...

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AeronautX elevates training capacity with new Amsterdam Centre and strategic VistaJet alliance

AeronautX, part of the AX Aero Group, has announced the launch of a new business aviation pilot training centre in Amsterdam, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027. Created by business a...

Bombardier accelerates Asia-Pacific growth with new Sydney maintenance station and enhanced customer support

Bombardier has expanded its customer support capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region with the launch of a new Line Maintenance Station in Sydney, Australia. The facility enhances operational convenien...

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...