Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Turkish Technic, has signed two C Check maintenance services agreements for one base maintenance C check on Airbus A320-232 with Kogalymavia (Kolavia) Airlines and for one base maintenance C check on Airbus A320 for Spanish airline Spanair. Maintenance will be carried...
A US Airways regional jet made an emergency landing at Norfolk International Airport on Saturday night after a warning light indicated a possible problem with the landing gear. When pilots on the US Airways Express flight from Norfolk to Charlotte noticed a warning...
Turkish Technic has signed a contract with Sky Airlines to perform re-delivery checks and paint services for the carrier's Airbus A321 fleet. Maintenance is scheduled to end this month. Sky Airlines announced it has signed a contract with Tailwind Airlines to perform...
Lufthansa Technik has signed its first contract with Air New Zealand to provide its Total Component Support package for a selected number of components utilized on the airline's 777-200s and 777-300s.
ST Aerospace has won S$320m in new maintenance contracts in the fourth quarter of 2010. Ranging from three to 12 months, these contracts will be carried out at its facilities in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. This is in addition to the Maintenance-By-the-Hour...
Aircraft maintenance company, Deal Baldwin Painting, is planning to start operations at a former Air Force base in northern Indiana and possibly hire 200 people. A 29-year lease deal was signed last week with Miami County officials for hangar space in the Grissom...
Frankfurt-based MRO service provider Haitec has selected spares firm A J Walter Aviation for a three-year contract to manage its component repair and overhaul requirements from January 2011. Haitec, which specialises in line and selected base maintenance on A320...
Canadian air-safety officials from Transport Canada have ordered emergency inspections of landing gears on more than 300 Bombardier Q400 turbobrop aircraft, in order to ensure that alternate extension systems can properly deploy the main gears. The safety directive...
Lufthansa Technik is to provide a Total Component Support agreement (TCS) for a selected number of components for Air New Zealand with immediate effect. The contract is for components utilized on the New Zealand national carrier’s Boeing 777-200 and 777-300 aircraft....
US Airways has committed to leasing heavy maintenance aircraft hangar space at Pittsburgh International Airport for the next five years. Allegheny County Airport Authority board members have approved a new five-year lease with US Airways covering hangars 3, 4 and 5...
Turkish Technic has signed a C Check maintenance services agreement for two base maintenance C checks on Boeing B737-400 with Tailwind Airlines. The works will be carried at Turkish Technic's facilities in Istanbul during January 2011. Turkish Technic provides...
Boeing has developed a system that uses RFID technology to cut the time it takes to check oxygen generators from 13 hours to just eight and a half minutes. Boeing is working with Fujitsu to offer the service to airlines. "We did a workshop with Japan Airlines to...