Spanish and Portuguese airport authorities say that an American Airlines flight heading to Barcelona from New York was forced to make an emergency landing in northwest Portugal because of technical problems. Airport authorities told The Associated Press on Sunday that...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR signs extended PBH contract with Bluebird Cargo
AAR has been awarded a contract extension for Bluebird Cargo’s fleet of five B737CL aircraft, which the aviation services company has been supporting since 2007. “AAR’s robust European logistics network and mainland distribution center in Brussels has ensured that we...
Xiamen Airlines chooses AFI KLM E&M GEnx Engines Support
AFI KLM E&M and Xiamen Airlines have finalized an agreement organizing support for the GEnx-1B74/75 engines equipping the Chinese airline’s fleet of Boeing 787-9s, which will ultimately cover a total of six aircraft. AFI KLM E&M already provides Component and...
Marana and Ascent to merge
Marana Aerospace Solutions (MAS) and Ascent Aviation Services ("Ascent") have announced a definitive merger agreement to create one of the leading aircraft MRO for both wide body and narrow body aircraft in North America. The combined company will provide...
Aero Norway achieves CAAC Approval
Norway-based Engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS has been granted approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This follows a detailed audit from the Chinese regulatory authority in September. The engine MRO centre is now multi-release FAA, EASA, TCCA and...
Lufthansa Technik extends warehouse capacities in the USA
Lufthansa Technik has now opened a new warehouse in the USA, close to the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. The Fort Lauderdale site serves as a connecting point for North, Central and South America. It was therefore chosen as the primary storage facility for the...
Azman Air awards MRO contract to VD Gulf
Azman Air, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing airlines, has selected VD Gulf to perform maintenance work on one of its Boeing 737CL fleet. Founded in 2010, Azman Air is a wholly-owned Nigerian airline operating scheduled passenger services from its main base in Kano,...
Hard landing for Safi Airways 737-400
Safi Airways flight 4Q502 from Herat, was damaged in a hard landing accident on runway 29 at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The right hand main gear separated and the aircraft came to rest with the second touching the runway. An evacuation was carried out on the left...
AirAsia contracts AFI KLM E&M for A320neo component support
AirAsia and AFI KLM E&M have inked a component support agreement for the airline's fleet of Airbus A320neo passenger jets, ultimately scheduled to number 304 aircraft. AirAsia took delivery of its first A320neo on 7 September this year in Hamburg. Signed in the...
Landing gear support for Air India’s Boeing 777-200/300 fleet
Air India and Lufthansa Technik have entered into an agreement for the maintenance and repair of the carrier's Boeing 777-200/300 landing gears. The four-year contract covers a total of 15 shipsets. The maintenance and overhaul work will be performed by Lufthansa...
FL Technics officially opens its MRO centre in Jakarta
FL Technics has officially opened its MRO hangar at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia. FL Technics Indonesia has also reached cooperation agreements with ten Asian airlines. The newly opened 9 000 sq. m. facility accommodates up to three...
AFI KLM E&M Beefs Up Kuala Lumpur Logistics
AFI KLM E&M has inaugurated its new Kuala Lumpur Materials and Logistics Service Center. The facility is designed to better serve the MRO’s client airlines throughout the region. A first warehouse had been deployed in 2011 as part of the Boeing Next-Generation 737...