Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the United States Supreme Court. In doing so, ARSA provided background for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations requiring maintenance...
Alaska Airlines 737 aircraft from Seattle to Orange County, California, was diverted to Portland when pilots noticed a fuel tank problem. The plane landed normally and is now being repaired. A spokesperson for the airline said that it was unclear what caused the...
With the creation of a maintenance business in Shannon, Ireland, Transaero says it will create about 100 new jobs. Transaero Engineering, formed by Transaero’s recent purchase of Air Atlanta Aero Engineering, has already hired 16 apprentices and the airline’s chief...
Air Canada is expecting to take a $120-million charge in its first quarter caused mainly by the closure of Aveos Fleet Performance in March. The charge includes “a non-cash loss on investments of $65-million resulting from the 2010 restructuring of Aveos” and “a...
Repairs on the Qantas A380 aircraft that experienced a mid-flight explosion in November 2010 have been completed in Singapore and the aircraft has returned to Sydney. Repair costs were around million $157 million, which CEO Alan Joyce stated was “probably the biggest...
An American Airlines 757 aircraft from Hawaii has landed safely on one engine at Los Angeles International Airport after the pilot reported engine trouble. After instruments on Flight 246 showed trouble with the left engine about an hour before its scheduled arrival,...
A Virgin Atlantic A330 aircraft bound for Orlando made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport yesterday after the pilot was forced to return to the airport after a fire was discovered in the hold. Fifteen people suffered injuries from cuts and bruises to fractures...
Routine maintenance on an Air Namibia aircraft caused flight delays for approximately two to three weeks for passengers travelling between Windhoek and Maun in Botswana. Air Namibia head of communications Paul Nakawa said the flight in question was delayed due to...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a Final Commitment for an $84.8 million loan guarantee to Brazilian airline VRG Linhas Aereas (GOL). The financing will support the export of engine maintenance services by Delta TechOps, a...
MTU Maintenance Hannover continues to provide US carrier JetBlue Airways support: the airline has been sending its IAE V2527 engines to the Hannover shop on an exclusive basis since 2005. Now, the carrier has further entrusted MTU Maintenance with the maintenance,...
On March 13, Fenech & Fenech Advocates seized an A320-211 from a Lufthansa Technik workshop on the island of Malta for non payment of dues related to the lease of the aircraft. Although the two parties have since negotiated a settlement and the aircraft returned to...
Singapore Airlines and China Southern Airlines both experienced problems with their respective A380 aircraft yesterday. An A380 operated by Singapore Airlines and flying from Singapore to Frankfurt was required to return to Singapore after one of its four engines...