Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The Brazilian airline Avianca Brasil and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive Total Component Support (TCS) contract, covering repair and overhaul of components for the fleet of Avianca Brasil. The fleets consist of Airbus A320 family and Airbus A330...
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has chosen to call an option regarding a continued exclusive agreement for the years 2020 and 2021. Saab will support and maintain Helicopter 15 (HKP 15), which has been in operation in the Swedish Armed Forces for...
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM), a part of Volga-Dnepr Group and a supplier of aircraft maintenance and repair services, and Moscow State Civil Aviation Technical University (МGТU GА), the Russia-based educational institution for civil aviation maintenance...
GKN Aerospace announces the creation of a new Aero Engine Component Repair (MRO) and Research facility in the state of Johor in Southern Malaysia. The facility will open in 2019 and will service engine fan blades and fan discs for commercial aircraft. The...
AFI KLM E&M has received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to carry out on-wing/on site work on Leap-type engines. The MRO group has already received approval from the European Air Safety Agency (EASA). AFI KLM E&M is continuing to ramp up its...
All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced yesterday that it has been forced to cancel up to 113 Japan domestic flights due to mandatory inspections of the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 type engines that power the airlines’ Boeing 787 airplanes. In a statement, Yuji Hirako,...
Jet Airways' brand new 737 Max aircraft suffered a bird hit during a flight from Mumbai to Chennai, reports the Economic Times. The aircraft landed safely at Chennai and there were no reported injuries but the airline was forced to change the aircraft on its return...
ICRON, which provides Optimized Decision Making and Supply Chain Optimization software solutions, has announced the successful go-live of ICRON’s Maintenance Cards Interval Optimization solution at Turkish Technic. The implementation of the ICRON solution at Turkish...
Swiss-based aircraft maintenance and modification giant, AMAC Aerospace has opened its second Turkey-based hangar at the Milas-Bodrum Airport in the southwestern province of Muğla. The 6,600-square meter hangar has the simultaneous maintenance capacity for 20...
Sahara Africa Aviation, which provides end-to-end aviation services in Africa, has signed a multi-year Pool Program Agreement with Embraer for spare parts and support covering more than 500 components for its two recently acquired Embraer ERJ 145 jets. Based in...
IPR Conversions and Cebu Pacific have signed an agreement to convert two of its ATR 72-500 passenger aircraft into freighters. The ATRs, which will be equipped with Large Cargo Door (LCD) and Structural Tube together with an Ancra Cargo Loading System (CLS), will be...
Indonesia's PT Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF AeroAsia) has bold expansion plans. Iwan Joeniarto, CEO of the maintenance unit of flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia, aims to sign partnerships with five new airline clients by the end of 2018, with a focus on...