Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Carl Jones joined Sunshine Coast Airport as the new Head of Aviation Development. With over two decades of experience in airport management, government, and commercial experience working with several leading airports around the world Jones is specialised in air...
Hundreds of FedEx Express pilots took part in a May 24 "informational picket" in front of the FedEx Express Air Operations Center in Memphis The event was staged "to protest their protracted contract negotiations", according to the Air Line Pilots Int'l (ALPA) union....
GE Aerospace and Waygate Technologies have signed "a joint technology development agreement to develop software and hardware inspection solutions for commercial aircraft engines". The companies are to look at artificial intelligence (AI) "solutions", as they say...
IAG Cargo has appointed Jenny Critchley as chief transformation officer. Critchley, a former British Airways head of transformation, "will focus on expanding IAG Cargo’s digitalisation and sustainability efforts, whilst driving productivity, new business solutions and...
FedEx pilots are to picket their employer's air operations centre in Memphis on May 24. According to the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the pilots' one-hour picket will be to "demonstrate their collective resolve and continued frustration with the lack of...
AAR has named ex-GE Aerospace exec Tom Hoferer as vice president of repair and engineering services. "Most recently, he served as President of GE Aerospace’s Unison Industries, a global leader in aviation performance solutions", AAR said of Hoferer, who in turn said...
Security screening officers at the Abbotsford International Airport will protest outside the airport on May 23 after two years of contract talks The officers say concerns over substandard working conditions have not been resolved by employer Allied Universal, a...
FedEx Express pilots have voted to go on strike "if necessary", the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), said on May 17. The union said 99% of pilots who voted on the proposal were in favour of authorising a strike to get a new contractual agreement with the...
Schiphol Airport is to get a new director of corporate legal with the appointment of Baukje Dreimüller by Royal Schiphol Group. Dreimüller "has a background in law", the Group said, ahead of her switching from Renewi, an international waste and recycling management...
Ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation at Glasgow Airport have accepted a new one-year pay deal worth an increase of 11% on basic pay, the Unite trade union has announced. The more than 200 workers, who include dispatchers, allocators, airside agents and...
GA Telesis has appointed Jay Meshay as vice president of the Power Solutions Team in its Flight Solutions Group. Meshay's three decades of experience takes in all sales and technical supply chain management areas and includes positions at Honeywell, Chromalloy, and...
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...