Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Yesterday evening, a Delta Airlines 737-800 skidded off the runway in heavy snow while taxiing at Dane County Regional Airport. The plane was arriving in Madison from Minneapolis-St. Paul. No serious injuries were reported and the 60 passengers and six crew were...
AAR has signed a five-year contract to become the sole supplier of approximately 25,000 consumable and expendable line-item parts for a major commercial airline customer. The contract is valued at approximately $42 million in annual revenue. AAR will act as an...
A Turkish Airlines (THY) 737-800 aircraft was forced to return to Istanbul while making its flight to Kazan due to a malfunction in one of its engines. The aircraft landed at Atatürk Airport safely and has been taken in for technical maintenance.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the award-winning independent aircraft maintenance provider and a division of The Monarch Group, has successfully carried out a General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) CAR 21 Design approval repair scheme for cabin interior...
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made solutions for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, successfully develops its Line Maintenance support network by launching two new Line Stations in Lviv, Ukraine and Kutaisi, Georgia. The company also plans to open a...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has won the ‘Through-Life Engineering Services’ award at The Manufacture of the Year Awards 2013 gala dinner which took place at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, UK. Shortlisted in two categories, MAEL secured the...
AFI KLM E&M has been awarded CCAR 145 approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its components maintenance shop located in Shanghai. After a final audit carried out in the week of 18-24 November, during which the Chinese authorities...
The main message from the stage of the A340 briefing day being held today in London, jointly hosted by Airline Economics, Airbus, Rolls Royce and CFMi, is that the A340 is a great aircraft that has a great future but only if the OEMs, lessors, banks and financiers...
Chromalloy has acquired Trac Group, a tier one component supplier to the aerospace and energy industries. “Chromalloy’s acquisition of Trac Group is in line with our strategy to increase our support for the new engine supply chain,” said Carlo Luzzatto, President....
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) officially opened its brand new multi-million pound maintenance hangar at Birmingham Airport yesterday by Sir Roy McNulty, Non-Executive Director, Monarch Holdings. The facility, which is immediately creating 150 new jobs,...
SKYMARK Airlines has signed a Flight Hour Services (FHS) components contract with Airbus covering support for 10 leased A330 aircraft from 2014. Under this long-term agreement, Airbus Customer Services will provide spare parts availability guaranteed through an...
Alpha Star Aviation Services has signed an agreement with AFI KLM E&M covering component support services of its A320 family aircraft and an A340 aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, AFI KLM E&M will provide Alpha Star Aviation Services with repair...