Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
In response to the Covid 19 downturn in passenger number Southwest Airlines announced that for the first time ever, the airline will be offering cargo-only charter services on its Boeing 737s. In a written statement, Southwest said it's looking to help get much-needed...
GA Telesis’s MRO Services Group has received its Boeing 737NG landing gear certification from the United States Federal Aviation Administration. This new rating allows GA Telesis MRO Services to repair and overhaul Boeing 737NG landing gears. The Company has elected...
Safran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a long-term contract on A380 landing gear services. The two companies will combine their respective areas of A380 landing gear MRO expertise at their Singapore (Safran Landing Systems) and London (Lufthansa...
Analysts Cowen reiterated its outperform rating on the shares of US carrier Atlas Air Worldwide and the firms has increased its price target for the firm’s share to $40 from $37.According to Cowen, Atlas should see benefits from belly capacity reduction in China due...
Brazil’s GOL has launched a new business unit to provide aircraft maintenance, repairs, and aircraft and components overhauls. The new business unit is called GOL Aerotech and it extends the airline’s expertise in aircraft maintenance to third-party airlines around...
As of August 20, 2018, El Al Israeli Airlines started using ePlane’s multiple sourcing tools. The company’s demands are synced in real time to the ePlane platform, and RFQs are being sent automatically to relevant sellers & MROs worldwide via the ePlane Autopilot...
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with CellPoint Mobile, which provides sales and payment-side technology solutions for the worldwide travel sector, to accept payments via Alipay – China's alternative payment method (APM), in the mobile app of Ethiopian Airlines. This...
Delta Air Lines` first Airbus A220-100 was introduced this week after rolling out of the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel, Québec. Delta will be the first US airline to take delivery of the A220. Now that the aircraft is decked out in Delta’s...
Small Planet Airlines will begin offering virtual reality (VR) inflight entertainment on board some of its aircraft. The European leisure carrier has selected the Inflight VR solution, in a partnership with service provider Newrest’ TRE³ and connectivity provider...
British Airways announced last night that it is investigating the theft of customer data from its website, ba.com and the airline’s mobile app. The stolen data did not include travel or passport details, the airline confirmed. From 22:58 BST August 21, 2018 until...
Delta chief executive Ed Bastian has again reiterated the need for a new middle of the market aircraft (NMA) and hinted in a recent speech that the airline would be interested in becoming the launch company for a new Boeing aircraft. Also dubbed the 797, engine...
Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the company's 2,400 employees in the aircraft mechanics and related workgroup. The agreement gives employees improved compensation, a...