by Dino D'Amore | May 31, 2018 | Editorial Comment, Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
Air India’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary Air India Engineering Services (AIESL), is reported to have firmed up plans to open a MRO unit in Muscat, Oman. The new unit is expected to generate labour revenue of at least $500k per annum, and...
by Dino D'Amore | May 31, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Aventure Aviation has acquired for teardown a complete Boeing 757-200, MSN 25436, equipped with heavy-weight landing gear with green time. The dismantling will commence next week in Goodyear, Arizona, USA. This specific former VIM Airlines aircraft was selected...
by Dino D'Amore | May 30, 2018 | Technology, Zone: Americas
Embraer has selected Viasat Ka-band technology to power the medium cabin Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 business jets’ high-capacity high-speed data connectivity. Embraer becomes the first business aircraft manufacturer to offer line-fit high-capacity high-speed...
by Dino D'Amore | May 30, 2018 | Editorial Comment, Maintenance
Rolls-Royce has trebled its maintenance capacity to fix the issues with the Trent 1000 Package C engines used on a quarter of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft fleet. In an operational update released today, Rolls-Royce confirmed a range of new activities the manufacturer...
by Dino D'Amore | May 29, 2018 | Technology, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Following the start of final assembly work in April, ANA’s (All Nippon Airways) first A380 has completed airframe assembly and today made its debut in Toulouse. With the ANA logo on its vertical tail, the aircraft has moved to an outdoor station where...
