AIRCRAFT NEWS

NYCO signs a major strategic agreement with Air France to develop sustainable aircraft lubricants

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 9^th 2021 |

NYCO, the French specialist in aeronautical lubricants, has signed a strategic agreement with Air France to cooperat...

Etihad welcomed a group of aircraft mechanics to its national workforce

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Nov 26^th 2021 |

This week, Etihad welcomed its first graduates from the Aircraft Mechanics Development Programme, after successfully receiving the Category A in Aircraft Maintenance l...

GA Telesis will disassemble between 35 and 40 new commercial aircraft in 2022

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 25^th 2021 |

GA Telesis continues to lead the USM market with the disassembly of two Boeing 737NG, two Airbus A330-200, and four Airbus A340-600 aircraft. GAT's Component Solutions...

Gulfstream to open a new aircraft service center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 11^th 2021 |

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that it will build a new aircraft service center at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airpo...

Nomination

Laurent Maroy appointed as CEO of Sonaca Aircraft

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Aug 30^th 2021 |

Sonaca Aircraft has announced the appointment of Laurent Maroy as its new Chief Executive Officer.Laurent Maroy joined Sonaca group in 2013 and has held various positions at both national and international levels: he ...

Satair becomes exclusive distributor of a selection of AES aircraft cabin products

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 1^st 2021 |

Satair, the Airbus subsidiary specializing in aircraft parts management, parts services and parts support, has just s...

Safran Aircraft Engine Services to expands its MRO activities at Brussels airport for the LEAP engines

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 1^st 2021 |

Safran Aircraft Engine Services Brussels and Brussels Airport signed a long-term partnership agreement to open a new ...

ATSG acquires two passenger A321 aircraft to be converted to freighters

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 1^st 2021 |

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) announces that its subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has committed to acquire its first two Airbus A321-200 passenger airc...

The Airbus A400M soon to be used as a firefighting aircraft ?

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Jun 18^th 2021 |

AKKA Technologies has just developed a turnkey conversion solution to be able to add a new auxiliary capability to the Airbus A400M, the C295 and the CN-235 military t...

Iberia : 17 years Flying Airbus Aircraft

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jun 3^rd 2021 |

All the flying I learned in gliders, ultra-light planes. and at the National Aeronautics School in Salamanca was the traditional kind, with hours and hours in simulators, thousands of pages of manuals, plus pulleys an...

Nomination

Recaro Aircraft Seating announces Sunitha Vegerla as new General Manager of Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jun 3^rd 2021 |

Vegerla is currently the Director of Quality and Process Management and a member of the Americas executive leadership...

ST Engineering and Temasek to launch narrow-body freighter aircraft leasing JV in Singapore

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 20^th 2021 |

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) and Singapore investment fund Temasek announce their intention to...

New Apprenticeship Program at Bombardier's London Biggin Hill Service Centre Training Next Generation of Aircraft Technicians

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Fri, May 14^th 2021 |

Inaugural 36-month apprenticeship program with 16 apprentices in first cohort of advanced aircraft maintenance engine...

GA Telesis orders 4 new 737-800SF aircraft from AEI

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 22^nd 2021 |

GA Telesis has ordered four additional 737-800SFs from AEI (Aeronautical Engineers), with three conversions scheduled for the second half of this year and the last fo...

EFW to convert two A330-300 passenger aircraft to freighters for MNG Airlines

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 8^th 2021 |

Elbe Flugzeugwerke has announced that it has reached an agreement with MNG Airlines to convert two A330-300s to A330P2F. The first aircraft (MSN 879, Trent 700, ex-Chi...