On June 20, 2018 Lufthansa Technik has put a new a tail dock in operation at its Munich base. The company invested over two million euros in the new infrastructure. The dock is used for maintenance work on the aircraft types Airbus A330, A340 and A350. The dock...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AJW bolsters its AOG service
AJW Group has announced that it is investing in the expansion of its AOG service following “extensive consultation” with its airline customers, which will “ensure faster response times to delivering the right part to the right place to minimise the disruption and...
GA Telesis Appoints Frederic Denise
GA Telesis has announced Frederic Denise as its SVP Strategy and Corporate Development. Denise will collaborate with GA Telesis’s CEO, Division Presidents and Staff Executives on further developing the GA Telesis Ecosystem. In addition, Denise is responsible for the...
Delta Private Jets launches a new maintenance facility at Sheltair Aviation
Delta Private Jets is expanding its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capabilities by opening a new location at Sheltair Aviation on the grounds of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The new MRO facility in South Florida joins the flagship...
IndiGo aircraft suffers bird strike
An IndiGo aircraft, performing a flight from Ahmedabad to Kolkata had to return soon after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport after a bird-hit in mid-air. A few hours later, the passengers were accommodated in another aircraft while the...
TAP takes off with Recaro
TAP Portugal has revealed its future brand new Airbus long-haul A330-900neo aircraft, with a cabin that is exclusively equipped with seats from Recaro. The flagship Portuguese airline presented its new Recaro CL6710 business class seats and CL3710 economy class seats...
Atitech completes A319 check
Atitech and 31st wing command team have completed the 12 year check on A319CJ, MM 62243. The check was on time and with no snags after 5 hours test flight. First flight of A330neo long-haul aircraft with guests
Tarmac Aerosave supports the MRO ramp-up on Leap engines
Following a successful partnership signature in June 2017 with Safran Aircraft Engines and its Part 145 approval extension (rating A) on A320neo aircraft, TARMAC Aerosave demonstrates with the delivery of its 7th LEAP-1A powered aircraft its capability in offering...
FAI grows its fleet with the addition of fifth Global Express
German Special Mission Operator FAI rent-a-jet AG has expanded its fleet of managed aircraft with the addition of a fifth Global Express (S/N 9084). This brings FAI’s total fleet to 25, including its 10 managed aircraft. In addition to the five Bombardier Global...
Barfield to distribute Falgayras components in the US
Barfield, the US bridgehead of AFI KLM E&M’s global MRO network, has announced the signing of a regional distribution agreement with Falgayras, a mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering OEM located at the heart of the aviation cluster around Toulouse in...
AJW awarded PBH contract by Cambodia Airways
AJW Group has secured a new power-by-the-hour (PBH) contract with Cambodia Airways. Cambodia Airways is due to begin operations later this year, serving all countries within the Southeast Asian region, mainland China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from...
MAG Aerospace acquires North American Surveillance Systems
MAG Aerospace (MAG) has acquired North American Surveillance Systems (NASS) and related entities. This acquisition adds over 75 aircraft integration, modification, and MRO professionals to MAG, increasing MAG's technical services and integration capabilities with...