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SK Aero Partners becomes TrueAero Asset Management

Due to its expanding lease portfolio and mid to end-of-life strategy services, TrueAero has merged its asset management division with SK Aero Partners to create TrueAero Asset Management. TrueAero Asset Management offers a range of alternative and traditional management strategies including leased portfolio management to institutional and private investors around the globe. TrueAero Asset Management […]

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Bombardier reaches labour agreement with employees in Wichita

Bombardier has reached a collective labour agreement with unionized employees at its site in Wichita, Kansas, who are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). “Bombardier Business Aircraft is putting winning conditions in place to ensure the long-term success of its Wichita site and we are pleased we have reached this

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BAA Training receives approval for Embraer E190 Type rating in Tanzania

BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has received an approval to provide Embraer E190 Type rating training from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA). From now on the company can provide Tanzanian airlines with initial and recurrent Embraer E190 Type rating training and full flight simulator dry or wet lease in all BAA partner

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ExxonMobil selects Aviall Services as strategic distributor of aviation lubricants in select markets

ExxonMobil has released that Aviall Services, a Boeing Company, will serve as a strategic distributor of ExxonMobil Aviation lubricants, further strengthening a nearly 20-year relationship between the two companies. As a strategic distributor, Aviall will distribute ExxonMobil Aviation lubricants in North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. Aviall will also be one of a

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Sky Seven and ST Electronics sign MoU to advance aviation training for Oman

Sky Seven has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) with the aim to promote a Virtual Aerodrome Laboratory (VAL), a simulation-based learning system for the aviation industry, which will be the first of its kind in the Sultanate of Oman. The VAL re-creates an airport aerodrome in a realistic

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Lufthansa Technik signs MoU with Air Esurfing for installing fleet connectivity solutions in China

Lufthansa Technik has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese company Air Esurfing (ARE) for providing connectivity services to Chinese airlines. The country’s largest communication company, Air Esurfing is a fully-owned subsidiary of Air Media Group and is dedicated to providing in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) services to airlines in China. The MoU

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Final chapter in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 draws to regretful close

In a final report, published October 2nd, on the unsuccessful search, Australian authorities deeply regret not finding missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and describe the protracted mystery as “unacceptable”. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) states that: “It is almost inconceivable and certainly societally unacceptable in the modern aviation era … for a large commercial

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Baines Simmons appointed by Leonardo Helicopters to enhance safety performance

Air Partner’s aviation safety consultancy company Baines Simmons has been awarded a two-year contract by Leonardo Helicopters, to support the development and enhancement of its safety management performance across its UK sites. Baines Simmons will provide Leonardo Helicopters with specialist consultancy and training support, drawing on over 16 years of experience. The programme will comprise

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Monarch Airlines folds, leaving over 100,000 passengers overseas

Monarch Airlines (Monarch), established in 1967 and the U.K.’s fifth-largest airline, has ceased operating with immediate effect, leaving over 100,000 passengers to seek alternative return flights to the U.K., while the cancelation of 300,000 flights will affect approaching 750,000 other customers. Throughout 2017 the beleaguered carrier has struggled to remain solvent after posting a loss

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