ST Aerospace has secured new contracts worth about S$590m in the third quarter of 2012. This total contract value is in addition to the component repair management Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBHTM) contract worth about US$80m (approximately S$102m) awarded by AirAsia in...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
PDQ Airspares extend Next Generation ConsumableCare to GMF AeroAsia
One of South East Asia's largest Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facilities has joined forces with one of Europe's leading Total Consumable Support providers. PDQ Airspares has announced that Indonesia's PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia has signed up to a...
A J Walter Aviation and British Airways Engineering extend strategic partnership to offer Boeing 787 support
A J Walter Aviation (AJW), an independent provider of integrated aviation services, and British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has announced it is entering the aftermarket arena for the Boeing 787 with a fully integrated...
Litigation wave poised to hit OEMs
Are you having a problem with OEMs starting to charge for intellectual property rights (IP) rights with regard to continued airworthiness? You are not alone. Component repair and overhaul is where the first salvo of litigation will strike this year in the battle to...
Precision Conversions gains FAA approval for Winglet Compatibility with 757-200PCF Freighter Conversion
Precision Conversions, (Precision) has received FAA approval to provide full 15 cargo position freighter conversions on 757-200s that have winglets currently installed on the aircraft. The winglet approval applies to all Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney powered...
UTair orders CFM56-5B for its A320 orders
UTair has chosen CFM56-5B engines to power its order for 20 A321s. Delivery will begin in 2013. Utair has also signed up for a long-term rate-per-flight hour agreement for 40 engines.
WWW.AEDUBLIN.COM GOES LIVE AND AIRLINE ECONOMICS DUBLIN 2013 POWERS AHEAD
We understand that there are some things you cannot leave to chance and the annual get together in Dublin is one of those things. For this reason we have already made sure that the core of finance and leasing are in attendance and there are more airlines than have...
IRKUT Selects Mxi Technologies’ Maintenix Software for MS-21 After-Sales Support Program
IRKUT, the Russian aircraft manufacturers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mxi Technologies, the aviation maintenance management software company, for the provision of Maintenix® in support of the organization’s single-aisle MS-21 aircraft after-sales...
Farnborough, air shows in general and Airline Economics Dublin 2013
It is mid-week and many of you will be getting air show fatigue by about now. For many getting to the show itself is very hard work indeed, it seems that unless you are flying, you are very lucky indeed to have a trouble free run of it seemingly from any direction....
UAE’s first female Emirati aero engineer passes through the Etihad’s graduate program
Etihad's largest ever group or Emirati graduates celebrated their success at a special event yesterday – and included in their ranks the first ever Emirati female aviation engineer. More than 450 people at the Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi, gathered to congratulate...
Ethiopian Airlines to move forward with commercialization of MRO arm as ET | Technical
Ethiopian Airlines MRO subsidiary company will be ET Technical. By commercializing its maintenance and engineering department Et Technical will be a separate business entity that will provide line maintenance, repair and overhaul service to ET domestic, ET...
Iberia agreement with Vietnam
A three yaer "Time & Material" contract with Vietnam Airlines has been signed under which Iberia Maintenance will be responsible for the repair of line replaceable units on the carrier's A320 fleet, including electro-hydraulic selectors and bypass valves. Repairs will...