Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has signed a long-term financial lease with Indonesian Cargo Airline, Cardig Air, for a Boeing 737-400F. After conversion in the USA, the final compliance checks for Indonesian aviation...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for the AEI CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion. The EASA approval (STC 10061615) allows for the operation of European registered CRJ200 SF freighters. AEI...
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which provides medium wide-body aircraft leasing, air cargo transportation and related services, has reported an 11% increase in revenue during the first quarter of 2018 to $203 million, which excludes $54.4 million in 1Q...
Telair International has received certification for its new Flexible Loading System (FLS) for all current production and in-service Boeing 737 aircraft. The system allows 737 operators to carry containerized cargo (baggage, mail, and parcel freight) in the...
HAECO ITM has reached an agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to provide inventory technical management support for the airline’s Boeing 747-8 freighter fleet. The scope of the agreement includes component inventory access, component exchange, component...
Summer 2013 will see talks begin between the EU and the United States on producing a free-trade agreement that would give birth to the largest free trade zone on the planet, significant enough to add 0.5% or €86bn to overall EU GDP and 0.4% or €65bn to the US economy...
ST Aerospace has completed its investment of 35% equity interest in Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EADS EFW). The investment was completed following the receipt of regulatory approvals and fulfilment of customary conditions precedent. Following this completion, ST Aerospace...
UN aviation body ICAO will recommend creating a cyber security task force at a meeting next week in Canada. A task force is needed due to an increasing reliance on interconnected IT systems with operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux, and protocols such...
A German company, ICM, has won the bid Ethiopian Airlines put up for the construction a new cargo terminal at the airline’s hub at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian CEO, said that a German and Chinese company has been bidding....
PEMCO is progressing with its contract with CDI Cargo Airlines to convert three passenger Boeing 737-300 aircraft (MSN 25891, MSN 27372 and MSN 27518), which initially began service for Air China in 1992, 1994 and 1996, respectively. Each will be converted into...
China's state-owned China Postal Airlines has expanded its relationship with PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) and the companies are pleased to announce a new passenger-to-freighter conversion deal. The project, which is now underway, underlines the reliability of...
Precision Conversions, (Precision) has received FAA approval to provide full 15 cargo position freighter conversions on 757-200s that have winglets currently installed on the aircraft. The winglet approval applies to all Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney powered...