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Gama Aviation wins UK Part-145 for Learjet maintenance and opens helicopter paint shop

Gama Aviation has secured UK CAA Part-145 approval to perform maintenance on Learjet aircraft and opened a new helicopter paint shop, expanding its business-aviation MRO capabilities and broadening services for rotorcraft operators and OEMs, providing UK-based third-party sustainment for corporate operators.

2026-01-19T09:59:04.645067-08:00

Vertical Mag

APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

2026-01-19T05:21:27.348350-08:00

Inflight Online

Jamco signs definitive agreement to buy German lavatory specialist Schüschke, securing ~83% of Airbus lavatory hardware

2026-01-19T02:54:27.212424-08:00

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Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

2026-01-18T20:22:02.253243-08:00

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Gama Aviation wins UK Part-145 for Learjet maintenance and opens helicopter paint shop Gama Aviation has secured UK CAA Part-145 approval to perform maintenance on Learjet aircraft and opened a new helicopter paint shop, expanding its business-aviation MRO capabilities and broadening services for rotorcraft operators and OEMs, providing UK-based third-party sustainment for corporate operators.

2026-01-19T09:59:04.645067-08:00

Gama Aviation wins UK Part-145 for Learjet maintenance and opens helicopter paint shop

FlightGlobal

Qinetiq wins £205m, five-year follow-on MoD contract to sustain RAF Eurofighter Typhoon fleet Qinetiq has secured a five-year, £205 million follow-on contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to continue delivering mission-critical engineering services in support of the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. The award extends Qinetiq’s sustainment role for the combat aircraft into the next operational cycle.

2026-01-19T07:27:33.012785-08:00

Qinetiq wins £205m, five-year follow-on MoD contract to sustain RAF Eurofighter Typhoon fleet

Vertical Mag

APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps Rotortrade's APAC Helicopter Market Report 2025 finds helicopter fleets across the Asia‑Pacific are ageing, regulatory standards vary significantly between countries, and operator capability is uneven. These combined trends create near‑term maintenance burdens and operational risk profiles that will shape procurement and MRO demand across the region.

2026-01-19T05:21:27.348350-08:00

APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

Inflight Online

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Jamco signs definitive agreement to buy German lavatory specialist Schüschke, securing ~83% of Airbus lavatory hardware Jamco Corporation has signed definitive documentation to acquire German lavatory and cabin-equipment specialist Schüschke, expanding its lavatory, washbasin and countertop product set and capturing roughly an 83% share of Airbus cabin lavitory hardware. The Bain-backed transaction is expected to close in February 2026.

2026-01-19T02:54:27.212424-08:00

Jamco signs definitive agreement to buy German lavatory specialist Schüschke, securing ~83% of Airbus lavatory hardware

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Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update Daily Operator News briefing summarising Ethiopian Airlines' latest route network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft order activity, alongside coverage of start-ups, bankruptcies, mergers and partnership moves affecting the carrier’s capacity planning across Africa and long‑haul markets.

2026-01-18T20:22:02.253243-08:00

Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

Aviation Week

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TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B TransDigm will buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from Vance Street Capital for about $2.2 billion in cash. The purchase of two proprietary aftermarket/PMA suppliers— which together generated roughly $280 million in 2025 revenue— broadens TransDigm's aftermarket/MRO footprint and accelerates PMA consolidation.

2026-01-16T10:51:33.250028-08:00

TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B

AeroTime

Engine transitions: engineering-led CAMO turns narrowbody engine value into predictable returns With engines now representing over half of a narrowbody jet's asset value, engineering‑led CAMO (continuing airworthiness management) programmes that focus on lifecycle data, life‑limited parts and transition planning can convert engine transition risk into predictable, measurable asset returns for operators and lessors.

2026-01-16T07:27:21.850143-08:00

Engine transitions: engineering-led CAMO turns narrowbody engine value into predictable returns

NASA

NASA adds two retired USAF F-15s to Armstrong fleet to support X-59 high‑altitude supersonic trials NASA has brought two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters into its Armstrong Flight Research Center fleet at Edwards AFB to act as chase/support aircraft for high‑altitude, supersonic testing of the X-59 quiet‑boom demonstrator. The jets will be modified to enable chase, instrumentation and data collection during supersonic profiles.

2026-01-15T13:07:18.912355-08:00

NASA adds two retired USAF F-15s to Armstrong fleet to support X-59 high‑altitude supersonic trials

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Gama Aviation wins UK Part-145 for Learjet maintenance and opens helicopter paint shop

APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

Jamco signs definitive agreement to buy German lavatory specialist Schüschke, securing ~83% of Airbus lavatory hardware

Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

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