Avia Solutions Group

Avia Solutions Group (ASG) is a group of companies focusing on aviation business solutions for airlines, MRO and airports, offering consulting, integrated fleet management, crew training, technical training, charter flights, aircraft maintenance, crew leasing and other services.

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Compared to the same period last year, the revenue recorded by Small Planet Airlines, which operates in three markets, was 43% higher in the first half of 2012. 

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Communication errors or breakdowns between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATC) have been reported to be on the list of the factors commonly contributing towards aircraft accidents or serious incidents. In fact, incorrect or incomplete pilot / controller communications cause approximately 80 % of all aviation incidents or accidents. The most common misunderstandings between each other appear due to incorrect usage of standard phraseology, poor language skills or failures of the read-back/hear-back process. AviationCV.com experts point out that pilots and controllers are involved in the air traffic management system equally. Achieving effective radio communications depends on many factors that should not be considered in isolation.

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Due to the fact that approximately 80% of all aircraft accidents are attributed to human factors, the issue has been widely discussed among aviation professionals for many years now. Up to 15% of these accidents are blamed on the faults of the aircraft mechanics or the engineering staff and fatigue remains one of the main issues on list of the human factors that often result in poor performance on behalf of aviation technicians. Pilots are strictly regulated and receive detailed instructions on how to deal with all human factors which might influence flight safety, but what about aviation maintenance personnel?

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FL Technics Ulyanovsk, a subsidiary of the international aviation service provider Avia Solutions Group, has officially launched the construction of the new aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul centre at the Port Special Economic Zone (PSEZ) in Ulyanovsk, Russia. FL Technics Ulyanovsk is the first resident company at the PSEZ to begin the construction of a major infrastructural project in the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airport.

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For some time now aviation industry experts have been observing a continuous development of the global airline fleet leading to the increasing demand for pilots thus naturally expending the shortage of skilful pilots even more. However, one of the ways of improving the situation is assisting already licensed pilots with getting the required experience which would grant them the access to the commercial airline job market. Unfortunately, since providing flight experience for the upcoming generation of commercial pilots implies extra expenses for aircraft operators, not every carrier is willing to provide such assistance in overcoming the global pilot shortage issue. But there are other practices for the pilots to acquire the required experience and enter the market, including so-called ‘Pay-to-Fly’ schemes, which is a reasonable solution with regard to the matter.

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According to the recent survey released by the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), very few of its members take relevant measures to attract, train and retain employees. About 14% of the surveyed repair stations stated that their company served on an advisory board at a technical school, and 25.8% participated in on-campus recruitment programs. Just over 5% granted scholarships to the existing students, 25% hired student interns and only 8.6% ran a mentoring program. 57 % of the ARSA members claimed that they had had difficulty filling in technical positions in the past two years, and 65% expected their business and markets to grow in the upcoming year.

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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Flight Safety Department has issued to the Baltic Aviation Academy (Lithuania) an approval certificate to operate the initial, type rating training, recurrent training, proficiency and instrument training and all weather operations training for Boeing 737 aircraft.

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Each year millions of tourists from around the world choose one of the most popular travel destinations – Egypt. According to Euromonitor reports, despite the socio-political unrest in the region, in 2011 approx. 9 million holidaymakers visited the country. Before the turmoil the figures had been even higher - in 2010 over 14 million had chosen Egypt for their holiday break. As the summer season is the peak period for the travel industry in the region, both local and international air carriers intensify their activities, serve more routes and operate more flights. However, more intense flight schedules mean bigger load on the aircraft which increases the chances of Aircraft-On-Ground situations and the demand for ad hoc aircraft spare parts.

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For some time now aviation specialists from AviationCV.com have been observing the overwhelming increase in pilot demand from Asia, particularly China. It is an industry-wide belief that the emerging pilot markets in the East promise almost ideal job opportunities for skilful flight crew members. This conviction impels local markets elsewhere to find ways of filling in the cracks in their HR segment. However, the actual reality in some cases forces to ponder upon whether working in Asia is truly a dream job for pilots from around the world after all.

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With accelerating pilot migration processes around the world, it becomes a common rule for many pilots to change their work geography several times per year. Though it may seem to be fascinating, but moving and working abroad is a serious decision in one’s life and career. What should pilots consider before accepting a job abroad? How should they act while working for a foreign company? How to ensure the best possible conditions away from home?

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For several decades the world’s leading airlines have been uniting under various alliance projects in order to improve customer services and cut the costs related to operations, maintenance, sales, marketing, etc. One of the main advantages for the carriers-members of an alliance is the opportunity to operate joint maintenance facilities and gain access to the joint all-alliance spare parts pool. However, not every airline cooperation project grants comprehensive mutual spare parts support for its members.

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Latin America is one of the leading players in the global agricultural market and accounts for approx. 10% of its agricultural product export. Furthermore, owning almost 30% of all unused farmable land in the world, Latin America is capable of solving the issue of global food shortage, according to the World Bank. However, in order to fulfil the region's potential, severe improvements must be made in the entire industry. Unfortunately, this is hardly achievable, largely due to insufficient performance and low profitability of the agriculture-related business. The drastically aging agricultural aircraft fleet is also at blame.

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FL Technics Training, a global provider of aircraft technical maintenance training services, continues to expand its clientele in the CIS region by signing an agreement with the Ukrainian air carrier URGA. FL Technics Training will provide technical training courses for various carrier’s specialists, including maintenance and management staff.

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No matter how superhuman pilots may look like; how well equipped, trained and experienced they are – they can still make occasional dumb mistakes (just like every human being does). As recently reported, the human factor has been named as the main contributor to more than 75 per cent of all air accidents and incidents. But maybe some of them were not actually caused by the human factor directly? Maybe the surrounding world which directly affects our behaviour is the one to blame? Let’s have a look into a few quite humorous accidents and try to pinpoint the real reasons behind them prior to making any premature judgements.

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With a massive European market plunge in the beginning of 2012 followed by a number of hardly positive economic forecasts, the aftermath of the Financial Crisis 2008 continues the bombardment of the European economy. With salary-cutting policies and the Eurozone unemployment rate to reach its highest ever rate of 11,1%, the region’s air carriers have been forced to deal with steady passenger traffic decline (3.3% year-to-year comparison for the first three months in 2012, according to Eurocontrol). With the accelerating European debt crisis to contribute to the situation, the leading European airlines are desperately looking for ways to restore their financial stability. However, industry experts fear that some of the measures might undermine their high performance and safety level.

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Operated aircraft are required to be kept in a ‘like new’ condition thus aircraft mechanics are expected to repair and maintain them to meet this standard. In order to keep them in mint operating condition, aircraft and avionics mechanics and service technicians perform scheduled maintenance, make repairs and complete regular inspections required by the EASA or the FAA. All maintenance work on aircraft is performed by certified mechanics or under the supervision of a certified mechanic. But what is it like to be an aircraft mechanic?

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For already several years the industry has been fiercely discussing the issue of the upcoming shortage of pilots and MRO specialists, which is fated to hamper the development of airlines, airports and other aviation-related segments of the travel industry. With the IATA to forecast more than  a triple increase in passenger traffic – up to 16 billion passengers by 2050 –  airlines will inevitably develop a keen desire to carry every single of those passengers. However, acquiring additional aircraft – one of the 34 000 forecasted by Boeing – is just the first (and maybe the easiest) step. Securing the necessary skilful human resources – this is the point where the entire industry should act unanimously – from airlines, MROs and HR-resourcing companies to manufacturers and governments.