Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Embraer has signed a Flight Hour Pool Program agreement with Western Air, from the Bahamas, to provide repairable component support for the carrier’s fleet of ERJ-145 aircraft. Western Air recently purchased three ERJ-145s from Embraer, becoming the first operator of...
Canadian airline WestJet has signed a comprehensive Total Technical Support (TTS) contract with Lufthansa Technik AG for the technical support of its future Boeing 787 fleet. WestJet also becomes the first customer for Lufthansa Technik's digital platform...
AFI KLM E&M has obtained approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the overhaul of LEAP-1B type engines. With this latest milestone in its LEAP product industrialization program, AFI KLM E&M is henceforth authorized to offer a...
StandardAero has recently extended its long-running relationship with leading aviation services provider Dumont Group through a follow-on contract for Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) JT15D-5R engine overhauls. These engines will power a Hawker 400XP light jet...
Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services has become the first in Africa with capability to repair the GEnx Engine, which powers the Boeing 787 aircraft. The first GEnx engine repaired at Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services facility makes the...
SOAR and Sabena Aerospace have signed a long term working agreement to offer Aircraft On the Ground (AOG) Heavy Recovery and Field Repair Services to the commercial aviation community. Services from these providers include recovery, evaluation, repair and modification...
Delta Air Lines has entered into a multi-year contract with Airbus to continue using the Skywise open-data platform and related predictive maintenance services. The airline will expand the use of the tool to its A320 and A330 fleets – comprising around 400 aircraft –...
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES), a wholly owned subsidiary of GA Telesis, has announced its intention to ramp up its engine MRO operations in 2019. With record engine slot inputs in 2018 across all engine models coupled with major commitments from existing and new...
An Air India 737 aircraft, flight IX 611, which was carrying 130 passengers and six crew members, was diverted to Mumbai when it was revealed that the aircraft may gave come into “contact with the airport perimeter wall” during take off from Trichy airport in southern...
Triumph Group was awarded a five-year contract for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on CFM56-7B nacelle components for the 737NG aircraft operated by a US airline operator. Under the contract Triumph Product Support will service thrust reversers, fan cowls...
KLM UK Engineering, a subsidiary of AFI KLM Engineering & Maintenance, had added Boeing 737 MAX to its EASA Part 147 Approval. The European MRO has extensive experience on the Boeing 737, Embraer 170/190, BAe146/Avro RJ, Fokker 70/100 and Airbus A320 Family of...
JetBlue plans to retrofit its entire Airbus fleet with noise-reducing vortex generators. Beginning in 2015, JetBlue began taking delivery of new aircraft with vortex generators already installed. JetBlue is committing to add the devices to its 138 remaining Airbus...