Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
A Monarch Airlines flight to Malaga was forced to make emergency landing back in Manchester airport because part of the aircraft wing was discovered to be hanging off. The pilot was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing after discovering somewhere near...
Boeing has introduced a digital records management capability to its Maintenance Performance Toolbox suite of products that will optimize maintenance operations and reduce costs for airlines. The Maintenance Performance Toolbox Records module provides an industry...
Airlink, the largest independent regional airline in Southern Africa, has become the first BAE Systems Regional Aircraft customer to sign up for the new remodelled JetSpares Rate-Per- Flying-Hour (RPFH) programme. The new three-year agreement, valid to the end of...
AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software, has announced that ACS Aero Management (a subsidiary of Aero Capital Solutions), has chosen AerData’s Corporate Management System (CMS) software to support technical...
FL Technics has successfully completed the necessary theoretical and practical training for execution of Airbus A330 maintenance. Having already purchased all the necessary equipment, the company is expecting to complete the certification by the end of 2015. “FL...
Privilege Style and AFI KLM E&M have signed a contract covering component support for a Boeing 777 which has joined the non-schedule airline’s fleet, the first aircraft of this type to be operated by Privilege Style. Under the terms of the new contract, AFI KLM...
AFI KLM E&M and Jet2.com have signed an engine maintenance contract for the UK carrier's Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. The agreement covers engine repairs, on-site and on-wing assistance, as well as an engine leasing option. Jet2.com Executive Chairman...
AFI KLM E&M has been granted Part 145 approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) authorizing it to carry out line maintenance for airlines operating the A350. Engaged in a program to develop its dedicated A350 maintenance capabilities, AFI KLM E&M...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch has announced that its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activity is going from strength to strength. In September 2015 MAEL was the first UK MRO to carry out a Phase 12 Check (C-Check) on...
On Sunday morning a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 was parked at a gate at Changi International Airport in Singapore when its nose gear collapsed. No one was injured and only an engineer was on the aircraft at the time. The A330-300 (9V-STG) was due to fly to Hong...
Singapore Technologies Aerospace has secured new contracts worth $410m in the third quarter (3Q) of 2015, for projects ranging from airframe and component maintenance, to engine wash and pilot training. Included in the 3Q2015 contracts are heavy airframe maintenance...
Omni Air International and AFI KLM E&M have inked a renewal of their existing long-term contract under which AFI KLM E&M handles maintenance and repair of the CF6-80C2 engines powering the carrier's fleet of Boeing 767-200ERs and 767-300ERs - a total of ten...