Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has announced that the CAAC has issued a VSTC (VSTC0933) for the passenger-to-freighter conversion for B737-800 aircraft. The VSTC validates the original FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (ST02690LA) which was awarded to AEI at the...
Titan Aviation, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide, and Bain Capital Credit, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to develop a diversified freighter aircraft leasing portfolio with an anticipated value of approximately $1 billion. The long-term...
LATAM Cargo has taken delivery of another 767-300BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter). This is the third and last converted aircraft the LATAM Group will receive under the contract signed with Boeing in late 2017, which provided for the conversion of three 767-300ER...
According to a Reuters report, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has advised customers not to fly some Boeing 737 freighters converted by IAI pending a review by Israel's aviation authority, Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI). IAI said it had detected an...
Precision Aircraft Solutions has redelivered 757-200PCF aircraft MSN 29944 to SF Airlines, a subsidiary of SF Express. The conversion is the 26th Precision passenger-to-freighter 757 aircraft to join the SF air operation. “SF Airlines has become one of our largest...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased by 3.5% in October 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks a weak start to the...
Swiss WorldCargo has opened its Cancun (CUN) station for exports with all flights between Zurich and Cancun now carrying freight on both inbound and outbound journeys. Swiss WorldCargo, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines, connects Cancun and Zurich...
Qatar Airways Cargo is announcing major expansion of services in South America. Scheduled services to Campinas, Brazil (VCP), Santiago, Chile (SCL), Lima, Peru (LIM) and Bogotá, Colombia (BOG) will join the airline’s global freighter network on 16 January 2020 and...
Nippon Cargo Airlines has submitted an outline of submitted preventive measures to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) in response to a business improvement order it received in July following a number of issues that caused aircraft...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is celebrating its 60th anniversary. On July 9th, 1958, James Addison began Aeronautical Engineers with a simple vision of providing the growing air freight industry with dependable and cost-effective freighter conversions. The...
Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company that provides global supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) tools, has been selected to improve Lufthansa Cargo’s production planning at two of its most relevant hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Additional stations will be...
Nippon Cargo Airlines says that it will temporary suspend all aircraft operations following the discovering of one “inappropriate maintenance record concerning the lubricating oil supply to the aircraft parts (for JA14 KZ) at Narita airport on April 3, 2018”. In what...