by Dino D'Amore | Sep 21, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
TAP Maintenance & Engineering (TAP M&E) has performed the world’s first Sharklet retrofit of an in-service ACJ319 VIP on behalf of Airbus Corporate Jets, as part of the first turn-key project for Comlux The Aviation Group. All the work was carried out by TAP...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 21, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Corendon Airlines has signed a new deal with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) to provide Corendon Airlines Turkey and Corendon Dutch Airlines with engine maintenance services for twelve CFM56-7B engines in their fleets. The...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 15, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
A report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) blames miscommunication between crew and ground staff for causing the collision of a Malaysia Airlines A330 with an aerobridge at Melbourne Airport on March 31. The ATSB report states that the captain had...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 15, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Lufthansa Technik has been selected by an undisclosed customer to perform comprehensive cabin engineering services as well as initial parts provisioning for the entry into service on a Boeing BBJ 787-8. The engineering services consist of Service Bulletin (SB) and...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 15, 2016 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
AAR has acquired an aircraft paint stripping and washing business, Sonic Aviation, located at Miami International Airport. Sonic’s strip and wash services, including ground support equipment (GSE), complements AAR’s existing aircraft painting business and will add a...
