Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
MTU Maintenance secured around $4.4 billion in MRO contract wins during 2018, surpassing the 4 billion mark for the first time in its history. Over 300 contracts were signed in 2018, of which 46 were with new engine MRO customers. “We are delighted with MTU...
Naples Jet Center, an aviation service provider located at Naples Municipal Airport (APF), has received certification from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) to perform maintenance operations on aircraft registered in Brazil. The approval from ANAC...
Aviation fuel supplier, Gulf Aviation, has secured a brand-new 12-month contract to provide fuel for Delta Air Lines. The new partnership will see Gulf Aviation, which is fuel supplier Certas Energy’s aviation brand, providing fuel for its fleet of passenger aircraft...
AAR, an independent provider of aviation aftermarket services, has received approval from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to serve Japanese airlines that require repair stations to provide JCAB-authorised release certificates. This new certification will expand...
AJW Group, the independent specialist in the global management of aircraft spares, has announced an expansion to its spares support services with Latvian charter airline, SmartLynx Airlines. AJW and SmartLynx have agreed a new contract to cover the supply of...
Honeywell and S7 Technics have agreed to create a repair facility in Russia and CIS, to handle Honeywell APUs installed in the most popular aircraft of Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and RRJ-95 families. According to the signed license agreement, S7 Technics is granted the...
Latvian airline airBaltic continues its expansion and is looking to attract 50 technicians in 2019 for its maintenance facilities at Riga International Airport and Tallinn Airport. Andris Vaivads, SVP Technical Operations of airBaltic: “We are improving our...
Triumph Group has sold Triumph Aviation Services – NAAS Division, Inc. (NAAS) to STS Aviation Group. The transaction is effective as of March 6, 2019. The division generated revenues of approximately $30 million in Triumph Group’s 2018 fiscal year, ending on March 31,...
Three major Russian passenger and cargo carriers have contracted Lufthansa Technik for comprehensive and long-term support. Russian Airlines has entrusted Lufthansa Technik with Airframe Related Components (ARC) services for its A320 family aircraft. Ural Airlines has...
Airpart Supply, the UK aircraft parts distributor supporting commercial airliner, business and general aviation aircraft, has signed a new contract with Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems effective January 2019 as authorised distributor for wheels and brakes in the...
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) aerospace sector has signed an agreement with a contract value of about US$600m (approximately S$813m) to provide aircraft heavy maintenance services to a major North American operator. ST Engineering will support...
Turboprop manufacturer ATR has received certification from EASA to extend the intervals between the Type A maintenance checks from 500 to 750 hours, for all of its aircraft series. This 50% increase in intervals will allow ATR customers a significant reduction in...