Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Delta TechOps has signed a three-year contract with China Eastern Airlines (CEA) to provide maintenance and repair services to various aircraft engine types. The contract, which includes an option for extension at the end of three years, will immediately apply to...
Boeing and Air India, who are setting up a joint venture multi-million MRO facility at the upcoming Special Economic Zone near Nagpur, are expected to submit the final project design to authorities soon. Once the design is finalised, it will be submitted to the...
Aviation mechanics are striking this morning. They are refusing to perform maintenance, repair or inspection work on aircraft over a contract dispute. A compromise bid offered by mediators was rejected and 900 mechanics went on strike at 5 am. The strike action...
Boeing has announced plans to invest $7.5 million to formally establish a joint research centre with Tsinghua University of China to develop aircraft cabin environments, advanced materials, computer science and industrial designs. The centre will also include a grant...
Shell Aviation (SAV) has signed a fuel concession agreement with Dubai Airports to operate as a fuel supplier at the new Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). When it is finished, the airport will be the largest...
SR Technics’ Malta facility has completed the first maintenance check on an easyJet A319. This is the first aircraft to be checked under the $1.6 billion maintenance agreement signed in November 2009. SR Technics building a new four-bay narrowbody facility at the...
As reported in Aviation News yesterday over 200 jobs are to go at Shannon Aerospace staff. Following a meeting yesterday morning CEO Thomas Rueckert, confirmed there would be 107 job losses. The news ends months of speculation at the airline maintenance company, which...
MAJ Aviation has broken ground at Seletar Aerospace Park, home of its new general aviation hangar and ancillary facility. The S$8 million 6,000 square metre facility will be completed by September 2011. The centre will be the first centre in Singapore to cater to the...
Staff at Shannon Aerospace have been called into a meeting this morning to discuss reorganisation plans. Job cuts are expected to be announced. The company currently employs more than 700 people.
Silk Way Technics, the maintenance division of Azerbaijan carrier Silk Way Airlines has announced it is planning to build a new maintenance hangar at Baku International Airport. The hanger will be used to provide base and heavy maintenance services up to D checks for...
StandardAero has modified its Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-52 Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for the Beechcraft King Air 200/200C/B200/B200C to interface with Garmin G1000 avionics package. The STC replaces P&WC PT6A-41 or -42 series engines...
StandardAero is preparing to provide support for the new Embraer 650 Legacy business jet, which includes collaborating with Rolls-Royce to update the company’s test cell to accommodate the new AE3007A2 engine. ”StandardAero has been a long-time ASC on Embraer...