Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Goodrich Corporation has entered into a nacelle services agreement with Air Arabia. Under the 10-year contract, Goodrich will support nacelles and thrust reversers in the airline’s fleet of more than 50 Airbus A320 aircraft powered by CFM56-5B engines. Goodrich’s...
Angolan Airline, TAAG, administrator, Rui Carreira has stated that the airline is facing technical constraints as the country does not yet have the facilities to maintain 777 aircraft. “The Boeing 777 are very sophisticated planes and we still do not have our...
Another Flybe Q400 aircraft has lost an engine access door on take-off from Southampton airport just two months after a similar incident happen in Jersey. The access door fell off the Q400 aircraft’s right-hand engine and struck and damaged the leading edge of the...
Lufthansa Technik and Wizz Air have extended the scope of their already close cooperation to Romania and the Czech Republic. According to a new five-year-contract, Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International (LTMI) provides Wizz Air with line maintenance services up...
Australia’s aviation regulator, the Australian Transport Safety Authority, has revealed that three more Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines have been removed from service for further checks by airlines, although 42 cleared inspections. The ATSA was quick to state that all...
The Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) has expressed concern that a Qantaslink airline (Sunstate) has deducted pay from over 20 Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers salaries. The union believes the pay was deducted after their professional judgement determined...
According to Lucintel's report "Growth Opportunities for Composites in Aerospace MRO Market 2011-2016: Trends, Forecast and Opportunity Analysis" the global aerospace MRO market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.2%, while the aerospace composite components MRO market...
In support of Finnair’s striking cabin crew, the union representing Finnish airline mechanics has confirmed it will not service aircraft flying into Helsinki airport. The move from the IUA union will affect British Airways and several other unnamed carriers. The week...
A Madurai-bound Kingfisher Flight returned to Chennai airport after take-off when smoke came out of its engine. The aircraft landed safely and all passengers were evacuated and an investigation took place to determine the cause of the smoke. The flight was later...
Brazilian airline TAM Lin-has Aéreas has placed a follow-on contract to an agreement it originally concluded with MTU Maintenance Hannover back in 1999. Under this new agreement, the company will provide maintenance services for another 57 V2500 engines powering the...
Fokker Services Asia (FSA) has broken ground on its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Singapore. Although the FSA already has facility at Singapore Seletar Airport, it has been required to relocate to the airport’s west side because the Singapore...
ST Aerospace has been granted two Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for its Boeing 757-200SF passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversion programme from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and Transport Canada respectively. The STCs allow ST Aerospace to...