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International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

To recognise International Women's Day 2023, we spoke with Marinela Stefanova, Dowty's HR Leader, two years on from joining Dowty. How have you been finding the role since joining the senior leadership team back in 2021?Marinela: To start, it wasn’t all smooth sailing...

National Apprenticeship Week 2023

National Apprenticeship Week 2023

Dowty Propellers is committed to propelling the next generation of talent. We offer multiple school leavers the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the workplace alongside further education. You can read more about our apprenticeship offerings here:...

Dowty Propellers at the Royal Aeronautical Society

Dowty Propellers at the Royal Aeronautical Society

Dowty Propellers recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Royal Aeronautical Society (Gloucester and Cheltenham Branch) on ‘Keeping Propellers at the Cutting Edge of Aviation’. Jordan White, lead manufacturing specialist at Dowty, gave the audience a brief...

Dowty Awarded Tier 2 AMRC Membership

Dowty Awarded Tier 2 AMRC Membership

Dowty Propellers is honoured to have achieved tier 2 membership of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Following our previous collaboration on the Digital Propulsion (DigiProp) research and development programme, we are excited to explore new...

The IRON project: The Future of Regional Aviation

The IRON project: The Future of Regional Aviation

Researching innovative, low-noise propeller designs.  The IRON project falls under Europe’s Clean Sky 2, sitting within the larger regional aircraft package. One aspect of the project looks at carrying out design studies of innovative propeller concepts with the aim...

New Asia-Pacific MRO Facility Now Open

New Asia-Pacific MRO Facility Now Open

September 6, 2022 BRISBANE, Australia - GE Aviation today opened a new state-of-the-art facility in Australia to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for customers across the Asia-Pacific region. The new $8 million Asia-Pacific Service Centre at Brisbane...

Brisbane MRO Facility Visited by Queensland Premier

Brisbane MRO Facility Visited by Queensland Premier

On 23rd August 2022, Dowty’s MRO facility in Brisbane was proud to host a visit from the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, ahead of the opening of a new workshop in September. The $8 million Asia Pacific Service Centre has been praised by the Premier for the...

35 Years of Engineering Excellence

35 Years of Engineering Excellence

As a school leaver in the late 1980s looking for an engineering apprenticeship scheme, and with an interest in aviation, Dowty Group was a natural choice for Jonathan Chestney. And it’s a decision he’s never looked back on, as he celebrates his 35-year anniversary...

C-130J Propeller Maintenance Facility Opens at Robins Air Force Base

C-130J Propeller Maintenance Facility Opens at Robins Air Force Base

GLOUCESTER, UK – 16 December, 2021 – Dowty Propellers, a leader in electronically controlled, all-composite propeller systems, has opened a propeller maintenance and repair facility at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, USA for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super...

Supporting Cranfield’s National Flying Laboratory Centre

Supporting Cranfield’s National Flying Laboratory Centre

Dowty Propellers is proud to support Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC). Helping to create aerospace leaders of the future, the classroom-in-the-sky offers students and researchers the opportunity to experience the role of a flight test...

Partnering with SpiceJet to offer local, on-site support

Partnering with SpiceJet to offer local, on-site support

The second largest airline in India, SpiceJet, operates a fleet of 32 De Havilland Dash 8-400 regional aircraft which are used on daily flights to many destinations across the country. Since 2016, a purpose-built Dowty Propellers workshop based at the Rajiv Gandhi...

Dowty-quality MRO facility at Ethiopian Airlines

Dowty-quality MRO facility at Ethiopian Airlines

Operators across Africa of the De Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprop can benefit from Dowty-quality MRO services for their propeller systems via the Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) MRO facility in Addis Ababa. Delivering reduced turnaround times and easier shipping arrangements,...