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The Federal Aviation Authority has issued Cardiff Aviation with approval to act as a Part-145 Air Repair Station. The MRO will now be permitted to provide airframe and powerplant repairs on aircraft used by operators regulated by the US national aviation authority. With Cardiff Aviation already holding EASA Part-145 approval, the company now has the…
TUI Airways has chosen Cardiff Aviation for a new aircraft maintenance pipeline, comprising of 17 aircraft. Under the contract, TUI Airways, a leading leisure airline, will now put a series of Boeing 737-800s, 757s and a 767 through the St. Athan Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility for a wide variety of engineering works. Cardiff…
Cardiff Aviation has appointed Joachim Jones as Chief Executive Officer, responsible for managing the company’s MRO and training operations. In what is a new position for Cardiff Aviation, Jones will focus on strengthening the company’s MRO and global line maintenance provision, as well as developing new investment opportunities to secure long-term business growth. Jones, 45,…
Cardiff Aviation has handed over control of Air Djibouti to local management, after successfully completing its contract with the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority (DPFZA) to establish the airline’s operational framework and facilitated funding for its expansion. Air Djibouti was a product of Cardiff Aviation’s exciting ‘airline-in-a-box’ concept – a process that sees the…
Cardiff Aviation Chairman Bruce Dickinson has personally delivered the latest aircraft to join the company’s ACMI fleet to Albawings in Albania – with the Boeing 737-400 taking its name from the Mediterranean nation’s unlikely British cult hero. Sir Norman Wisdom (Mr. Pitkin) made its maiden voyage from Cardiff Aviation’s world-class MRO facilities at St. Athan…
A pilot for Air Djibouti, which is managed by the aviation services provider Cardiff Aviation, is now on a mission to become the first African pilot in history to fly around the world solo. Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin embarked on the second leg of his historic journey in a Cirrus SR22 from North Weald airfield on…
Delivery flight signals Djibouti’s growing status as global trade and investment hub Today Air Djibouti took delivery of the first Boeing 737 aircraft in Djibouti in preparation for the launch of Air Djibouti’s new commercial operations. His Excellency Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr Aboubaker Omar Hadi, Chairman of Air Djibouti,…
Iron Maiden frontman and Cardiff Aviation chairman Bruce Dickinson has completed his 747 pilot training, ready to fly the band on their The Book of Souls world tour on board Ed Force One. Dickinson, who is already qualified to fly a variety of aircraft ranging from Fokker triplanes to the Boeing 737, has now clocked…
Cardiff Aviation is a fully-approved and certified MRO and pilot training company based at St Athan – Cardiff Airport Aerospace Enterprise Zone in South Wales, United Kingdom. Operating from a former RAF maintenance base equipped with 6,000ft ILS runway and parking for up to 20 narrow-bodied airliners, Cardiff Aviation can conduct MRO work on aircraft of almost any size, including Boeing 757s and Airbus 320s.
Cardiff Aviation also has two Boeing 747 training simulators and one of just two Sikorsky S-61 helicopter simulators in the world. Customers for the MRO and training facilities include major airlines, European charter operators and principal airline leasing companies.
