Frontier Airlines has adopted Skywise Health Monitoring as its key future fleet performance tool under a five year contract covering 111 single-aisle aircraft. Launched in 2019, Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) gathers live diagnostic feeds from the aircraft through...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
StandardAero extends multi-year engine contract to service Binter’s ATR 72 fleet
StandardAero has been selected by Gran Canaria-based regional airline Binter to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F and PW127M engines which power the airline’s fleet of ATR 72 turboprop aircraft. Under the...
AAR signs contract with flydubai for continuing Boeing 737NG PBH Component Support
AAR has signed an agreement with flydubai to renew its power-by-the-hour (PBH) component pool and repair support for the airline´s Next-Generation (NG) Boeing 737 fleet. The new five-year contract builds on a partnership that started in 2016 to provide comprehensive...
MTU Maintenance opens dedicated on-site service facility in the region of Berlin Brandenburg
MTU Maintenance has opened an on-site and near wing engine service provider at a new dedicated facility in the region of Berlin Brandenburg. The new facility will open in November 2021 and will house quick-turn engine bays and be a base for a dedicated on-site and AOG...
Vallair introduces widebody maintenance capabilities to new Châteauroux hangar from 2022
Vallair has announced that it will be extending its full maintenance capabilities with the addition of a state-of-the-art hangar at Marcel Dassault Airport in Châteauroux, France. Available from the first quarter of 2022, the facility will be dedicated to the support...
AISG closes JV between affiliate SO Tech and CAS
Aviation Integrated Services Group (AISG) has announced the closing of a joint venture (JV) between its fully controlled affiliate, SO Tech ehf and Argentinian local operator, Condor Aviation Services (CAS). The JV will provide line maintenance services in Argentina...
JAL extends Total Component Support service agreement with LHT for its 787 fleet
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Japan Airlines have further deepened their trusted partnership by extending a long term agreement on Total Component Support (TCS) services for Japan Airlines' Boeing 787 fleet. The five-year TCS contract covers a multiple of components...
GE Aviation completes GEnx endurance testing
As it reaches its 10-year revenue service anniversary, GE has reported that its GEnx engine recently achieved outstanding endurance test results, completing over 3,000 cycles of dust ingestion testing in a simulated severe environment using a specialized dust...
Honeywell and AJW Group sign worldwide sole distribution agreement
AJW Group and Honeywell have announced a worldwide sole distributor agreement for the global sales of Air Data Inertial Reference Units (ADIRU) PN HG HG2030BE04 for Airbus A320, A330, A340 and A380. Under the terms of the agreement, AJW will distribute the new...
AerFin acquires one A318
AerFin has purchased an Airbus A318 aircraft from Contrail. The aircraft, manufactured in September 2009 will be dismantled to further enhance AerFin’s component support solutions to operators of A320 family aircraft. Commercial Director, James Bennett, commented: “We...
HAECO composite structures and GA Innovation China enter into a consignment agreement
HAECO Composite Structures (Jinjiang), a member of the HAECO Group specialising in aerostructure repair for nacelles, radomes and flight control surfaces, with a full complement of rotable spares, has entered into a consignment agreement with GA Innovation China...
Atlantic Aviation Group acquires Lufthansa Technik Shannon
Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) has acquired the Lufthansa Technik Shannon business from its German parent Lufthansa Technik (AG). The company states that this acquisition positions AAG to continue its ongoing growth trajectory and to avail of the opportunities provided...