by Dino D'Amore | Oct 25, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Aviation mechanics are striking this morning. They are refusing to perform maintenance, repair or inspection work on aircraft over a contract dispute. A compromise bid offered by mediators was rejected and 900 mechanics went on strike at 5 am. The strike action...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Boeing has announced plans to invest $7.5 million to formally establish a joint research centre with Tsinghua University of China to develop aircraft cabin environments, advanced materials, computer science and industrial designs. The centre will also include a grant...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
Shell Aviation (SAV) has signed a fuel concession agreement with Dubai Airports to operate as a fuel supplier at the new Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). When it is finished, the airport will be the largest...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
SR Technics’ Malta facility has completed the first maintenance check on an easyJet A319. This is the first aircraft to be checked under the $1.6 billion maintenance agreement signed in November 2009. SR Technics building a new four-bay narrowbody facility at the...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
As reported in Aviation News yesterday over 200 jobs are to go at Shannon Aerospace staff. Following a meeting yesterday morning CEO Thomas Rueckert, confirmed there would be 107 job losses. The news ends months of speculation at the airline maintenance company, which...
