Embraer has reported a loss of $42.5 million in its first quarter 2019 financial results. Adjusted net loss for the group’s first three months of 2019 was $61.8 million, an increase from the adjusted net loss reported in the same period last year of $60.5 million. The...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AJW Group signs pool access agreement with Tag Aviation for 757 aircraft
AJW Group has signed a Pool Access Agreement with private and business jet aviation services provider, TAG Aviation. The contract covers TAG Aviation Boeing 757 aircraft, which is operated in a VIP configuration offering high-end, round-the-world tours. TAG selected...
JetBlue trialing Collins Aerospace biometric self-boarding gates at JFK
JetBlue is advancing the boarding process at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) with SelfPass — a biometric facial scanning process implemented by Collins Aerospace, in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Passengers using...
American Airlines grounds planes due to faulty upgrades
American Airlines has told media that it grounded 14 of its 737-800 aircraft over the course of a week as the newly-installed overhead bins weren’t closing properly in two aircraft that had recently been upgraded. “After further inspection by American, the work that...
Southwest Airlines aircraft wings collide
Two Southwest Airlines aircraft had a minor collision at Newark airport (EWR) on March 2 when one aircraft taxied past another and made contact with the tail wing of the parked Southwest aircraft. The aircraft was forced to return to the gate to assess the situation....
Air BP launches Airfield Automation digital technology in Africa to help prevent misfuelling
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, is rolling out its new Airfield Automation digital technology recently installed at nine locations across South Africa and Mozambique. The cloud-based platform is designed to prevent misfuelling by...
Bombardier’s new European mobile response team aircraft enters into service
Bombardier has announced the latest addition to its expanding service and support network – a dedicated Mobile Response Team (MRT) aircraft, based in Frankfurt, Germany. The Challenger 300 aircraft marked its entry-into-service by successfully completing its first...
LHT established a new repair and overhaul site for engine parts in Miskolc, Hungary
With the acquisition of property in the Hungarian city of Miskolc, Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has initiated the establishment of a new site for the repair and overhaul of aircraft engine parts. Dubbed Lufthansa Technik Miskolc, a new fully-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa...
Copa Airlines Selects GE Aviation for Digital Records Management
Copa Airlines has selected GE Aviation’s AirVault Digital Records Management System for its fleet of nearly 100 Boeing 737 and Embraer 190 aircraft. Integration is currently taking place with Copa Airlines cross-fleet maintenance management system. The system enables...
Etihad Airways Engineering and Satair sign new MoU
Etihad Airways Engineering, the commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider in the Middle East, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Satair, the aviation spares and solution provider. Abdul Khaliq Saeed, Etihad Airways...
Boeing and Safran name new APU JV: Initium Aerospace
Boeing and Safran have named their 50-50 joint venture to design, build and service Auxiliary Power Units (APUs): Initium Aerospace. From its Latin roots, initium means ‘the beginning’ or ‘to start.’ This is what an APU is and does when it provides the power to start...
Major US airline selects Triumph for MRO work
Triumph Group’s Product Support business unit has been selected by a major US airline to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services on heat transfer units for the carrier’s fleet. Under the new arrangement, the Wellington, Kansas based Triumph Accessory...