Iberia renews its commitment to El Prat and, as part of its new business strategy, Iberia Maintenance will further develop its base activity at its hangar in Barcelona around heavy maintenance. Iberia has reinforced its presence in El Prat with the development of an...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AerFin signs component support contract with Alitalia
AerFin has signed a component support contract with Alitalia, the flag carrier of Italy, to serve the component requirements of their fleet of Embraer E175 and E190 aircraft. The BeyondPool contract will cover the supply, repair and overhaul of rotable components as...
LOTAMS Part-147 Training Organisation extends the range of training courses
LOTAMS Part-147 Training Organization has received type approval for training in the Boeing 787-8/9/10 (RR RB 211 Trent 1000 GEnx) for category C. As a result, it is currently the only Part-147 Training Organization in Poland offering theoretical and practical...
AJW Group and Arena Investors announce $100 million aviation asset joint venture
AJW Group (AJW) and Arena Investors (Arena) have formed a new joint venture focused on selective acquisitions of commercial aircraft, engines and components. Through a newly formed entity based in Dublin, AJW and Arena will jointly acquire a targeted portfolio of...
GE and RJ Partner to use GE’s 360 Foam Wash
GE Aviation has awarded Royal Jordanian Airlines a technical license to use GE’s patented 360 Foam Wash system on its GEnx-1B aircraft engines. The technical license allows Royal Jordanian to perform 360 Foam Wash on its fleet of GEnx-1B engines for Boeing 787...
EirTrade Aviation expands into the US
EirTrade Aviation, the aviation technical asset services and trading company, has opened a new facility in Dallas, Fort Worth. The 22,000 square foot facility will be headed by Bill Thompson who joined EirTrade in April 2021 and will complement EirTrade’s existing...
S7 Technics completed 85% of the construction of the first repair facility in Russia for the repair of Honeywell APUs
S7 Technics, the Russian MRO provider, is building the first repair facility in Russia and CIS for the repair of Honeywell auxiliary power units (APUs). The repair base will be located on the territory of Sheremetyevo Airport and is planning to open in the fourth...
AerFin to support Smartlynx on its new Cargo Journey
AerFin has signed a rotable component support agreement with European ACMI and charter specialist operator SmartLynx (SLX), supporting its fleet of newly inducted Airbus A330 aircraft, as the operator expands into the long-haul market segment. The fully bespoke...
HEICO declares 86th consecutive semi-annual cash dividend
HEICO’s Board of Directors have approved a 12.5% increase in the semi-annual cash dividend to $.09 per share from $.08 per share, payable on both classes of its common stock. The cash dividend is payable on July 15, 2021 to shareholders of record as of July 1, 2021....
Pratt & Whitney CSA Partners With Next Level Aviation
Pratt & Whitney CSA, the serviceable materials business unit of Pratt & Whitney, and Next Level Aviation, the global distributor of used serviceable materials (USM), have signed an agreement regarding the sale of USM for aircraft engines. Pratt & Whitney...
StandardAero signs new multi-year PW127M engine support agreement Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam Airlines has awarded StandardAero a new contract for the support for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines powering its fleet of ATR 72-500 regional turboprops. StandardAero will support the airline from its OEM-authorized PW100 Designated Overhaul...
Airbus gains first Flight Hour Services contract in North America with JetBlue for its A220 fleet
Airbus has signed its first Flight Hour Services (FHS) contract with a North American customer. US-based airline JetBlue is acquiring long-term Airbus components maintenance services for its 70 A220 aircraft on order. The A220 started operations with JetBlue in April...