Airbus has inaugurated a new training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers in the National Capital Region of Delhi, as part of its continuing efforts to support the exponential growth of the civil aviation sector in the country. Airbus forecast a need for more than 25,000 new pilots in India over the next 20
Liebherr-Aerospace has inaugurated its new and bigger regional office in M.G. (Mahatma Gandhi) Road in Bangalore. The move had become necessary due to the company’s increase of activities and growth of the team on site. The office is proof of the aviation system supplier’s long-term strategy to enlarge its footprint in India. The Liebherr-Aerospace team
Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES Global), a UK and EU aerospace design and certification organisation, has extended its operations and has opened an engineering design office in Shannon, Ireland. To enhance this expansion, AES Global has gained EASA Part 21 approval for its Irish base, introducing DOA AES Global, trading under Aerospace Engineering Solutions. The opening
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require, effective February 23, that all small drones have their registration number clearly displayed on the outside as a means of more easily identifying their owners. This move follows on from 2015 FAA rules that require the registration of all drones before they can be flown and that they
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the United States government and industry to work together to ensure that aviation is able to accommodate an expected 62% rise in demand for air travel to, from and within the country over the next 20 years. Speaking at the International Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., Alexandre de
U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill pushing for the installation of a secondary door between the cabin and cockpit on passenger airlines. This increase in onboard safety is intended to ensure there can be no attack using commercial aircraft as witnessed with the September 11, 2001 attack. The bill comes a year after Congress
In a major boost for airline accident investigations, two aviation leaders, Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright, have partnered to develop an entirely new way for airlines to monitor and analyze flight data. Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright will use real-time connectivity to reinvent the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder — commonly referred to as “black boxes” —
Jota Aviation has become the latest airline to launch a pilot cadet programme. The programme will offer talented, newly qualified pilots the opportunity to fulfil their dream of becoming commercial airline pilots. In an industry now struggling with a shortage of existing pilots, combined with a maturing workforce, airlines have recognised the need to develop
Michael O’Leary, the abrasive CEO of Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, is to step down from the role of day-to-day running of the airline to take up a new role as CEO of a restructured Ryanair overseeing CEOs of the company’s four airlines – Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Sun, Ryanair UK and the newly acquired Laudamotion.
Eirtech Aviation has announced the opening of its newest office in Dublin city centre. The office will be staffed with Sales, Engineering and CAMO personnel who will be readily available to meet with customers as required. The office will be open from Monday 4th February 2019 and will enable Eirtech to respond to the growing
