Iberia has appointed aeronautical engineer Enrique Robledo as director of Iberia Maintenance, taking over from Andy Best who is moving to British Airways. Iberia Maintenance serves around a hundred clients, including British Airways and Iberia, both part of the...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
US MRO provider VSE snaps up Precision Fuel
VSE Corporation, a provider of aftermarket distribution and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for land, sea and air transportation assets, has acquired Precision Fuel Components. The all-cash transaction, VSE said, is "immediately accretive" to its...
ASG’s FL Technics expands aircraft MRO and servicing range
FL Technics, a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services and part of Avia Solutions Group, has had its continuing airworthiness management organisation (CAMo) certification extended to allow it service Airbus A220, Boeing B737-MAX...
AvAir and Sanad team up to create component exchange pool
Sanad and AvAir have come together to provide asset management solutions for a vast array of Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer components. All material will be made available for exchange to AvAir’s network of customers worldwide. Steven Solomon, AvAir Vice President of...
Lufthansa Technik and Flyr widen checks and maintenance deal
Lufthansa Technik has started to carry out base maintenance services for Norwegian airline Flyr. The checks are being conducted in Budapest on the carrier's Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737-800 aircraft and add to the services provided by Lufthansa Technik to Flry since the...
ST Engineering bags CFM56 engine maintenance contracts
ST Engineering has secured CFM56-7B engine maintenance contracts from two established airlines based in Asia. Under these contracts, ST Engineering will carry out heavy maintenance of CFM56-7B engines for the two airlines at its engine MRO facilities in Singapore and...
Lufthansa Technik and Air France in long-term deal for Airbus APU support
Lufthansa Technik and Air France have signed a long-term agreement for the technical support of auxiliary power units (APUs) of the airline's entire Airbus A350 fleet. Lufthansa Technik will provide extensive MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services for the...
RwandAir and Iberia Maintenance sign deal for 737 engine maintenance
RwandAir and Iberia Maintenance have signed a multi-year agreement covering the CFM56-7B & 7BE engines powering the airline's Boeing 737s. "RwandAir’s strategic partnership with Iberia Maintenance reflects confidence in their technical expertise and experience to...
Lufthansa Technik snaps up LHIND to bolster MRO operations
Lufthansa Technik has made Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND) "a 100% subsidiary", it announced on January 24. The deal will allow Lufthansa Technik harness "the expertise of more than 2,300 digital experts" and help it provide "even more digital services" for its...
Akasa Air and AFI KLM E&M sign repair and maintenance deal
Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has agreed terms with new Indian carrier Akasa Air for a deal that includes subsidiary EPCOR providing component services and auxiliary power unit (APU) solutions. The agreement will see AFI KLM...
ASL in new landing gear services deal with AEM
Ireland-based ASL Aviation and and British business AMETEK MRO AEM have announced a new agreement for the latter to provide of landing gear services for ASL’s European fleet of B737 Next Generation and Classic aircraft. The agreement, ASL said, "covers the provision...
Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon expands operations
Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon (LTTS) is expanding its operations near Ireland's Shannon Airport in response "to growing market demand". The company said a new 2,000-meter-square building would allow it provide "new products" for CFM56 and V2500 turbine engines...