by Dino D'Amore | May 18, 2020 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
On May 18 a B737-800 was towed into GAMECO hangar, marking the inauguration of its first B737-800 PTF (passenger to freighter) conversion after half-year preparation. Nowadays, under the pandemic prevention and control activities going on around the world, a serious...
by Dino D'Amore | May 14, 2020 | Airline, Maintenance, Zone: Europe
MTU Maintenance, the aero engines specialists has renewed its exclusive GE90-110B contract with Aerologic by a further twelve years. The contract encompasses multiple aspects of MTU Maintenance’s PERFORMPlus offering, including engine trend monitoring, fleet...
by Dino D'Amore | May 13, 2020 | Airline, Maintenance
There is potentially an oversupply of up to 2,500 narrow and widebody aircraft in the market, and global demand, once the current restrictions are lifted, will have declined by 20% by the end of 2021, according to appraisal firm IBA. IBA, , has identified a number of...
by Dino D'Amore | May 6, 2020 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Moves by a number of leading airlines to permanently retire significant parts of their fleet as a result of COVID 19 are a mixed blessing for spare parts sector with future demand likely to be non-existent for certain types of aircraft, according to Mike Bianco, chief...
by Dino D'Amore | May 5, 2020 | Cargo, Zone: Americas
After three days of intensive work at Sao Paulo’s Maintenance Center, LATAM Group announced the first Boeing 777-300ER reconfiguration. This aircraft’s Economy cabin had passenger seats temporarily removed to increase its cargo transportation capacity by 20%. This...
