Afrijet of Gabon has signed a 12-year Guaranteed Maintenance Cost Plan (GMCP) with Pratt & Whitney Canada to cover the engines on three ATR 72-600 aircraft that are on order. One of the aircraft will be powered by PW127M engines, while the other two will fly with...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
ASI celebrates 25 years in operation
Air Salvage International CEO Mark Gregory is raising a glass to his company after a successful 25 years in the air. Formed in 1997 and based at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, ASI has made a name as one of the world’s largest privately-owned disassembly and...
Norse Atlantic Airways becomes TotalCare customer
Norse Atlantic Airways has signed a Rolls-Royce TotalCare services agreement for its fleet of 15 Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. By choosing the TotalCare maintenance option, Norse Atlantic Airways has opted to transfer the management of engine...
Rolls-Royce and Italia Trasporto Aereo Airways sign TotalCare agreement
Rolls-Royce and Italian airline Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) Airways have signed a TotalCare service agreement for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines that will power six Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The agreement is the first to be signed between Rolls-Royce and ITA Airways...
J&C Aero launches Airbus A320/A330 Line Maintenance; Heston becomes first customer
J&C Aero, an international aviation design and production company, has recently received its first EASA Part 145 approval covering Airbus A320 and A330 line maintenance. A Lithuanian air carrier Heston Airlines becomes the inaugural customer for J&C Aero’s new...
eWork – ADSoftware new smart aircraft maintenance app
A novel aircraft maintenance project management app, eWork, is claimed to have reduced maintenance completion and turnaround times by a quarter, while providing complete transparency of task status, the personnel and the equipment used in performing them. eWork is a...
PPG, Aerobrand announce aircraft livery design partnership
PPG will partner with UK airline brand and design consultancy Aerobrand to provide airline customers with a unique service that combines paint supply with livery design. The partnership will enable customers to work closely with designers to create custom paint colors...
ST Engineering to lease four Airbus A320/A321P2Fs to Raya Airways
ST Engineering’s aviation asset management business will lease four Airbus narrowbody Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft consisting of two A320P2F and two A321P2F to a regional operator, Raya Airways Sdn Bhd (Raya Airways). Raya Airways’ Group Managing Director,...
Safran expands in India
On July 7 and 8, Safran inaugurated three new production sites in India and announced the construction of a major new facility in 2025, bolstering its strategic partnership with the country. Safran has operated in India for 65 years and now counts 10 facilities and...
Voyageur Aviation expands portfolio with parts provisioning of ATR aircraft type
Chorus Aviation’s subsidiary, Voyageur Aviation Corp. (‘Voyageur’), has added ATR 42 and 72 aircraft types to its product offering, further diversifying Chorus’ business and cross-company support capabilities. “The growth momentum for Voyageur Avparts continues,” said...
Boeing reports second-quarter deliveries
Boeing has confirmed that it delivered 121 aircraft to customers in the second quarter of 2022 – 103 737s, nine 777s, seven 767s and two 747s. In the year to date, Boeing has delivered 216 aircraft.
CAAM acquires A320 Airframes from LATAM for Disassembly in Tupelo
China Aircraft Leasing Group’s (CALC) associate company, China Aviation Aftermarket Holdings (CAAM), has purchased six A320 airframes from LATAM Airlines Group. The airframes, which are scheduled to be delivered in stages between June 2022 and the first quarter of...