Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, and Lufthansa Technik AG have early extended their existing cooperation in landing gear overhaul for the airline's Airbus A320, A321 and A330 fleet. The new contract, which commenced in February 2015, will end in...
Ducommun has been awarded its first direct contract from Airbus for the A350 XWB wide-body aircraft. Ducommun will provide titanium components for titanium assemblies that will be installed on the aft fuselage section of the jet. The components are already in...
Turkish Technic and Citilink have signed an A320 component support contract. The contract comprises component supply and repair on part number basis. Components will be supplied from the Istanbul/Turkey main bases and Turkish Technic pooling stations in the Middle...
Lufthansa Technik will provide a Total Component Support TCS for the Airbus A320 and A330 fleet of the four airlines of Thomas Cook Group plc, one of the world's leading leisure travel groups. The contract started in February 2015 and will run over a period of six...
Wamos Air, a Spanish charter airline, and Lufthansa Technik have extended their existing cooperation. Since 2003 Lufthansa Technik is providing a Total Component Support TCS for the Boeing 747 fleet of Spain's third largest long-range airline. On the occasion of the...
An Air France 777 en route from Seoul to Paris was forced to make an emergency in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg due to an alleged engine failure. The aircraft landed safely and all 300 passengers were unhamed.
Delta TechOps will be offering six variants of the CF34-8 jet engine to its list of aircraft engines eligible for MRO services. As the best-selling regional jet engine in its class, the CF34 by General Electric has become a commercial aviation industry favourite. The...
Ameco Beijing has signed an engine Power-by-the-Hour (PBH) contract with Shanghai Airlines. Ameco will provide engine overhaul, repair and other value-added services on 14 PW4000s from six 767s. This is the first time for Ameco to provide engine services under a PBH...
Vector Aerospace UK, a provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is to receive a Regional Growth Fund award from the UK Government. The award, totalling £2 million over two years, will reinforce the significant investment that Vector is...
BAE Systems has won business from two more European operators of Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft to upgrade existing Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems (TCAS). The new business comes from Romania’s flag carrier TAROM and Turkish-based MGA MaviGok Aviation and...
C&L’s $5m expansion with a 120,000-ft² facility, completed in 2014, tripled its previous hangar capacity and added a 17,000-ft² aircraft paint hangar capable of accommodating two CRJ 700s simultaneously. This growth, plus C&L’s addition of nearly 20 skilled...
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has selected Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS) to provide components support, securing the highest service level for daily A330 operations. This latest selection by Asiana Airlines re-affirms its confidence in Airbus’ Flight Hour...