by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2022 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
GKN Aerospace is planning to relocate its North America additive manufacturing (AM) center of excellence to the Lone Star Commerce Center in Fort Worth, Texas with a 100,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will initially house research and development of laser...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2022 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Lufthansa Airline has signed EPCOR to provide the APS5000 Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft. EPCOR will also handle all warranty repairs on the APS5000s. Lufthansa took delivery of its first Dreamliner in August 2022, with four more to...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2022 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
China Cargo Airlines has extended its Total Component Support with Lufthansa Technik for 777 freighters for 15 years. As a part of the contract, Lufthansa Technik will provide fully customised and extensive component service to over ten Boeing 777-200 freighters. This...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2022 | Technology, Zone: Europe
The Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737MAX will dominate the narrowbody market, as per the latest IBA report. The report showed that the global capacity recovery towards 2019 has slowed in the second half of 2022 but will continue in 2023 and this slow recovery rate is due...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2022 | Cargo, Zone: Americas
Boeing has forecasted a strong demand for air cargo through 2024, with traffic doubling and the world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%, as per its latest World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF). The report says that the global freighter fleet will grow by more...
