Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The main runway of Mumbai airport was shut down for about 30 minutes on April 15 after a Swissair Airbus 330-343 aircraft suffered an engine failure on takeoff. The pilots were forced to abort the takeoff roll and with the aircraft stranded on the operational runway...
AAR has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License agreement along with a Parts Supply agreement with Honeywell Aerospace. AAR will be providing repairs of over 1,800 Honeywell base part number and line replacements unit (LRU) repair items in AAR’s New York and...
Bombardier Services Corporation and PSA Airlines of Vandalia, Ohio have signed a three-year extension to the parties' heavy maintenance agreement. Under this contract, heavy maintenance tasks for the airline's fleet of Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700 and CRJ900...
ST Aerospace has secured a letter of intent for a contract from Air Canada to perform interior reconfiguration on part of the airline’s A330-300 fleet. The new cabin interiors for Air Canada’s A330-300 fleet will be harmonised with its Boeing 787 aircraft. Air...
MTU Maintenance Canada and Lockheed Martin have signed two contracts covering the maintenance, repair and overhaul of CF6-50C2 engines as well as accessory repair for the engines. MTU Maintenance Canada is the MTU Maintenance group’s center of excellence for engine...
AFI KLM E&M and AerCap have inked an agreement covering modifications to three Boeing 777-300s, prior to their transfer to another airline. The programs involve cabin reconfiguring and refitting, and retrofitting Zodiac Aerospace's RAVE IFE system - a...
After establishing a license with aircraft engine manufacturer CFM International, AFI KLM E&M has now obtained EASA approval to provide support during initial operations of the new-generation power plants. The Group has thus become one of the first suppliers of...
Airbus has recently demonstrated for the first time a drone-based, maintenance tool – Airbus’ Advanced Inspection Drone – for use inside a hangar, which accelerates and facilitates visual checks, considerably reducing aircraft downtime and increasing the quality of...
Recaro Aircraft Seating is equipping Icelandic airline WOW air’s Airbus fleet with around 100 CL4400 business class seats. The seats for the first three aircraft have already been delivered. Recaro Customer Service equipped the CL4400 with new seat covers. As a...
Arago, an artificial intelligence (AI) company specializing in intelligent process automation, and AVIATAR, an integrated software platform for digital products and services in the aviation industry, are planning to work together on the progressive automation of the...
Lufthansa Technik AG and Asiana Airlines from South Korea have signed a new, long-term agreement for Total Component Maintenance (TCM). The contract has a term of ten years starting in April 2018 and covers the nine aircraft in Asiana's Boeing 777-200ER fleet....
Aeromexico has ordered Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Boeing’s 737 Component Services Program (CSP) to support the carrier's entire fleet of 737 MAX airplanes. The agreement will provide Aeromexico with power-by-the-hour...