Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
China Southern Airlines, the first Chinese operator to fly the Airbus A380 aircraft, has signed a contract with Airbus for customized Flight Hour Services (FHS) for its fleet of five A380s, scheduled to be in service from the second half of 2011. Airbus will deliver...
Technik has awarded Fokker Airinc in Alabama, USA as “Excellent Supplier”. Fokker Airinc specializes in component repair support of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical aircraft components. The global customer base served includes many leaders in the industry....
Fokker Services and Lufthansa Technik signed several agreements for the support on Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier components. The agreements signed are valid for five years. Both companies are specializing in the support of Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier aircraft...
With the mark of 26 Embraer’s Jets with heavy maintenance services accomplished in the last year, TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil celebrated the first anniversary of its certification as an Embraer Authorized Service Center (EASC). Embraer calls it “a year of...
As part of its $4.5 million development project at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW), Texas Jet is nearing completion of a 30,000-sq-ft hangar it has leased to Trimec Aviation. “With our growing Astra/G100 customer base, we have outgrown the facility...
AJ Walter Aviation (AJW) has been entrusted to provide Global Jet FZCO with a wide range of integrated aircraft support services. AJW’s global experience and significant Boeing and Airbus inventories will provide Global Jet with a cost-effective and flexible...
The NTSB has said its investigation of the fuselage skin rupture on a Southwest Airlines 737-300 on 1st April 2011 has found alignment issues with rivets and rivet holes in the area of the fracture. This could point to problems during the manufacturing process. The...
A Delta Airlines flight heading from Charleston to Atlanta was forced to make a sudden plunge to 10,000 feet yesterday after a malfunction in the air pressure system. There were no know injuries, and Delta Flight 2351 landed safely and on time in Atlanta.
Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc. (AMES), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, Inc., announced a contract with AeroLogic GmbH for line maintenance support of AeroLogic’s Boeing 777 freighter aircraft at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky...
Boeing has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to allow the carrier to participate in the 777 Component Services Program. ET is the 13th airline in the 777 CSP, which is offered jointly by Boeing and AFI -KLM Engineering & Maintenance. The agreement covers...
Sunwing Airlines has renewed its 737-800 component support contract for a further six years. In addition to full component repair and overhaul, it will provide access to the spares pool and deployment of a main base kit of spare parts in Toronto.
AFI-KLM has been selected by Alitalia to provide GE90 maintenance and support. The contract includes support services with access to the spare engines pool and engine shop visits on a time and material basis.