Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Sabre Corporation has hired Ann J. Bruder, "a seasoned legal executive and travel industry veteran", to replace Chadwick Ho as executive vice president and chief legal officer. "We are thrilled to have Ann join our executive team at Sabre. Ann is an excellent...
Vagner Finelli is joining Pittsburgh-based components maker Howmet Aerospace as president of Howmet Fastening Systems (HFS). Finelli was president and chief executive of Sigma Engineered Solutions, which makes metal castings and stampings for industries including...
Chapman Freeborn has appointed Russell Cook as its industry vertical director – automotive. A global aircraft charter business and part of Avia Solutions Group, Chapman said Cook will work with auto businesses to help with their supply chain freight forwarding...
Tony Whitty, AJW Group's senior vice president of aircraft & engine procurement, has been elected chairman of The Aviation Club UK. Whitty succeeds Karl Brunjes, who AJW said "diligently served as chairman for the past five years" and steered the club "through the...
Aviation services company GA Telesis has made personnel changes to its MRO [maintenance, repair, overhaul] Services components and landing gear operations teams. Nelson Llompart has been made vice president and operations manager while Emmanuel Camejo has taken up the...
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce could be hit by production delays as workers at Swedish supplier Trelleborg go on strike in May 2023. More than 200 people at Trelleborg's Tewkesbury and Bridgewater operations are to down tools from May 2 to May 5 over what they...
Storm Aviation has followed up its acquisition of Chevron Technical Services & Aircraft Maintenance by naming Jacco Klerk as general manager and director. Klerk will "lead the integration and transformation " into Storm's UK business of Chevron Technical Services...
Security workers at London Heathrow Airport are to go on strike again in May for eight days. The 1,400 workers, who went on strike around Easter, want a pay increase and called on the airport's management to "return to the negotiating table". “Our members have been...
Around 250 security workers at Glasgow Airport voted by 94% to reject what they labelled a "derisory" 5% pay increase. The workers, according to their Unite trade union, "deal with passengers directly in the security search area and process them for flights" and...
Air Serbia has announced the cancellation of April 20 flights from Belgrade to Dusseldorf due to security staff going on strike for the day. The flag carrier said it "regrets the changes that have occurred as a result of the industrial action at Dusseldorf airport and...
FedEx’s pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), are going ahead with “a strike authorisation ballot”. Voting will open Tuesday, April 18, ALPA and the carrier’s pilots announced, after an impasse was reached in what they described as...
Inglis Lyon intends to step down as managing director of Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL), the government-0wned company has announced. Inglis Lyon said he has "reached that time of life when it is time to pass the baton on and give someone the opportunity to hold...