Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
In an update this morning, Rolls-Royce confirmed that it had found similar issues relating to the Intermediate Pressure Compressor in a population of Trent 1000 engines, known as Package C engines, in another variant, the Package B engines. In agreement with the...
Having received all required regulatory approvals, Airbus, Bombardier and Investissement Québec (IQ) have agreed to close the C Series transaction effective on July 1, 2018. The regulatory approval process has been completed ahead of schedule – Airbus declared...
Asia’s first large-scale aircraft recycling facility, China Aircraft Recycling Remanufacturing Base, owned by Aircraft Recycling International (ARI), has formally commenced operations. The base is equipped with modern facilities and devices that utilize...
Dr. Peters Group is to part out two of its A380 aircraft returned by Singapore Airlines at the end of the ten year lease. The aircraft were financed by DS funds No. 129 and No. 130. Dr Peters maintains that this decision will lead to a “positive result for equity...
Safran Aircraft Engines has confirmed to Aciturri Aeroengines the adjudication of the Housing Bearing (HB5) of LEAP 1B, the engine that drives the Boeing 737 Max. The component, similar to the HB5 of LEAP 1A that Aciturri already supplies to Safran, fulfills...
Air India’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary Air India Engineering Services (AIESL), is reported to have firmed up plans to open a MRO unit in Muscat, Oman. The new unit is expected to generate labour revenue of at least $500k per annum, and...
Rolls-Royce has trebled its maintenance capacity to fix the issues with the Trent 1000 Package C engines used on a quarter of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft fleet. In an operational update released today, Rolls-Royce confirmed a range of new activities the manufacturer...
Latvian airline airBaltic has signed a firm purchase agreement for 30 CS300s aircraft with options for an additional 30 aircraft. This order adds to the existing order of 20 CS300s. “As an early adopter of the C Series, we took a forward-looking decision on...
The latest edition of MRO Global is now available to view here. This Spring 2018 issue features a closer look at how firms can better leverage data analytics, the future trends impacting the MRO market, analysis of the European and Chinese markets, with a series of...
The weekend began with the tragic news that a Cubana 737 aircraft had crashed shortly after takeoff near José Martí International Airport (MAHA), Havana (Cuba) on May 18, 2018. Three people survived the crash and remain in critical condition but 110 passengers and...
The Russian government continues to tighten its grip on the aviation market while carrying through the promise to take back the skies for Aeroflot, this time JSC Saratov Airlines is the victim. The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) ordered Saratov to...
The Dublin Aviation Summit closed yesterday after another successful day welcoming visitors to the exhibition hall and delegates enjoyed the panel discussions on the second day of the asset management and aircraft lifecycle management conference. On Tuesday...