Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of its first US-produced A321. The aircraft, delivered from the Airbus US Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, is also the first new engine option aircraft (NEO) delivered from Airbus’ US facility. It is powered by a...
Recaro Aircraft Seating has received an order for 4,700 economy and business class seats from WestJet. The Canadian airline is equipping ten Boeing long-haul aircraft with CL3710 seats. For short and medium-haul routes, Recaro will also be supplying BL3520...
Air Malta will be optimizing its processes using IT solutions from Lufthansa Systems. It will soon start planning flights with Lido/Flight 4D, monitoring flight operations with NetLine/Ops ++ and managing its flight firming with Revenue Integrity. “We are in a...
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has renewed its fuel supply contract at Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK) in the UK, effective immediately. Air BP will continue to supply Jet A-1 and Avgas 100LL. Air BP has been supplying...
In an update this morning, Rolls-Royce confirmed that it had found similar issues relating to the Intermediate Pressure Compressor in a population of Trent 1000 engines, known as Package C engines, in another variant, the Package B engines. In agreement with the...
Having received all required regulatory approvals, Airbus, Bombardier and Investissement Québec (IQ) have agreed to close the C Series transaction effective on July 1, 2018. The regulatory approval process has been completed ahead of schedule – Airbus declared...
Airbus’ new business in May was paced by 16 bookings for widebody A350 XWB and A330 jetliners, with orders logged as well for nine single-aisle A320 Family aircraft. A total of 51 deliveries were made during the month from Airbus’ A320, A330 and A350 XWB...
The first BelugaXL has passed the Ground Vibration Test (GVT), a requirement for certification of the aircraft that paves the way towards its maiden flight in summer 2018. The objective of this test is to measure the dynamic behaviour of the aircraft and confirm...
The idea of constructing a commercial aircraft without windows has been debated for a long time, with the obvious benefits of cheaper construction costs, enhanced speed of the aircraft, higher cruising altitudes and more efficient fuel burn. To date, the...
Inmarsat has announced Lufthansa Systems as the latest partner for its Aviation Certified Application Provider (CAP) Programme. The Aviation CAP Programme provides a catalogue of connected safety and operations applications. With third-party applications...
Sabre Corporation has expanded its 12+ year partnership with Air China. Under the agreement, the carrier will extend the breadth of its Sabre AirCentre Operations portfolio to improve the management of major and minor disruptions that affect the airline’s...
Charter carrier, Nolinor Aviation, has recently made investments to update its avionics systems to increase system reliability and minimise delays due to electromechanical and analogue equipment failures from the original avionics suite. For the first time ever...