Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
TeamSAI has promoted David A. Marcontell to a newly created position of President & Chief Operating Officer for TeamSAI, Inc. Three years ago, TeamSAI, Inc. became the holding company for its related businesses. In this next step of our growth strategy, Marcontell...
A United Airlines flight, Flight 321, made an emergency landing in Grand Junction, Colo. on Sunday after losing power to one of its two engines. The Boeing 757 landed safely at Grand Junction Regional Airport just before noon with no injuries. The airline does not yet...
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have agreed to expand their existing MRO agreement, and will invest equal shares to establish a new facility in Mexico, which is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2013.
TAM MRO has stated that it expects to grow by an average of 20% a year through 2016. In order to meet this exceptional figure the MRO plans to search for strategic partners.
American Airlines is sending four 757s aircraft to Timco Aviation in North Carolina as a short-term measure. In a statement, the airline said: “In the case of the Boeing 757 fleet, a short-term solution was required to address heavy maintenance checks that were needed...
Alaska Airlines has reached an agreement with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) union on a new five-year contract with the airline’s 626 aircraft maintenance mechanics and related employees. The deal with must be ratified by members in a ballot...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has re-certified the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) status at StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill. Facility (SPI). The re-certification is the result of a mandatory audit by the...
Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, was established in 1960 and has been a full service Federal Aviation Administration Certified Repair Station since 1966. Summit broke ground on its 550‐ acre site on June 9, 2010 for the development, which includes a...
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 suffered an engine failure after hitting a bird over New York late Thursday morning. Flight 1380 bound for Boston took off from LaGuardia Airport but made an emergency landing 20 minutes later John F. Kennedy International Airport a few...
A New York-bound Delta Airlines flight originating from Guyana was forced to divert and land in Puerto Rico when the Boeing 757 aircraft lost cabin pressure. Delta's Corporate spokesman, Carlos Santos said: "This was not an emergency landing although the oxygen masks...
A Delta Connection flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines turned off a taxiway at Tulsa International Airport and got its front wheel stuck in the grass yesterday morning. The CRJ-700 aircraft, which carried 43 passengers and four crewmembers, had been ordered...
A US Airways flight from Spain to Charlotte, N.C., was forced to land in Boston on Saturday morning after smoke was detected in the cabin. Four flight attendants of the 192 passengers and nine flight crew members aboard were taken to hospital to be evaluated. The...