Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
GE Additive and GE Aviation have announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given ‘change in design’ approval to replace a conventionally manufactured power door opening system (PDOS) bracket, used on GE Aviation’s GEnx-2B commercial airline...
Airbus has reported its nine-month 2018 consolidated financial results and provided updated full-year guidance. “The nine-month results mainly reflect the good performance on the A350 and the aircraft delivery profile. Even though we delivered more aircraft than a...
Enrollment in the TRUEngine program continues to expand at a rapid rate, with more than 18,000 engines now included in the program. More than 200 operators and lessors have now enrolled their engines in the TRUEngine program. "Customers understand the significant...
Sabre’s long-term partner China Eastern is the first airline to adopt Strategic Fare Analyzer, a new Sabre technology developed from a close collaboration between China Eastern and the Sabre Operations Research and Data Science Consulting team. Strategic Fare Analyzer...
Smiths Detection has gained ECAC EDS CB C3 approval for the innovative HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner. This eliminates the need to remove electronic devices and liquids from hand luggage (subject to local authority guidelines) to make the process more passenger...
Sabre has announced a renewed, full content, distribution agreement with Jet Airways - India’s premier, full service international airline. Effective April 2019, Sabre’s extended agreement with Jet Airways provides Sabre-connected agents across India and the world a...
Boeing and Adient have announced their airplane seat joint venture Adient Aerospace is operational after securing regulatory approvals. The companies also appointed Alan Wittman as Chief Executive Officer and named the team that will lead Adient Aerospace in...
Unison Industries has signed a five-year extension with StandardAero to an exclusive, long-term material services agreement. The extension has an option for an additional five years. The original agreement, signed in 2013, covered StandardAero’s MRO locations in...
During the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), Embraer delivered 15 jets to the commercial aviation market and 24 business jets, being 17 light jets and seven large jets. On September 30, Embraer’s firm order backlog totalled $13.6 billion. Regarding the commercial aviation...
A major USA airline is assessing GKN Aerospace’s hydrophobic coating for cockpit windows on its aircraft. At the Farnborough air show in July, GKN Aerospace announced the development of this revolutionary technology and the fact that Airbus was flight-trialling the...
GE Aviation has completed the initial design of the first supersonic engine purpose-built for business jets. This new engine class, revealed as GE’s Affinity turbofan, is optimized with proven GE technology for supersonic flight and timed to meet the Aerion AS2...
Travelport has renewed its long-term partnership with India’s Jet Airways. The airline has signed a long-term supplier agreement with Travelport that will be effective from April 2019 and enable online and offline travel agencies around the world to shop, book and...