After unveiling plans for a major expansion in North America with a firm order for 30 E195-E2 jets, with purchase rights for a further 50 aircraft, Porter Airlines has signed a major aftermarket support package contract with Embraer. The Total Support Program (TSP)...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
ST Engineering secures engine MRO contracts
ST Engineering has secured two CFM56-7B engine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) contracts. The first is an exclusive five-year contract from Alaska Airlines. Under the agreement, which is an extension of an existing contract that expires at the end of this year,...
CAE expands maintenance training capabilities with GlobalJet Services
CAE has announced the expansion of its maintenance training capabilities with the addition of GlobalJet Services, the aviation maintenance training provider. This move expands CAE’s capabilities by increasing its aircraft platform addressability for maintenance...
AMETEK Antavia and Viking to strengthen collaboration in support of aerial firefighting
Antavia AMETEK MRO and Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, have renewed their comprehensive landing gear maintenance support for an additional three years. This agreement, originally initiated in 2018, confirms Antavia as a Factory Endorsed Component...
MTU Maintenance Canada completes move to new facility at Boundary Bay
MTU Maintenance Canada has completed its move from Richmond, near Vancouver Airport, to Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia. This marks the successful conclusion of a brownfield adaptation that provides MTU Maintenance Canada with an additional space of around 60...
Volga-Dnepr and Airbus talk A350 conversion plans
On July 22, 2021, a Volga-Dnepr delegation headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Aleksey Ivanovich Isaikin, held a meeting with Airbus’s top management which was facilitated by the MAKS 2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. During the meeting Alexey...
APOC builds new warehouse extension to treble spares storage capacity in Europe
APOC is finishing construction of an additional 2,500m² of warehouse and technical inspections base that adjoins its existing premises at new facility in Berkel en Rodenrijs. “Irrespective of the impact of COVID-19 and the massive reduction in sales of aircraft parts...
British Airways extends contract for A380 base maintenance services
British Airways has extended its contract with Lufthansa Technik for Base Maintenance Services for its Airbus A380 aircraft. The contract will run from August 2022 for more than five years and includes services for the airline's 12 A380s to be performed at the...
AvAir secures engine material asset management with IAI
AvAir has completed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Aviation Group to provide asset management solutions for more than 20,000 line items. With this transaction, AvAir will manage more than 20,000 line items including internal parts and accessories...
EirTrade awarded AFRA accreditation
EirTrade Aviation, the aviation technical asset services and trading company with a specialist aircraft disassembly facility at Knock, Ireland West Airport, has been awarded an AFRA (Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association) accreditation. The accreditation will see the...
5000 Rolls-Royce engines tested by HAESL
HAESL, a joint venture company between Rolls-Royce plc and the HAECO Group, celebrated an important landmark in July 2021, having tested 5,000 Rolls-Royce engines since the company’s inception in 1997. This follows another major milestone achieved earlier in the year...
Vallair augments MRO capability with the introduction of in-house NDT
Vallair has augmented its MRO capability with the introduction of in-house NDT (Non-Destructive Testing). The capability will not only be available at Vallair’s specialist MRO facility in Montpellier and the Aerostructure repair shop in Châteauroux, but also away...