Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
A Fokker 100 belonging to IRS airlines crashed on Saturday night in the Republic of Niger on its way back to Kano, after completing a C-Check. The aircraft (5NSIK) was carrying two crew members on board; both survived.
Etihad Airways and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), have entered into an agreement in which Etihad Airways will acquire Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) from Mubadala. The deal will see Mubadala retain ADAT’s engine focussed maintenance, repair and...
AJW Aviation has signed a three year agreement with Atitech, one of Europe’s largest MROs based in Naples, Italy, for the provision of integrated consumables management services. This will utilise the new innovative barcode scanning App that AJW has developed and...
A Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Salt Lake City landed safely yesterday after the pilot detected a burning smell in the cockpit, although no smoke was seen. The aircraft was grounded for three hours and inspected by maintenance workers before it was put back...
Defence and security company Saab has signed an agreement with Germany’s Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for landing gear equipment across the complete Embraer E-Jet family of regional aircraft. Saab's...
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF), a leading supplier of MRO services in South East Asia, have signed component maintenance contracts enabling AFI KLM E&M to subcontract component repairs to GMF....
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the independent aircraft maintenance provider and division of The Monarch Group, has been selected by Boeing to provide GoldCare airframe maintenance support to a Middle Eastern customer’s Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner operation at Abu...
Concurrently with the signing of a major GE90 engine support contract, AFI KLM E&M and Air China Technics jointly expressed their intention to extend the scope of their cooperation in the aircraft maintenance sphere. The initiative is part of a partnership and...
AAR have announced a maintenance milestone at its Duluth repair station – completion of the 100th aircraft for its customer Air Canada. Since re-opening the abandoned 188,000-square-foot hangar in November 2012, AAR has had an annual economic impact on the state of...
AJW Aviation has signed a three year General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Hungarian airline Wizz Air. This agreement will cover forty of their A320 aircraft, providing for any additional requirements outside of the airline’s existing support contracts, giving extra...
Lufthansa Technik and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have agreed to create a new aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Puerto Rico, which will service short-haul and medium-haul aircraft. Agreements to this effect have now been signed with the...
AFI KLM E&M has officially announced the creation of a Miami-based centre dedicated to asset management operations in the Americas. Named AAF Spares LLC, the business is wholly-owned by AAF Spares Limited, the 50/50 joint venture set up by AFI KLM E&M and...