Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has today announced that its avionics subsidiary has achieved an important milestone for the company, having released over one million units since it was established in 1994. This...
On three occasions over the weekend, United Airlines aircraft were forced to make emergency landings leaving hundreds of passengers. A 757 aircraft travelling from Newark Liberty International Airport to Berlin was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday when...
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), along with 11 other aviation organizations, reminded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano about the urgent need to finalize repair station security rules. Due to the rulemaking delay, the...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has been selected by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to provide one B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration conversion. The speculative conversion is expected to be completed in mid-November 2012 at which time the freighter will be available...
A United Airlines 757 caught fire shortly before take-off from Seattle airport Sea-Tac. The fire on flight 776 bound for Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C, was found in the aircraft’s power unit. A preliminary investigation found that the fire might be...
GKN Aerospace has won a contract from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., covering the design, build and supply of composite winglets and ailerons for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 ultra-long-range...
We understand that there are some things you cannot leave to chance and the annual get together in Dublin is one of those things. For this reason we have already made sure that the core of finance and leasing are in attendance and there are more airlines than have...
Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by ASL Aviation Group to provide three B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Freighter Conversions. The aircraft are all ex Qantas high gross weight B737-400's, (MSN 24440/1992, MSN 24433/1994, MSN 24446/1994). All three aircraft...
PEMCO World Air Services is planning to lay off 474 workers at its aircraft maintenance complex at Tampa International Airport. The company says it has no choice in this action since United's "recent sudden cancellation" of all its maintenance work for the "sizable...
IRKUT, the Russian aircraft manufacturers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mxi Technologies, the aviation maintenance management software company, for the provision of Maintenix® in support of the organization’s single-aisle MS-21 aircraft after-sales...
A J Walter Aviation has signed an asset purchase agreement to buy the component repair business of Aveos Fleet Performance. AJW plans to develop a world class MRO operation to enhance its diversified business model and will establish the Montréal facility as its new...
Aero Contractors has announced that it is ready to begin C-Checks on Boeing 737 aircraft in Nigeria. Akinlawon George, managing director, Aero Contractors, said: “Although, Aero has a Hangar where smaller aircrafts like the Turbo props and those used for oil...