Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 aircraft as traffic is set to grow at 4.4 percent per year, according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. This forecast predicts that...
FL Technics has expanded its cooperation with a leading supplier of aerospace metals and other materials – Future Metals – by agreeing to set up a stock of metal products in Vilnius, Lithuania. Back in 2015, the US-headquartered Future Metals appointed FL Technics as...
ST Aerospace was crowned as the Aviation 100 MRO provider of the year at the inaugural MRO Global Dublin Aviation Summit in May. Every year, Airline Economics and MRO Global surveys the industry to determine the leading companies in ten categories to determine the...
During the 2017 Paris Air Show, AFI KLM E&M is presenting its Prognos product range comprising two dedicated predictive maintenance solutions, Prognos for Engine and Prognos for Aircraft. Developed as part of the Group's "MRO Lab" R&D program, the Prognos...
Airline Economics has a revitalised website. Although some areas remain under construction at this time, we hope the new look and functionality is both attractive and more user-friendly that our previous pages. From the home page, you can access all of our daily news...
A United Airlines 767-300 aircraft was grounded after passengers spotted fuel gushing from the wing immediately before takeoff. The aircraft was flying from Newark Liberty International Airport to Venice but was taken out of service when the leak was detected....
Al-Burhan Airways, Iraq’s only civilian helicopter service, is to work with software firm Ideagen ahead of launching a dedicated commercial airline service. The Baghdad-based organisation will implement Ideagen’s Q-Pulse software as it begins to expand its operations...
The joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and AFI KLM E&M, announced a year ago, now has an official name: Airfoils Advanced Solutions. Located at the Sars-et-Rosières business park in north of France, near Valenciennes, the new company's plant will be...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch, has successfully completed an end of lease C check for Swedish airline Novair. As a new customer to MAEL, the heavy maintenance check for the Airbus A321 aircraft was carried out at...
KLM UK Engineering has announced the addition of CASA Part 145 approval to its portfolio from June 2017. A European leader in the regional jets & narrow body aircraft market and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Embraer 170/190, BAe146/Avro...
An Azores Airlines aircraft scheduled to make a trans-Atlantic flight was damaged when a piece of ground equipment struck an engine in the gate area of Boston's airport, forcing passengers to spend the night on cots in a terminal. A spokeswoman for Logan International...
AAR has expanded its global footprint by signing a multi-year component support agreement with Viva Colombia and Viva Air Peru. AAR will be providing pool support to affiliate airlines within the Viva LatinAmerica group including VivaColombia, Colombia’s first...