Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Airbus and Aerolineas Argentinas have signed a strategic agreement to establish the first Airbus maintenance training collaboration in South America at the airline’s facilities in Buenos Aires. The venture will deliver maintenance and engineering training services for...
Colombian based low-cost airline VivaColombia, has extended its contract with AJW Aviation for the provision of component power-by-the-hour support for a fleet of A320s that is anticipated to grow to ten aircraft by the end of 2015. The first true low-cost airline in...
AFI KLM Engineering & Maintenance and TNT Airways have signed a flight-hour agreement, covering the support of the GE90-110B engines powering the airline’s 777F fleet. AFI KLM E&M is now providing TNT Airways with a dedicated, integrated support program taking...
A Qantas A380-800 (registration VH-OQI) en route to Los Angeles from Melbourne diverted to land at Sydney shortly after takeoff from Melbourne, dumping fuel on the way. The airline has reported a mechanical issue – passengers reported that there was a problem the air...
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering)’s aerospace arm Singapore Technologies Aerospace has de-registered its wholly-owned dormant subsidiary ST Aerospace Panama. Incorporated in the Republic of Panama in 2006, ST Aerospace Panama was established as an...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, has secured a contract with DreamJet SAS, operating as La Compagnie to provide line maintenance technical handling for its All Business Class Boeing 757-200 ER aircraft at London...
Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Lufthansa Technik a 12-year agreement for component support for the new aircraft type. This is Finnair’s first contract for A350 XWB component support. "The new A350 XWB aircraft...
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) posted revenue of $1.51b compared to $1.55b a year ago for the first quarter of 2015. Quarterly Profit before tax (PBT) for the Group was $150.5m, a 10% drop compared to $167.9m in the same period a year ago. ...
South Korea will ease restrictive regulations limiting foreign investment in Korean MRO companies. South Korean president Park Geun-hye said that “drastic” deregulatory measures were needed to help boost the Korean MRO sector and to create more skilled jobs. At the...
Thomas Global Systems, the avionic display systems technology provider, has achieved new EASA Part 145 approval at its facility in Irvine, California. This follows the Company’s FAA Part-145 approval which was granted last year just after the facility opened. Chief...
Avtrade is expanding the frontiers of aircraft component support and fortifying growth in the Americas with new Canada based inventory. Based at Canada’s largest and busiest airport, Toronto Pearson, Avtrade’s new warehouse capabilities stock comprehensive TCCA...
John Rogers has recently been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales for the new Barfield-AMG sales organization. This department forms part of the AFI KLM E&M sales platform in the Americas, which also includes the two AFI KLM E&M Sales...