Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
UAE-based charter operator Acquiline International (Acquiline) has acquired three aircraft from Russia’s defunct airline TransAero. Apart from the three Boeing 747-400 from TransAero, it has also acquired a Boeing 777-200ER. All four aircraft are currently in...
In a significant step forward for the drone industry, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) command & control solution developer sees.ai has become the first company in the UK to secure authorisation from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to trial a concept for...
Atlas Air Worldwide has announced that its provider of flight attendant services, Flight Services International (FSI), has reached a five-year agreement with the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 591, which represents flight attendants who support Atlas...
GA Telesis has ordered four additional B737-800SF Freighter Conversions from AEI. Last July GA Telesis ordered its first AEI B737-800SF and then immediately exercised an option for a second B737-800SF. GA Telesis has stated that multiple candidate aircraft are under...
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have now passed the planned halfway phase of the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Development Program for the 777-300ERSF. This a key milestone for “the Big Twin,” the GECAS-IAI Co...
RVL Aviation has added a second Saab 340B aircraft to its East Midlands Airport-based fleet, to meet the increasing cargo payload needs of the airline’s national and international logistics customers. The first Saab joined RVL in January and the second arrived from...
Amazon Air has taken a $132m stake in Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) by exercising the warrants it has held since 2016 and 2018 to acquire 13.5m shares in the cargo airline, paying $9.73 per share, ATSG disclosed in an SEC filing. Amazon also purchased 865,548...
ASL Aviation is taking up 10 options for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter. This follows the original agreement with Boeing for 10 firm orders and 10 options, announced at the Paris Air Show in June 2019. The first 737-800BCF aircraft for ASL was delivered and...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Mexico-based Aeronaves T.S.M. (TSM) with two additional CRJ200 SF Freighter Conversions. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7708) of this order will commence in May 2021, followed by the second aircraft (7679)...
IATA reported a decline in demand of 15.2% in 2020 compared to 2019 (-13.2% for international operations) and a fall in capacity of 27.4% (-26.2% for international operations). In December airlines in the region posted a 3.9% decrease in international demand compared...
North American carriers posted a 1.1% increase in demand in 2020 compared to 2019 (-5.2% for international operations) and a fall in capacity of 15.9% (-19.7% for international operations). In December carriers in the region posted an increase of 3.1% in international...
Middle Eastern carriers reported a decline in demand of 9.5% in 2020 compared to 2019 (-9.5% for international operations) and a fall in capacity of 20.9% (-20.6% for international operations). After a slight slowdown in recovery in November, carriers in the region...