Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
China Eastern Airlines has extended its Fleet Hour Agreement (FHA) with Pratt & Whitney for over 100 of its V2500 engines, powering 50 Airbus A320/A321ceo aircraft. Shanghai Engine Center, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and China Eastern, will service...
Atitech has finalised the acquisition of Alitalia E&M from Alitalia. The company reports that the EASA.IT 145.0026 Atitech certification has been extended including the Alitalia capabilities for line maintenance, base maintenance and shops. The EASA CAMO PART M...
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) has signed a contract with SkyUp Airlines to provide ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania and plane fuelling services at Riga International Airport in Latvia and Tallinn International Airport in Estonia....
Farsound recently opened a new facility close to Madrid Barajas Airport to serve its airline customer Iberia. The new facility will supply and maintain key components for aero engines for Iberia’s fleet of aircraft. Apart from the additional space, staff, and...
Vallair has purchased two A320s from Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for teardown. The aircraft (MSN 2372 and MSN 2393) are both 2005 vintage and the airframes will be dismantled at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France. Armando Filho, Material Management Director of...
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with EHang. As a part of the deal, both companies will cooperate in multiple areas such as manufacturing and assembly, continued airworthiness, digital platforms, aircraft...
Deutsche Aircraft has signed a follow-on maintenance contract with German-based business aviation operator Private Wings Flugcharter (PWF). PWF is one of the largest D328 operators in Europe, with a fleet of nine D328-100 turboprops and one D328 jet. Peter Gatz, CEO...
AJW Group recently expanded the power-by-the-hour (PBH) support contract with Brazilian cargo operator Modern Logistics. The PBH contract was signed in 2017 for the full maintenance services for B737CL freighters. It was also one of the first PBH contracts for AJW in...
Bombardier recently inaugurated a new 300,000-square-foot facility at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) in Florida, almost quadrupling Bombardier’s current maintenance footprint in Florida. Apart from creating over 300 aerospace jobs in the community, the...
Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) has selected Rusada’s ENVISION software to manage its new line of heavy maintenance activities. AvEx recently expanded its services by adding heavy maintenance and passenger-to-freighter conversions to its service portfolio. In...
SIA Engineering Group (SIA) has posted revenue of $362.2 million for the first half of the financial year ending September 30, 2022, an improvement of $98.7 million (+37.5%) year-on-year, largely driven by the increase in flight activities, and all segments recorded...
American Airlines has signed an agreement with the Aviation Institute of Management (AIM) to provide aspiring aviation maintenance technicians with a direct career path to American Airlines. As a part of the deal, the candidates from AIM’s Chicago campus will get a...