AFSC, one of Hong Kong International Airport’s largest into-plane and tank farm operators, have signed a long-term agreement with i6 Group. As a part of the agreement, AFSC will now benefit from i6’s real-time aircraft refuelling management platform- Fusion6 for...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
C&L announces engine additions to support ATR operators
C&L Aerospace has bought five ATR PW127F engines, a move the C&L Aviation company said shows it is enhancing support for ATR operators. "With the addition of these five engines, C&L has now purchased 20 PW127 series engines since starting their ATR program...
Pratt & Whitney opens new engine overhaul plant in Atlanta with Delta TechOps
Pratt & Whitney on February 7 said it had opened a “new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF engine MRO network”. Described as a 155,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta” for the housing of “disassembly, assembly...
Avianca to get Airbus fleet support from Lufthansa Technik
Lufthansa Technik and Avianca have signed a five-year contract for the Colombian carrier to receive instant and real-time information about the configuration and condition of its Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft as well as their engines and components. The deal takes in...
Azerbaijan Airlines’ Boeing wide-body fleet to get Lufthansa Technik component support
Lufthansa Technik is to provide parts support to Azerbaijan Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body fleet The five-year total component support (TCS) deal takes effect in May, Lufthansa Technik said, and will give the flag carrier "24/7 access to Lufthansa Technik's...
Turkey’s ground handling provider Havas might stop services to Boeing-made Russian jets
Turkey’s ground service provider has written a letter to Russian carriers with a warning that the ground handling services will most likely be denied to the airlines' including Aeroflot, Rossiya Airlines, S7 Airlines, Utair Airlines, Red Wings, Nordwind, Yamal, and...
EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering signs MoU with United Aviation Solution
EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering has signed a memorandum of understanding with United Aviation Solutions. As a part of the agreement, the two companies aim to cooperate in the field of aircraft, engines and component repair and overhaul along with marketing the...
StandardAero opens service centre for CFM engine at Dallas/Fort Worth
StandardAero has introduced a service centre for the CFM56-7B turbofan engine at its DFW Center of Excellence at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, an expansion it said would "significantly expand the engine support options available at DFW to operators of the...
Willis Lease Finance announces expansion of British subsidiary’s maintenance capabilities
Willis Lease Finance Corporation's (WLFC) British subsidiary has expanded its services after UK regulator base maintenance approvals for the Airbus A320 family, Boeing 737NG, ATR 42/72, and Embraer 135/145 aircraft. The latest approvals complement WLFC’s existing line...
Nile Air and AFI KLM E&M in fleet support deal
Air France Industries (AFI) KLM E&M and Nile Air have wrapped up a component support agreement for the Egyptian airline’s six A320-200s. The deal, AFI KLM E&M said, will cover" an extensive range of components, including various key models such as accessories...
Lufthansa A380 to undergo heavy maintenance in Philippines before entry-into-service
Lufthansa A380, the very first of the airline’s double decker aircraft, was flown recently to Manila in the Philippines to undergo heavy maintenance. The airline is planning to restore some of its A380s for the upcoming summer season beginning March 2023. The aircraft...
StandardAero acquires Western Jet Aviation
StandardAero has bought Gulfstream maintenance specialist business Western Jet Aviation in what is its 12th acquisition since 2015. “Western Jet Aviation’s broad range of business aviation MRO capabilities expands our facility footprint, customer base, geographic...