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The aviation training centre Baltic Aviation Academy has signed a contract with Austrian company Air X Executive Jets. According to the newly signed agreement the academy will provide the Austrian carrier with type rating training services. It is the first Baltic Aviation Academy‘s contract with the business and private jet charter flight provider.

To support its growing customer base in Asia, VAS Aero Services will open a sales and marketing office in Singapore in early 2012.  The Singapore office will serve as VAS’ gateway to the Asian market enabling the company to expand its presence and be closer to our customers’.   VAS Aero Services, LLC, an H.I.G. Capital

On December 15th the official opening ceremony for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 Training Center was held in Zhukovsky. The Training Center offers the complete cycle of training for flight and technical staff of the SSJ100 customers and has a range of the most advanced training equipment and simulators including Computer Based Training (CBT), Flight Procedure Training

Gulfstream International Airlines announced its adoption of a new name and brand: Silver Airways.  VPAA Co. dba/Gulfstream International Airlines was founded in May 2011, when Victory Park Capital, a Chicago-based investment firm, acquired select assets from the former Gulfstream International Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November 2010.  Silver Airways continues the evolution of the carrier under

Embraer’s large Legacy 650 executive jet has been type certified by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) with the revised Validation Type Certificate Data Sheet. This paves the way for customers to register and operate the Legacy 650 in China. The jet has been certified by other major aviation regulatory authorities, including Brazil’s National

At the Dubai Air Show 2011, global aviation spare parts platform Locatory.com signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian State Research Institute of Civil Aviation (GosNIIGA). According to the agreement, both parties will work closely together in their attempt to ensure the authenticity of aviation parts within the Russian market. A successful implementation of the agreement terms

Delta Air Lines and US Airways announced the closing of their agreement to transfer takeoff and landing rights at New York ‘s LaGuardia and Washington D.C .’s Reagan National airports. The agreement was approved on Oct. 10 , 2011, by the U.S. Department of Transportation, which concluded that the transaction is in the public interest because of

Ethiopian Airlines became Star Alliance’s 28th member airline on December 13th and the third African airline in the alliance. The joining ceremony was held at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, where the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB) welcomed Ethiopian Airlines into the alliance.

Garmin International, a global leader in satellite navigation, has received the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) validation of the U.S. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the GTN 650 and GTN 750 series touchscreen avionics. With this validation, these avionics are certified and approved for installation in hundreds of makes and models of European-registered general aviation aircraft.

Euravia reported the re-launch and expansion of on-site services through the newly established Euravia Mobile Repair Team (EMRT). The new EMRT is led by a Senior Product Support Manager, who has over 30 year’s experience on gas turbines, including direct ‘hands-on’ experience with P&WC and with a major PT6 fleet operator. The EMRT will initially