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Tamarack expands authorized dealer network with Global Aviation Tech in Wichita, Kansas

Tamarack Aerospace Group added Global Aviation Tech as its Authorized Dealer. Initially a service center, GATECH and Tamarack have strengthened their partnership to provide high-quality, low-downtime installations of the Tamarack Active Winglets in Wichita, Kansas. GATECH is now the e...

Safran opens new LEAP engine maintenance workshop at Brussels Airport

Safran Aircraft Engine Services Brussels opened a new MRO workshop for LEAP engines in the Brussels airport zone. Safran Aircraft Engines has invested €24 million in the construction of the 8,500-square-meter workshop, which will round out its global MRO network and support the ramp-up of...


MTU Maintenance Canada completes 1,500th shop visit

MTU Maintenance Canada has completed the 1,500th shop visit of its operational history, marking the occasion with the redelivery of a V2500-A5 engine operated by Spirit Airlines. Founded in 1998 MRO location on the outskirts of Vancouver has had a varied portfolio of commercial legacy engines as well as their military variations. International Aero Engines’ V2500, in particular, ha...

Royal Aero Club of Western Australia selects P-Mentor to its fleet

Australia largest flight training organizations, with more than 30 aircraft, The Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, which will celebrate its 95 year anniversary in August, will add Tecnam P-Mentors to its fleet via a long term cross hire agreement. Deliveries will commence with two of the IFR certified, auto pilot equipped, two-seat, Rotax powered, aircraft commencing in July of 2024, whic...

Simaero enters India with $100 million investment to train around 5000 pilots over 5 years

International flight simulator provider, Simaero, will invest $100 million in India to train up to 5,000 pilots over the next five years. The firm will bring in the investment in a phased manner to create training infrastructure and install flight simulators to meet the growing demand for pilot training in India and the South Asian region. The move comes at a time when the Indian aviation sec...

IAE AG and FTAI Aviation sign strategic V2500 engine maintenance services agreement

FTAI Aviation and IAE International Aero Engines announced a five-year EngineWise maintenance services agreement for V2500 engines. The agreement includes over 100 full-performance restoration shop visits. FTAI Aviation focuses on engine leasing, revolutionizing the approach to how lessors serve operators by offering a variety of standalone engines and unique maintenance products to supp...

GA Telesis continues its leadership position in the USM market with a record number of CFM56-7B engine disassemblies

GA Telesis announces a significant expansion to their inventory of Used Serviceable Material with the disassembly of a record number of CFM56-7B engines. GAT Flight Solution Group will manage the distribution of the USM from these engines, building on their reputation as the world’s leading independent aftermarket used serviceable material supplier. With the exceptional growth of CFM56-7B...

Turkish Airlines Flight Academy chose ALSIM to meet its single-engine simulator needs by supplying 2 units of AL172

Turkish Airlines Flight Academy, the well-known subsidiary of Turkish Airlines, has once again chosen ALSIM as its trusted partner for its flight training needs by purchasing two AL172. The ALSIM AL172, already certified as a FNPT II (EASA), is a replica of a brand-new Cessna 172SP Skyhawk with a real Garmin G1000 NXI and GFC700 autopilot. The TAFA CEO, Assoc. Prof. İbrahim Zeki AKYURT, co...

Nolinor acquires a second Cessna 172 for its Become a Pilot program

Nolinor Aviation acquires a second Cessna 172 for its Become a Pilot program. This Cessna 172 (C-172), rich in history and carefully restored, will be made available to Nolinor Aviation employees, offering an exceptional pilot training opportunity.  Launched in 2020, the Become a Pilot program has already enabled more than twenty employees to obtain their profess...

Lufthansa Technik strengthened partnership with Saudi low-cost airline flyadeal

flyadeal has entrusted Lufthansa Technik with enhancing its maintenance and engineering processes and by selecting Swiss-AS’s AMOS Airline Edition software package and Aircraft Engineering Services. The Jeddah-based airline is well positioned to achieve operational excellence and increase productivity through the digitalization of its technical operations. AMOS serves the airline as a centra...

Airways Aviation announces opening in Italy

Airways Aviation, a global leader in aviation training, is thrilled to announce the planned opening of its new Training Facility next month at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) in Italy. The new classrooms and offices are located within the “Palazzina Comando” (Commanders Building), part of the renowned Volandia Aviation Museum and directly adjacent to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) Term...

Rolls-Royce expands business aviation services network for its growing CorporateCare customer base

Rolls-Royce is further strengthening its business aviation services infrastructure in Europe by adding Airline Support Baltic to its global network of Authorised Service Centers. Authorised Service Centers are an essential element of the Rolls-Royce services portfolio and add to the existing global service capabilities for its expanding CorporateCare customer base. Growing in the business avi...

Leonardo launches new localised maintenance service capabilities in the UK

Leonardo continues to expand the level of service proximity and capabilities in the helicopter market by launching new projects in the UK through a long-term partnership with Aldenham Aviation Ltd. Starting with an existing building and infrastructure at London Elstree Aerodrome, operations target Part 145 maintenance capabilities to be in place within autumn this year. Further projects planned wi...

easyJet and SR Technics mark the acquisition of maintenance facility in Malta

easyJet and SR Technics have today finalised an agreement which sees the airline acquire the SR Technics maintenance facility in Malta. The signing ceremony, which took place with the Prime Minister, Dr Robert Abela in attendance, was held at the maintenance hangar today and signals the handover of the facility to easyJet. easyJet will now undertake heavy maintenance on its growing...

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TARMAC Aerosave becomes the world’s first triple AFRA-accredited company, doubling aircraft dismantling capacity

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Velocity Maintenance Solutions expands hangar facilities at Wilmington Airport, enhancing service capacity and growth prospects

Velocity Maintenance Solutions, an FAA-certified provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced a significant expansion of its facilities at Wilmington Airport (ILG) in Delaware,...