by Dino D'Amore | Dec 15, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Lufthansa Technik has now opened a new warehouse in the USA, close to the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. The Fort Lauderdale site serves as a connecting point for North, Central and South America. It was therefore chosen as the primary storage facility for the...
by Dino D'Amore | Dec 14, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
Azman Air, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing airlines, has selected VD Gulf to perform maintenance work on one of its Boeing 737CL fleet. Founded in 2010, Azman Air is a wholly-owned Nigerian airline operating scheduled passenger services from its main base in Kano,...
by Dino D'Amore | Dec 13, 2016 | Airline, Insurance, Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
Safi Airways flight 4Q502 from Herat, was damaged in a hard landing accident on runway 29 at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The right hand main gear separated and the aircraft came to rest with the second touching the runway. An evacuation was carried out on the left...
by Dino D'Amore | Dec 8, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
AirAsia and AFI KLM E&M have inked a component support agreement for the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320neo passenger jets, ultimately scheduled to number 304 aircraft. AirAsia took delivery of its first A320neo on 7 September this year in Hamburg. Signed in...
by Dino D'Amore | Dec 8, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Air India and Lufthansa Technik have entered into an agreement for the maintenance and repair of the carrier’s Boeing 777-200/300 landing gears. The four-year contract covers a total of 15 shipsets. The maintenance and overhaul work will be performed by...