Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Goodrich Corporation has signed a nacelle services agreement with BA CityFlyer for support of nacelles and thrust reversers in the airline's fleet of E190 aircraft powered by General Electric CF34-10 engines. The five-year Prime Solutions nacelle services agreement...
The European Aviation Safety Agency order for immediate visual checks on A380s after cracking found in recent inspection of aircraft, including one operated by Emirates, was found to be more serious than the original problem discovered by Qantas. Despite this EASA...
MTU Maintenance Hannover was again selected by Biman Bangladesh Airlines to support its GE CF6-50 engines. The three-year agreement covers 12 engines powering the carrier's fleet of DC-10-30s.
Lufthansa Technik is now the sole owner of the American company AirLiance Materials, supplier of quality-assured used aircraft spare parts. Lufthansa Technik announced that it had taken over the shares previously held by the two minority owners United Airlines and Air...
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Cathay Pacific Airways in relation to the management of the group’s airframe rotable components. The transaction is expected to yield benefits in component asset...
AIR-TEC Aviation Maintenance has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, AIR-TEC will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines...
On the back of the recent launch of direct Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf, and last month’s historic deal between the United Arab Emirates flag carrier and Germany’s second largest airline, airberlin technik – the technical wing of airberlin –...
A J Walter Aviation has been awarded a seven year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Korea’s leading low cost airline, Eastar Jet. The agreement covers the airline’s current fleet of six B737NG aircraft though Eastar Jet plan to rapidly grow this fleet...
BBA Aviation's Signature Flight Support business has acquired the assets of US firm Azalea Aviation for an initial consideration of $22m. The deal also includes further payments of up to $5.3m over a five-year period. In addition, Signature has also acquired 95% of...
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report into an in-flight upset that occurred on-board a Qantas A330 aircraft en-route from Singapore to Perth in October 2008. At least 110 of the 303 passengers and 9 of the 12 crew members were injured. Of...
Volartec has won a contract from Avior Airlines for the supply of its Maintenance Management Software System Alkym. Alkym Management and Control System for Aircraft maintenance is an integrated and comprehensive maintenance system designed to fulfill every aspect of...
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company’s (HAECO) composite joint venture with Spirit AeroSystems, Taikoo Spirit AeroSystems (Jinjiang) Composite (Taikoo Spirit), has finished overhaul maintenance on a major Mainland Chinese operator’s four CFM56-7 thrust reversers...