Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR delivered the 500th aircraft to long-time customer Alaska Airlines. For 12 years, AAR has performed aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including heavy checks and drop-ins, component repair and management, on Alaska’s fleet of classic Boeing 737s and...
China Eastern Airlines has signed a 12-year V-Services Fleet Hour Agreement (FHA) for its 10 Airbus A320ceo aircraft. The V2500 engine service is offered through IAE International Aero Engines. “China Eastern Airlines has been a leader in Chinese aviation since the...
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) aerospace arm Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) has secured a seven-year contract worth more than US$100m (approximately S$134.8m), for aircraft component support with Flybe. Under the...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, announces a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Privilege Style. The contract covers a full suite of line maintenance support for the Spanish airline’s Boeing...
easyJet has reached agreement with Airbus’ Upgrade Services division for the retrofit of up to 105 of its A320 cabins. The new cabin will feature six additional seats whilst maintaining current passenger comfort levels and in addition it has the capability of allowing...
KLM UK Engineering has signed a three year contract with British Airways’ wholly owned subsidiary BA CityFlyer, to take over the line maintenance for its Embraer E170 & 190 fleet in Edinburgh. Andy Mackay, Operation Director adds, ‘We are pleased to be building...
AFI KLM E&M and Transavia have signed a long-term contract organizing component support for the low cost airline’s fleet of Boeing 737-800s operating from France. The support covers Transavia’s’ existing fifteen 737-800s and six 737-800s scheduled for delivery to...
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of General Electric, has announced a firm order for 60 A320neo Family aircraft including the A321neo at the 51st International Paris Air Show. GECAS has selected CFM’s LEAP-X engine for all...
Embraer announced today at the 51st International Paris Air Show an agreement with United Airlines to add additional E175 jets to the United Express fleet. The agreement consists of ten firm orders, which will be included in Embraer’s 2015 second-quarter backlog....
Embraer and SkyWest have announced today at the 51st International Paris Air Show, a firm order for eight E175 jets. The aircraft will be flown by SkyWest Airlines under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Alaska Airlines. The value of the contract, which will be...
Pratt & Whitney and Azul have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Fleet Management Program supporting off-wing maintenance for 30 firm Embraer E195-E2 jets plus options for 20 aircraft, powered by PurePower engines. The PurePower PW1900G engine is the...
AFI KLM E&M and Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, have announced the signing of a support contract for the airline’s all-Airbus fleet. The contract covers component support for sixteen A320s, six A321s and six A330s and includes the provision of...