Embraer to establish major Aviation Training Center in Johannesburg

Embraer has announced the establishment of a new training center at O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The Embraer Training Centre will open in the first half of 2018 and will be the first facility of its kind in Africa to provide this range of training all under one roof, for qualified pilots, maintenance technicians, and

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Sunrise Airways accepts delivery of new Boeing 737

Sunrise Airways has accepted delivery of the latest addition to its fleet, a next generation 168-seat Boeing 737-800, at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The jet aircraft will deploy along new Sunrise Airways routes to Orlando and Miami from the airline’s hub in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sunrise Airways’ new service to/from Orlando begins October 18, 2017, while

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TBD delivers 700 container dollies with patented safety hoop system

TBD, renowned for ground support equipment and specialist access solutions for the global aviation industry, has delivered 700 container dollies featuring their patented safety hoop design to a flag carrier airline as part of a safety initiative. Following close discussions with the airline, TBD developed the safety hoop system which is designed to eliminate fatalities

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Monarch Aircraft Engineering secures Virgin Atlantic as new customer

Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) has signed a base maintenance agreement with Virgin Atlantic. The airline is a new customer for MAEL who will carry out C1 checks for Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787-9 fleet between 2017 and 2021. All the maintenance work will be carried out at Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s state of the art facility

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TLD and EasyMile to develop TractEasy, the first autonomous baggage tractor

Ground Support Equipment, as many other driving machines, are experiencing a technological revolution with the development of Assistance and Automation systems that will change the ramp operating environment in the coming years. In keeping with that trend, TLD and EasyMile joined their expertise to develop the TractEasy. TractEasy is a driverless baggage tractor incorporating software

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Martin Aviation signs three-year service agreement to become StandardAero’s newest PT6A Partner

StandardAero and Martin Aviation signed a three-year Authorized Service Center agreement for PT6A engine services at the 2017 NBAA-BACE event in Orlando, Florida. The agreement will provide operators of King Air, Pilatus, Cessna Caravan, Cheyenne and TBM aircraft the advantage of a one-stop solution for both engine and airframe services. Under the agreement, StandardAero and

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