Heike Tamm

Norwegian sells Argentinian subsidiary to JetSMART Airlines

Norwegian Air Shuttle has signed an agreement for the sale of 100% of its Argentinian subsidiary Norwegian Air Argentina (NAA) to JetSMART Airlines. “We’re taking necessary steps to return to profitability,” said acting CEO Geir Karlsen. JetSMART will assume the NAA operation with immediate effect. To minimize the impact on passengers, JetSMART will continue to

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Dowty Propellers inaugurates new facility in Brockworth, England

Dowty Propellers has inaugurated its new facility in Brockworth, England to provide a modern operation for the company’s development, manufacture and support of state-of-the-art propeller systems with all-composite blades. Located just outside Gloucester at Brockworth’s Gloucester Business Park, this 183,000-ft² building brings together Dowty Propellers’ primary resources on one site: from the full production process

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CSAT signs new base maintenance agreement with Jet2.com

Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a subsidiary company of Prague Airport and provider of aircraft, repair and maintenance services, has entered into a base maintenance agreement with leisure airline Jet2.com. Under the contract, employees of CSAT provide Boeing 737NG aircraft base maintenance checks for the U.K. carrier, in facilities at Václav Havel Airport Prague. Czech Airlines

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CAE introduces CAE TRAX Academy

CAE has introduced the CAE TRAX Academy, an integrated and advanced training continuum designed to deliver faster and more efficient throughput for military student pilot training.  CAE also launched the CAE Sprint Virtual Reality (VR) trainer, an integral part of the CAE TRAX Academy, to enable self-paced learning in an immersive, high-fidelity virtual environment. The

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Airbus Helicopters signs Global Support Contract for Tiger helicopters

Airbus Helicopters and OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement / Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation) have signed a tri-lateral Global Support Contract aimed at boosting the availability rate of the Tigers in service in the French, German, and Spanish armies. With this long-term support agreement, Tiger readiness and supportability will be secured for

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S7 Technics assists Air Astana with first in-house C-Check

Russia’s S7 Technics aircraft maintenance service provider and Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana continue to expand its partnership in terms of MRO of the airline’s fleet. In November 2019 Air Astana, supported by S7 Technics’ team, completed its first in-house base maintenance check – 1C-Check on an Airbus A320neo. The check was performed at the

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Safran and MTU get step nearer development of NGF engine

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program has taken a major step forward now that Safran Aircraft Engines and MTU Aero Engines have settled the details concerning their eye-level partnership to develop the engine of the next-generation fighter aircraft NGF. The agreement will rely on the principles of the Letter of Intent (LOI) which were

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TELAIR and HAECO enter ten-year component services partnership in the People’s Republic of China and Asia Pacific

HAECO Component Overhaul (Xiamen) has been appointed as the exclusive Authorised Repair Centre in the People’s Republic of China and Authorised Repair Centre across Asia Pacific for TELAIR International GmbH (TELAIR) under a ten-year partnership agreement. The scope of this partnership covers full repair services for all TELAIR Power Drive Unit (PDU) and Mechanical Components

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