Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
A Dutch court has upheld a legal challenge by airlines against a Dutch government attempt to cut the number of flights to and from Schiphol Airport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which joined carriers such as KLM in taking on the government over...
London City Airport announced on April 4 that it was the first "major airport in the UK" to allow passengers get through security without removing laptops and liquids from their carry-on bags. After trials last year, the small London airport followed Teesside Airport...
The airfares in Asia-Pacific and Middle East surged as nations emerged from pandemic-related restrictions, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific’s latest Airport Industry Outlook. The airfares in Asia-Pacific and Middle East were above the...
UK-based Smiths Detection has announced that its CT passenger screening system, the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX, has been designated a "terrorism deterring technology" by the Department of Homeland Security in the US. The designation came after the US government's Transport...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking for inspectors to join its teams across the US. The "multiple" openings for staff to review handling and shipping procedures for hazardous materials carried on aircraft. Salaries start at just under $50,000, with...
The City of Doncaster is aiming to spend over £3 million to "save" Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which was closed in late 2022 by owner Peel Group, one of the UK's main port operators. The project to re-open the airport, or South Yorkshire Airport City, "aims to...
What the UK Department of Transport described as "a vital air route between City of Derry Airport and London Stansted" is to stay open until March 2024 after the government promised more money for it. "Today’s announcement will secure the future of the route for...
UK-based and New York-listed Vertical Aerospace has been given what it said is the first Design Organisation Approval (DOA) issued to an eVTOL manufacturer by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The approval is for the VX4, an electric vertical take-off and landing...
Dublin Airport Authority has announced an "internal review" after a "trespasser" got through security checks without a boarding pass on March 27. “We never comment on security matters for obvious reasons. We note the speedy apprehension of the individual in this case...
UK’s largest regional airline Loganiar has today announced that it is to expand at London Heathrow after getting 30 additional pairs of slots each week under a lease arrangement with British Airways. The deal, which takes effect in May 2023, will enable Loganair "to...
UK air traffic services body NATS has announced what it says is "one of the biggest airspace modernisation changes has been implemented over Wales and south-west England" with the deployment on March 23 of systemisation and free route airspace. The system's range...
ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium recently received approval from European regulators to provide line maintenance in other European countries. The Belgium Civil Aviation Authority granted the approval and the European Aviation Safety Agency validated it, paving the way...