The NTSB has said its investigation of the fuselage skin rupture on a Southwest Airlines 737-300 on 1st April 2011 has found alignment issues with rivets and rivet holes in the area of the fracture. This could point to problems during the manufacturing process. The...

A Delta Airlines flight heading from Charleston to Atlanta was forced to make a sudden plunge to 10,000 feet yesterday after a malfunction in the air pressure system. There were no know injuries, and Delta Flight 2351 landed safely and on time in Atlanta.

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc. (AMES), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, Inc., announced a contract with AeroLogic GmbH for line maintenance support of AeroLogic’s Boeing 777 freighter aircraft at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky...

V Australia has chartered an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 to ferry passengers home from LA after the airline’s Los Angeles-Sydney flight VA02 made an emergency aborted takeoff at LAX airport last night. One of the Boeing 777-300ER’s engines failed, with passengers...

Boeing has expanded its Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program to cover the 777-200LR (Longer Range), 777 Freighter and 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes to provide more customers with greater service for landing gear support. Boeing’s Material Services...

Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, has finalized an exclusive five-year engine maintenance contract with Canadian charter operator, CanJet Airlines. The fixed price, time and materials (T&M) contract covers maintenance for CanJet’s CFM56-7B...

A J Walter Aviation is partnering with business jet dealer Loudoun Aviation to deliver spares support excellence to the corporate sector. Offering a range of 24/7 AOG, power-by-the-hour, pooling and daily service options, AJW is able to support corporate operators of...

The global aviation maintenance and engineering and maintenance, repair & overhaul software provider Ramco Systems has launched its Software as a Service (SaaS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) offering for the aviation, aerospace and defence industry. Since its...

Pratt & Whitney has launched PureSolutionSM services, the company’s new flexible maintenance plan designed for its PurePower engine family. PureSolutionSM services offer MRO expertise from the PurePower engine’s OEM creator and design-responsible partners. It will...

GE Aviation is launching the CF6 TRUEngineTM program, which expands the TRUEngine designation from CFM56 engines to GE’s engines beginning with CF6. As part of the launch, GE has awarded TRUEngine designation to Nippon Cargo Airlines’ (NCA) fleet of 43 CF6-80C2...

Air Canada has signed an agreement with GE Aviation for its myEnginesTM, part of the OnPoint Digital Solutions. myEngines consists of digital app suites that help customers better manage their engine fleets and improve productivity. Air Canada operates a fleet of...

Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, has signed a five-year component maintenance and exchange agreement with Skymark Airlines to provide advance exchange power-by-the-hour (PBTH) services to Skymark’s fleet of 25 CFM56-7B powered Boeing 737NG...