Elfly, a Norwegian sustainable aviation group revealed the design of its NoEmi seaplane. The aircraft will fly on 100% electricity, with a range of 170 km, and a seating capacity of nine passengers. The company is planning to obtain its Air Operator Certificate and...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Natilus joins hands with ZeroAvia to develop hydrogen-electric engines for cargo UAV
Natilus and ZeroAvia have announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop hydrogen-electric engines for the Natilus Kona cargo aircraft. The engine called ZeroAvia’s ZA600 will be the sole hydrogen-electric propulsion source for the Natilua Kona cargo Unmanned...
United and Eve launch electric commuter flights to San Francisco
Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and United Airlines have announced plans to bring Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to San Francisco by launching electric commuter flights throughout the Bay Area. Both companies say that they will be working with local and state officials,...
SITA and UrbanV to digitalise vertiports in Rome
SITA and UrbanV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a digital-first passenger experience for UrbanV’s vertiports in Rome. The inaugural flight is expected to take off between Fiumicino and Rome’s city center in 2024. Both parties will design, test,...
Vistara to implement robotic aircraft exterior cleaning
Vistara has announced the use of automated aircraft exterior washing and cleaning solution called AeroWash, that will help reduce costs and improve its carbon footprint, thus becoming the first airline in India to implement robotic aircraft exterior cleaning. The...
Frontier Airlines signs Lufthansa Systems’ Lido mPilot for charting systems
Frontier Airlines signed a five-year contract with Lufthansa Systems for Lido mPilot to achieve maximum operational efficiency, safety, and stability. The airline already uses Lufthansa System’s Lido FMS since one and a half year. Lufthansa claims that the Lido mPilot...
Electra begins flight testing its eSTOL aircraft
Electra.aero has unveiled the test vehicle for its hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Electra's eSTOL technology demonstrator (TD) is the described by its makers as the “world's first blown lift aircraft using distributed electric...
Heydar Aliyev International Airport selects Tav Technologies digitised airport solutions
Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Azerbaijan has signed up TAV Technologies for slot allocation and travel document authorization solutions (TDAS). With the new solution in place, the passport and travel documentation controls at the airport will now be fully...
Volocopter signs Swiss AS AMOS software for eVTOL fleet
Volocopter has signed multi-year contract with Swiss Aviation Software (Swiss-AS)’ AMOS, Swiss-AS’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) software to manage Volocopter’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft fleet. Swiss-AS claims that seamless...
Nolinor Aviation integrates AI into safety management system
Nolinor Aviation has integrated P3F’s artificial intelligence (AI) into a safety management system (SMS) to manage incident reporting leading to automation of several processes related to SMS reporting. “The new solution enables us to process reports faster and more...
American Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi to T-Mobile passengers
American Airlines is all set to offer free Wi-Fi for T-Mobile customers across all its aircraft fleet. Also, the airline would become the first US airline to offer internet capable of video streaming on 100% of its mainline fleet. "Customers traveling the globe to...
Ethiopian Airlines selects Airbus integrated satellite connectivity HBCplus for new A350 fleet
Ethiopian Airlines will equip its four new A350-1000s with Airbus’ integrated satellite connectivity solution - HBCplus becoming the second airline to choose HBCplus. These equipped aircraft will be delivered starting Q3 of 2024. Speaking about the HBCplus programme,...