Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
VSE Aviation Singapore, a subsidiary of VSE Aviation (VAI) has been appointed as a BendixKing Distributor for the Asia Pacific region to supply a wide range of avionics, flight controls, display units and installation kits. VAI operations maintains inventory for...
Noodle.ai, which provides enterprise AI applications, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its fundraising total to $51 million. The funds will be used to expand the company’s suite of applications, which help key industries predict the...
A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) flights, which concluded in May, at NASA's...
Norwegian has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with an upgraded cabin of new slimline seats, the RECARO 3710C seat. The new slimmer 189 leather seats have 30” seat pitch and measures 16.8” wide and are designed to add space at knee-level...
Baines Simmons, part of the Consulting & Training division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has recently delivered Part 21 training in Shanghai to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), as it evaluates the European Aviation...
Start-up Vietnamese airline, Bamboo Airways, has committed to purchase 20 787-9 Dreamliners. When finalised, the deal will be worth $5.6B at current list prices. The announcement was made during a signing ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce office,...
The Aeroengines Ircio plant has successfully passed the "SCA SABRe Compliance Assessment" that Rolls Royce uses to certify its supply chain members. This assessment, needed for the manufacturing of detail parts for Rolls Royce, audits all the requirements of...
StandardAero has attained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tank (CRFT) system for the Airbus Helicopters AS350 and EC130 family of light single helicopters. The newly approved CRFT was developed in...
Bombardier has reached collective bargaining agreements with the more than 2,100 production and office workers, represented by Unifor Locals 112 and 673, at its site in Toronto, Ontario. “We believe the strength and long-term potential of the Toronto site...
Flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has suffered a massive data breach that may have compromised email addresses and hashed passwords for more than 230,000 customers. "The security breach may have...
Cobalt Air has joined IATA’s Billing Settlement Plan (BSP) in the UK, effective immediately, enabling all IATA accredited travel agents to sell and issue Cobalt Air tickets. BSP facilitates and significantly simplifies the selling, reporting and remitting procedures...
Airbus has published a risk assessment outlining the urgent risks to its business arising from the UK exiting the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. It states that the UK exiting the EU next year without a deal – therefore leaving both the single market...