Regional airline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has agreed to acquire Contact Air Technik MRO facility at Saarbrücken Airport. “We are excited to add an experienced workforce and a state of the art maintenance facility to...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
CASA seeks comments on new rules for air transportation and maintenance
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is seeking comments on three new proposed amendments to the rules for small and large aircraft air transportation operations as well as maintenance. The proposed new rules for larger aeroplane air transport...
Universal Aviation Mexico opens fifth hangar at MMTO
Universal Aviation Mexico, a joint venture between Avemex, and Universal Weather and Aviation to provide ground support throughout Mexico, has officially opened its new $3.5 million, 50,000 square-foot hangar on the property of their FBO at Toluca International...
FL Technics lands Comair as a new client
FL Technics, which provides integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has signed an agreement with Comair, a private domestic airline operator in the Republic of South Africa listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), for extended base...
BATS approved for 737 and 777-200/300 maintenance
Bravo Aircraft Technical Services Limited (BATS) has recently enhanced its already impressive maintenance scope of approval with the addition of the Boeing B737 (Classic and New Generation) and B777-200/300 series aircraft. BATS now has TM Civil Aviation Directorate...
IndiGo grounds sixth A320neo
IndiGo has grounded another of its A320neo aircraft to undergo a “routine engine change”, confirmed the airline to local media. This is the sixth aircraft to be stopped from operations since July. The aircraft has been grounded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI)...
Flatirons offers solution for S1000D maintenance data for the A220
Flatirons Solutions announces that is the first provider of an OEM-independent solution for management of S1000D maintenance data for the Airbus A220 series of aircraft (formerly the Bombardier C Series). With support of the Airbus A220, the CORENA Fleet solution by...
AJW Group wins repairs support contract with Just Us Air
AJW Group has secured a repairs support contract with the newly-established private airline, Just Us Air. The repairs support contract will see AJW Group manage the repair services for Just Us Air’s A320 aircraft. Just Us Air, which is headquartered in...
Jazeera aircraft catches fire at Hyderabad airport
The right engine of a Jazeera aircraft, flight J9 608 from Kuwait to Hyderabad, caught fire soon after landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, on August 2. Officials has blamed a technical problem for the fire, which started as the...
UAM acquires Airbus A319 for disassembly and component support
Universal Asset Management (UAM) has acquired an A319 (MSN 2339) for disassembly and component support. Previously operated by Avianca and owned by SMBC Aviation Capital, the A319 aircraft landed at UAM’s Aircraft Disassembly Center (ADC) in Tupelo, Mississippi on...
MRO shop for the MTR390-Enhanced engine powering the Tiger helicopter obtains approval
Late last week, MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce ITP GmbH (known as MTRI), jointly with its partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines, Rolls-Royce and ITP Aero, approved AIA Bordeaux (Atelier Industriel de L’Aéronautique de Bordeaux) as the first...
Mobil Jet Oil 387 Approved for Use in GE Aviation CF6 Engines
Mobil JetTM Oil 387, a synthetic High Performance Capability turbine engine oil, has been approved by GE Aviation for use in its CF6 engines, which includes the CF6-6, CF6-50, CF6-80E and CF6-80C2 commercial as well as L1F and K1F military variants. CF6 engines are...