by Dino D'Amore | Oct 7, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
At a Washington DC conference Saab Aircraft Leasing chief executive Michael Magnusson announced that he is evaluating extending the certificated hours on its Saab 340 fleet. At the US Valuation conference, hosted by Commercial Aviation Online, Magnusson confirmed that...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 6, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
A Singapore Airlines A340-500 aircraft flying from Singapore to Newark Liberty airport in New York landed with damage to one of its tyres. An SIA statement said that an initial inspection of the landing gear revealed that there was damage to a tyre on the left side,...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 6, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Aeroframe Services is providing maintenance in Lake Charles on airframe bases for US Airways’ A330 aircraft. It took delivery of the first aircraft over the weekend. The move will create an additional 150 jobs. Aeroframe also maintains planes for FedEx and...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 6, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Airbus Military has selected Lufthansa Technik (LHT) – an expert in A330 maintenance – to undertake component support for the UK Royal Air Force´s new fleet of 14 A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA). Under the terms of the 10-year contract, which will...
by Dino D'Amore | Oct 5, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a maintenance and support contract with Airbus for its five Airbus A340-500 aircraft. Airbus will provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for the aircraft...
