Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has completed the acquisition of six A321-200 aircraft (MSN891, MSN677, MSN827, MSN835, MSN968 and MSN974). These aircraft will be attributed to short term lease programs within Vallair’s...
On April 20, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) requiring operators to inspect fan blades on certain CFM56-7B engines within 20 days. The emergency AD was prompted by the recent event on a Southwest Airlines...
Like the broader aviation market, the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sector, is enjoying a period of prosperity with analysts predicting another bumper year in 2018. Oliver Wyman’s MRO report forecasts total MRO spending to rise to $114.7...
Kathmandu airport was closed after a Malindo Airlines 737 aborted takeoff and skidded off the runway. None of the 139 passengers and crew onboard were injured. The airport was close while authorities tried to move aircraft from the mud.
A Delta Air Lines A330, which took off from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bound for London, was forced to return to the airport when an engine caught fire forcing an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. "Airport response vehicles met the...
StandardAero has signed a new, three-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement to provide support for 17 Honeywell 36-150RJ auxiliary power units (APUs) equipping Air Georgian’s fleet of CRJ100/200 aircraft. The services will be provided at...
The Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has issued a comprehensive report the Dana Airlines crash in Lagos in 2012. According to the report, presented by Commissioner of the Bureau, Akin Olateru, Dana’s flight 0992 with registration number 5N-RAM, lost...
In early April, S7 Technics Holding’s maintenance base at Domodedovo Airport redelivered a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) aircraft to its operator Azimuth Airlines after its first heavy maintenance check. The check included a large number of labor-intensive...
Helisota, which provides integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), training services for rotorcraft aviation, has signed a cooperation agreement with ASA – Airline Software Applications – regarding the promotion of IT solution for CAMOs and MROs. “We...
Romanian aerospace company, Aerostar, has carried out Europe’s first ‘C’ Check on an Airbus A320neo (CFM LEAP-1A) at its Bacau facility in the northeast of the country. Operated by Turkish independent carrier, Pegasus Airlines, the aircraft (msn 7140;...
Korean low-cost carrier, Eastar Jet, has commissioned Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to supply components for its short and medium-haul fleet. Eastar Jet currently operates18 737NGs and has placed more orders on this aircraft type. The Total Component Support (TCS) agreement...
ExxonMobil has announced that the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner was converted to Mobil Jet Oil 387, following its late March 2018 delivery to Singapore Airlines. The converted components include the aircraft’s Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines as well as its UTC...