Honeywell and Lufthansa Technik are "enhancing their collaboration on Lufthansa Technik's digital platform AVIATAR to improve the customer experience in aviation analytics", the German maintenance provider has announced. Airline customers are to "benefit from...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
GTAA reports 2022 traffic increase and return to profit
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) said 2022 passenger numbers through its airports "significantly increased" compared to 2021. The 181% year-on-year increase took traffic to 35.6 million passengers, or 70% of 2019, and was down "easing of pandemic-related...
Menzies expands Latin America operations with licences in Chile and Costa Rica
Menzies Aviation is adding to its ground and air cargo services in Costa Rica and Chile. The company announced on March 24 that it has been granted licenses to operate ground services at Juan Santamaría International, Costa Rica's largest airport, and at Liberia...
ATP wins award for ChronicX aircraft maintenance software
Aviation industry information services and software business ATP has been named a winner in the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards for its ChronicX platform. ChronicX, which ATP said is used on 25% of the world's commercial fleet, is based on "natural language...
Archer and United announce O’Hare-Vertiport Chicago route for eVTOLs
Archer Aviation has announced it and United Airlines aim to make O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vertiport Chicago the city's first "point to point route" for Archer’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. "We’re thrilled to add Chicago to our...
Smiths Detection gets TSA approval for security checkpoint CT scanner
UK-based Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040CTiX, a CT scanner, is available for use by US airlines and airports after getting official approval. The scanner has been added to the US government's Transport Security Administration's Checkpoint Property Screening System...
AECOM gets consultancy gig at NEOM International Airport
Texan infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has won a multi-year contract for project management consultancy services to NEOM International Airport (NIA) in the north-west of Saudi Arabia. “We are very pleased to be part of this innovative NEOM project, which is set to...
Eve Air and Ferrovial collaborating on vertiport development
Eve Air Mobility has signed a letter of intent with Ferrovial Vertiports, a subsidiary of infrastructure operator Ferrovial, to explore the use of Eve’s urban air traffic management software to support the safe and reliable operation of vertiports and electric...
Drone Delivery Canada announces record revenue for 2022
Drone Delivery Canada recorded its highest-ever revenue $826,446 in 2022, a 140% year-0n-year increase that helped cut its net loss for the year by $1.3 million compared to 2021. The company said it had successfully tested the avionics components of its Condor...
StandardAero announces deal with CFM for MRO work on LEAP engines
StandardAero has signed "a long-term CFM Branded Service Agreement (CBSA)" which it said is "to support the CFM International LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines". Under the agreement, StandardAero becomes the first independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business...
CFM adds ST Engineering to MRO provider list for LEAP engines
CFM International and ST Engineering have agreed a deal that will see the Singapore-based company carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines. “CFM is excited that ST Engineering is expanding its role within the LEAP MRO...
Lufthansa extends partnership with Swissport at Jomo Kenyatta Airport
Lufthansa Group has extended its partnership with Swissport at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi. Swissport has already been offering airline ramp handling and check-in and gate services at the airport for more than 11 years. The latest contract expands this coverage...