Air New Zealand has signed an agreement with Boeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to expand its use of the 777 Component Services Program (CSP). After gaining experience with the CSP on its 777-200ER fleet, Air New Zealand is expanding...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
GOODRICH AND ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES SIGN NACELLE SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR SUPPORT OF AIRBUS A320, A340 AND EMBRAER E195 FLEETS
Goodrich Corporation has signed a nacelle services agreement with Royal Jordanian Airlines. The five-year Prime Solutions agreement covers maintenance and support of nacelles and thrust reversers for the airline's fleet of V2500-powered Airbus A320s, CF34-10E powered...
SR TECHNICS IN AGREEMENT WITH AIRBLUE
SR Technics has signed a seven-year contract with Airblue to provide the carrier with overhaul, repair and on-wing condition monitoring services on its CFM56 engines, covering Airbus A319s and A320s in the fleet.
JAL BRINGS BACK RED CRANE LIVERY
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced it is will bring back the red-on-white crane as its corporate logo and gradually reintroduced the logo onto the tails of JAL's aircraft. "We hope customers can once again identify the airline through our new logo as one of quality...
INDIAN MRO MARKET TO TRIPLE OVER NEXT DECADE
Maintenance, repair and overhaul companies are preparing for more business in India as it is poised to become the fastest growing market in the world for aircraft MRO services over the next decade tripling its worth to $1.5 billion. Indian air traffic is expected to...
ENGINE FIRE FOR AIR MACAU A321
The engine of an Air Macau Airbus A321 caught fire earlier in the week while it was undergoing tests at Macau International Airport. Only maintenance staff were on board the airline at the time but the aircraft will still have to be grounded due to the now damaged...
USA3000 SIGNS CONTRACT WITH LUFTHANSA TECHNIK
USA3000 Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a multi-year contract regarding component services for a total of five Airbus A320-200 aircraft. With this agreement, Lufthansa Technik will provide a Total Component Support TCS, encompassing several hundred part...
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS (AEI) SELECTED TO PROVIDE 727-200SF CONVERSION
AEI has been selected by an undisclosed customer to provide one Boeing 727-200SF 12 Pallet Configuration Passenger-to-Freighter Conversion. The modifications will be carried out in Miami where AEI is based.
NTSB INVESTIGATE RUNWAY OVERRUN AT JACKSON HOLE
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two braking systems on an American Airlines 757 aircraft that ran off the runway while landing at the Jackson Hole Airport. The aircraft came to a stop about 350 feet beyond the runway on December 29. No one...
ABU DHABI AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES AND IAE SIGN AGREEMENT
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and International Aero Engines AG (IAE) have signed an agreement whereby IAE will support ADAT in becoming an IAE approved MRO shop capable of performing B3 level overhaul of the V2500 engine series. The new capability will...
TURKISH TECHNIC SIGNS APU REPAIR SERVICES CONTRACT
Turkish Technic has signed an APU repair services contract with Thomas Cook Airlines, covering one APS3200 model APU repair. Services will be carried out at Turkish Technic's APU shop in Istanbul.
SAM TAKES HEAVY MAINTENANCE TO THAILAND
Norwegian MRO, Scandinavian Aircraft Maintenance (SAM), is setting up a heavy maintenance base in Korat, central Thailand, which will be put under the SAM Thai umbrella. The company plans to provide line and heavy maintenance services in Thailand but is still waiting...