Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Jet Aviation has delivered five customized Bell 407GXi aircraft to Nautilus Aviation as a part of the five aircraft order, sold and reconfigured by Jet Aviation for charter, utility, and tourism work. The five aircraft were sold by Jet Aviation and fully customized...
Embraer has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Lanzhou Aviation Industry Development Group for 20 E190F and E195F E-Jets Passenger-to-Freight Conversions (P2F). With this contract, Lanzhou Group has become the launch customer for Embraer’s P2F conversion in...
Italian aerospace business Leonardo and US internet communications and technology company Cisco are to "boost cooperation" and look at the "possibility of joint commercial offerings". The businesses have signed a memorandum of understanding "with the aim of scaling up...
Fleet management and operation company EVFLY has announced a partnership with Germany-based FAST, a creator and designer of flight simulators for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL). "We know that we are opting for the best in terms of flight...
UK-based and New York-listed Vertical Aerospace has been given what it said is the first Design Organisation Approval (DOA) issued to an eVTOL manufacturer by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The approval is for the VX4, an electric vertical take-off and landing...
LYTE Aviation has announced it is developing a 40-seat hybrid electric-hydrogen vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) SkyBus aircraft and an eVTOL SkyTruck variant. LYTE, which is based in London and Hamburg and describes itself as the "world’s newest advanced air...
Volocopter has asked SITA to be its digital systems partner for its "vertiports" after the airport information technology provider joined Volocopter's series E funding round. Volocopter is aiming to be a leader in electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft with...
Pratt & Whitney Canada gas launched a new set of remote maintenance kits for helicopter engines, which are to be offered under the company's pay-per-hour maintenance plan. The kits are for the PT6C-67C, PW207C, PW206C, PW206B2/B3 and PW207D1/D2 engines and include...
StandardAero has lined up three new maintenance facilities to become Rolls-Royce RR300 engine Authorised Support Centres (ASC). In an announcement released during the 2023 HAI/Heli-Expo industry event in Atlanta, the company said Alpha Aviation, Helisul Taxi Aereo...
Embraer and fellow Brazilian company Ocean Explorer have put pen to paper on the latter's use of Beacon, Embraer's "maintenance coordination digital platform". Ocean Explorer is to be the first helicopter operator to use Beacon, a system Embraer said helps "bring...
Lilium, which is developing "the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet", has teamed up with Collins Aerospace to develop the "the innovative sidestick system used by the pilot to control the aircraft". The Lilium Jet inceptor will, the company...
The Helicopter Company (THC) has signed an HCare In-Service contract with Airbus Helicopters to cover its future fleet of six ACH160 helicopters. The ACH160s will be deployed across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for corporate transportation services. The HCare...