Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Germany's Lufthansa Technik and Avianca have signed a contract covering repair and overhaul of components for the Colombian carrier's Boeing 787 fleet, the two companies announced on December 14. The deal is the latest arrangement in their decade-old relationship,...
Ireland's West Knock Airport is to get its first on-site line maintenance service after Dublin-based EirTrade Aviation Maintenance said it had been given EU approval for the work to be done at the airport. EirTrade said the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO) has signed a contract with Swiss-AS and NGS Equipment and Communication Joint Stock Company (Swiss-AS-NGS Consortium to implement its flagship software ‘AMOS.’ The software will provide Vietnam Airlines with technical...
Bombardier is all set to open a new service full-service center at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The 100,000 square feet MRO facility will add more than 100 aerospace jobs in the community, cementing Bombardier’s presence in the UAE. The facility will feature a...
airBaltic said on December 13 it had carried out a "scheduled A-Check technical maintenance and engine replacement" for an Airbus A220-300 aircraft operated by French carrier Air Austral. The Latvian airline said it was "the first time that such maintenance was...
Metrojet Engineering Clark (MEC) received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification to work on the airframe, aircraft batteries and aircraft wheel assemblies of the Bombardier BD700-2A12 (Global 7500). With this approval, MEC will now be able to perform...
Singapore-based Transcend Aero Services (Transcend) has placed an order for two B737-800SF freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) marking the first freighter conversion order placed by Transcend with AEI. The first 737-800 aircraft will begin...
Air France veteran Paul-Antoine Vivet has been named vice president, sales Americas, at Air France International KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI-KLM E&M). Pierre Teboul, senior vice president commercial at Air France International KLM E&M, said Vivet...
American Airlines and Safran Landing Systems are to team up in an effort to replace the steel brakes in around 300 Boeing 737NG planes with carbon versions. The new brakes were described by the carrier as "critical to reaching our climate goals" due to carbon being...
Boeing has awarded Lufthansa Technik with a contract to provide Total Component Support (TCS) for the future fleet of four P-8A aircraft belonging to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The (TCS) is a comprehensive component services program for the 737 covering more...
C&L Aviation Group on December 6 announced the purchase of ACLAS Technics, described as a "UK-based company that offers structural component repair and overhaul for multiple aircraft types". “This is another step in the strategy to provide support for multiple...
Empire Aviation Group has signed an agreement with the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH) at Dubai South to develop a new, multi-purpose business aviation facility on a plot adjacent to the VIP Terminal with a 100% investment. The facility will be owned,...