Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
UK-based Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040CTiX, a CT scanner, is available for use by US airlines and airports after getting official approval. The scanner has been added to the US government's Transport Security Administration's Checkpoint Property Screening System...
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) has published data showing the country's air travel as having "increased significantly in 2022". The 224 million passengers who travelled to and from UK airports took the kingdom to 75% of 2019 levels and amounted to a...
The passenger traffic through the Muscat International Airport increased by 87% in 2022 as compared to 2021 with the total number of flights totalling up to 76,392, according to the data released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Sultanate of Oman also...
Icelandic leasing and cargo airline Bluebird Nordic aims to get an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in Slovakia as part of plans to double its fleet to 25 aircraft and add to its capacity in central Europe. “Slovakia is ideally positioned in the middle of Europe, which...
Teesside Airport in the north-east of England has claimed to be "the UK’s first to entirely do away with the 100ml limit on liquids when passing through airport security". The amount has been lifted to two litres after the airport installed two "cutting-edge" C3...
Citing "persistent cybersecurity threats," the US government's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a cybersecurity amendment to "certain TSA-regulated airport and aircraft operators". The move followed similar measures aimed at passenger and...
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has retained London Heathrow Airport's airline levies at the level set earlier in 2022. The CAA's decision means the average maximum price per passenger will fall by about 20% from £31.57 per passenger in 2023 to remain at £25.43...
Aeronautical Engineers has been granted ETOPS 120 [extended-range twin-engine operations performance standards] approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its B737-400 and B737-300SF freighter conversion. The FAA sign-off means the 737-400/-300SF...
Ireland's transport minister Eamon Ryan said on March 3 that stopping drone flights around Dublin Airport will not be "as simple" as Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary claims. Flights were stopped or diverted for around 30 minutes on March 2 after a drone was...
Airlines including KLM Group, Delta Air Lines, Corendon, easyJet and TUI are taking legal action against the Dutch government 's "incomprehensible" attempt to reduce traffic at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. In a statement published by the European Regions Airline...
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has labelled Ireland's transport minister Eamon Ryan as "incompetent" and demanded he "take action or resign" after drones forced Dublin Airport to stop flights for a sixth time in 2023. The Dublin-based airline said it had to...
Avia Solutions Group (ASG) has shifted its headquarters to Ireland. ASG said the move to Dublin, a centre for the global aircraft leasing business, will see it become the second largest Irish-registered aviation business behind Ryanair. "Moving the company's...