Reading Time: < 1 minute Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following a comprehensive testing program. The EASA and FAA validations follow the CS100 aircraft Type Certification awarded by Transport Canada in December 2015. EASA’s validation paves the way […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week marks the redelivery of the first heavy maintenance check performed on a foreign-registered VIP aircraft by leading aviation maintenance and cargo conversion company, Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO). The jet had an outward appearance of a typical commercial airliner, but the MD-87 aircraft’s interior was nothing but first-class from nose to tail. With […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jet Aviation’s Dubai facility has secured approvals from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its non-destructive testing (NDT) shop. The MRO provider has introduced non-destructive testing as part of its maintenance service portfolio upon receiving FAA approval for its NDT shop. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC), the parent organization of Dubai South, has signed an agreement with the UK-based University of South Wales to set up an aviation academy. The USW Aviation Academy will be the region’s first specialist campus facility offering advanced aerospace engineering education at Dubai South, a statement said. Central to the agreement […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes On 31st May 2016, the world’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft, the A320neo, received on-schedule the Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the second engine option to be certified – CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine. This certification paves the way for the delivery of the first A320neo equipped with […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch Airlines, has been approved to add the Airbus A380 aircraft to its MRO portfolio. The additional aircraft type has been added to the EASA and GCAA Part 145 approvals, allowing MAEL to provide line maintenance support for Airbus A380 operators at Birmingham Airport. Derek Gibson, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes CityJet, the Irish European regional airline, took delivery in Italy of its first Superjet SSJ100 aircraft. At a ceremony in Venice, CityJet’s Executive Chairman, Pat Byrne, and Chief Commercial Officer, Cathal O’ Connell, were present to accept formal delivery of the airplane which has been described by Mr Byrne as a “game changer.” CityJet becomes […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2015, the Irish regional airline CityJet has announced the will to buy 15+10 Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft for 1 billion USD to update its fleet. Since that day the European aviation community and non-professional aviation lovers are still trying to understand how the Russian twin-engine became the loved one by the CityJet. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The European Aviation Safety Agency announces today the creation of a task force to assess the risk of collision between drones and aircraft. The task force will: • Review all relevant occurrences including the occurrences collected by the European Member States, • Analyse the existing studies on the subject of impact between drones and aircraft, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Following the fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 in Norway on Friday, the EASA has issued an emergency AD for the EC225LP/H225, requiring inspections of three suspension bars (lift struts) located around the main rotor assembly before any further flight. The chip detectors of the main gearbox, as well as the oil filter, also […]