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Jet Aviation commences development of two new hangars in Basel

Lufthansa Technik to perform base maintenance services for A350 fleet of SAS

SAS Scandinavian Airlines System and Lufthansa Technik AG will be working even more closely together in the future. Under a recently signed multi-year contract, the SAS Airbus A350 fleet will have its base maintenance layovers performed at Lufthansa Technik Malta starting in 2026. The Lufthansa Tech...

Falcon begins first base maintenance on Falcon’s Global Express XRS

Falcon Technic, the MRO division of Falcon - part of Alex Group Investment, has officially launched its very first in-house base maintenance project on one of Falcon’s own Global Express XRS aircraft. The aircraft is now undergoing a complete six-week base check at Falcon Technic’s facil...

Skyservice unlocks global Wi-Fi with Gogo Galileo HDX STC for Bombardier Challenger aircraft

Skyservice Business Aviation expands its avionics offering with a new Supplemental Type Certificate for the Gogo Galileo HDX system on Bombardier Challenger CL604, CL605 and CL650 aircraft. With Transport Canada certification approval, Skyservice becomes the only Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul in North America to have completed the STC for Gogo's next generation glob...

FSTC EUROPE expands its training fleet with Tecnam aircraft

Tecnam and FSTC EUROPE announced the purchase of six Tecnam aircraft (four P-MENTOR and two P2006T NG twin-engine aircraft), as part of a total of twenty-five brand new training aircraft, to be progressively acquired by the end of 2027. Under a new name brand expected to be announced soon, FSTC EUROPE will be one of the leading European P-MENTOR fl...

CARIBAVIA breaks the traditional conference mold and on purpose

In two weeks we'll be coming together at CARIBAVIA, an aviation event unlike any other. I've had the pleasure of participating twice, and each time the findings were genuinely fascinating, enlightening, and helpful. CARIBAVIA 2025 Summit & Retreat will be held June 10-12 on the French Caribbean Island St.Barth. CARIBAVIA brings aviation, tourism and investment stakeholders together. Ai...

Lufthansa Technik marks 2,000 »nice« installations and expands Gogo collaboration

As a pioneering cabin management and in-flight entertainment solution, Lufthansa Technik’s Networked Integrated Cabin Equipment (»nice«) system has been transforming the passenger experience in VIP and business jets for decades. With the recent delivery of its 2,000th shipset, »nice« once again underlines its leading position in the market. To make »nice&la...

ExecuJet Belgium completes its first heavy check on Falcon 7X

ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, has completed a ‘C-check’ on a Falcon 7X, its first heavy maintenance check on this aircraft type.The work was carried out at the MRO company’s heavy maintenance centre at Belgium’s Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport, coincidentally the same airport where the customer bases the aircraft...

J&C Aero receives EASA STC for extra catering space onboard Airbus A320 family

J&C Aero received a new EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC No. 10087061) for an Airbus A320 Family cabin enhancement developed for the Estonian leisure airline Marabu. The certificate covers the development and integration of underbin closets, as well as cabin reconfiguration to optimize onboard catering capacity in high-density aircraft layouts. Maxim Jurkov, Head of Design at J&...

Tecnam announced Nesher Aviation order for 10 aircraft

Nesher Aviation placed an order for 10 Tecnam P-Mentor aircraft to support Florida Flyers Flight Academy’s growing training operations. This strategic investment marks a major milestone in the modernization of Florida Flyers’ fleet, reinforcing its commitment to providing top-tier pilot training with the most advanced, fuel-efficient aircraft available today. The first T...

Prince Aviation bizjet MRO becomes first in Europe to implement snap-on's "Automated Tool Control Level 5" system

Prince Aviation has become the first business jet company in Europe to implement the "Automated Tool Control Level 5" system by "Snap-on" for managing aircraft maintenance tools. This significant investment follows Prince Aviation's recent hangar expansion and continues the company's commitment to partnerships with industry leaders like Garmin, Pratt & Whi...

Arson attack on Airways Aviation France | ESMA aircraft fleet

In the early hours of Tuesday, 20 May 2025, an incident of suspected arson occurred at Airways Aviation France | ESMA, located at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport (IATA: MPL ICAO: LFMT). The perpetrators unlawfully gained access to a secure apron area within the airport grounds and attempted to set fire to an entire fleet of training aircraft. As a result...

CAE welcomes first customer to its new CAE Vienna training centre

CAE has opened CAE Vienna, its first business aviation training centre in Central Europe and welcomed its first customer in April. The company also announced that a Gulfstream G550 full-flight simulator is already in operation, and a new Pilatus PC-24 FFS will be deployed at the 8,000 square foot training facility in the second half of 2026. CAE Vienna will feature up to nine full-f...

STRADE and Symphony introduce a groundbreaking digital aviation parts marketplace

STRADE announced a partnership with Symphony to transform how aircraft components are sourced and traded. By embracing the latest technology, the partnership embodies a shared ambition to transform the aviation industry and solve persistent issues around transparency and efficiency. As a result of this collaboration, the STRADE Marketplace was launched - a digital platform that...

AAA USA, Inc. opens its new state-of-the-art training and operations facility in Mobile, Alabama

AAA USA, Inc., a joint venture of DRAKKAR and the Daher Group, has inaugurated its new state-of-the-art facility in Mobile, Alabama to provide high quality entry-level and advanced-level training for customers and the community in the aerospace, ground transportation, industrial, marine and defense sectors. This center also boosts AAA USA’s contract labor services (CLS) capacity for its clie...

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