Mesa has named Lorraine "Lori" DiMarco as vice president of maintenance, taking over from Christian Daoud. "With over 33 years of experience in the aviation industry, DiMarco brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Mesa Airlines", the company announced. "We are...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
MTU Aero Engines tables sustainability document at AGM
German company MTU Aero Engines has published a report it described as giving "information on its goals, progress and achievements in the six fields of action covered by its sustainability strategy". "In addition to products, production and maintenance, the six...
Air New Zealand brings back its fourth and last B777 from storage
Air New Zealand’s fourth and final B777 will soon resume service after spending 850 days in Mojave Desert storage. The aircraft will undergo maintenance at Air New Zealand’s hangar and resume operations on the San Francisco route later this week. “The return of all...
Lufthansa Technik in MRO deal with Smartlynx
Lufthansa Technik has signed a seven-year "total component support" contract covering SmartLynx Airlines' fleet of over 60 aircraft. Smartlynx, described by Lufthansa Technik as "the leading ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance), cargo and charter services...
Triumph announces MRO partnership with Moog for 787 landing gear
Triumph Group and Moog have put pen to paper on a five-year deal to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Boeing 787 landing gear and cargo door actuation control systems for an unnamed airline. The deal covers the Moog Total Support Program (MTS) "for an...
Air New Zealand signs off its iconic Teal Blue livery, eight Dash-8 jets to undergo repainting
Calling it the end of an era, Air New Zealand is planning to give a fresh coat of paint by replacing the iconic Teal Blue livery of the eight remaining De Havilland Dash 8 Q300 aircraft. All the eight jets will enter the paint shop and return to service in July 2023...
GA Telesis promotes Cheng to senior vice president
GA Telesis has named Lynda Cheng senior vice president of Asia sales in its Flight Solutions Group; Cheng has been with GA Telesis since 2011 and was "instrumental" in launching GA Telesis' Beijing joint venture GAIC Innovation. "Lynda's leadership within GA Telesis...
MYAirline signs Honeywell for APU overhaul on its A320 fleet
MYAirline has signed Honeywell to support the maintenance of its auxiliary power units (APUs) installed on its Airbus A320 fleet. As a part of the deal, Honeywell will also provide annual maintenance cost plans and predictive trend monitoring programmes. Honeywell is...
JetSMART signs 5-year CAMO and engineering services contract with Lufthansa Technik
JetSMART has signed Lufthansa Technik for extensive CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization) support and Aircraft Engineering Services, such as maintenance program support or modification and component management. The contract is for five years. As per...
FEAM Aero adds new line maintenance station at San Diego International Airport
FEAM Aero has added a new line station at San Diego International Airport (SAN), increasing its global footprint to 52 locations. The new location has begun operations from this month and will support the Airbus A330, making FEAM the largest independent third-party...
Malaysia Aviation Group reorganises MAB Engineering Services into wholly owned subsidiary
Malaysia Aviation Group has reorganised MAB Engineering Services (MABES) into a wholly owned subsidiary. The Group will be restricted into three divisions namely airlines, aviation services and loyalty and travel solutions. The aviation services division will look...
Solomon Airlines grounds its A320-200 over fuel contamination issue
Solomon Airlines has grounded its A320-200 aircraft after reporting a fuel contamination issue. "We are liaising with Airbus to assist with resolving the issue. Our team are striving to resolve the issue, whilst sourcing replacement aircraft to cover the affected...