Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Aero Design Labs (ADL) has announced the first "revenue flight" with an aircraft using its drag reduction kit, with founder Lee Sanders onboard the Southwest Airlines' Dalla-El Paso connection. "This is exciting news for our entire team at Aero Design Labs who have...
Archer Aviation is "nearing completion of the final assembly" of Midnight, the production electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft it has been working on. San Jose-based Archer said it aims to start test flights of the eVTOL, which it unveiled in...
FTAI Aviation has priced its previously announced registered underwritten public offering of 2.6 million fixed-rate reset series D cumulative perpetual redeemable preferred shares. Jet engine business FTAI announced a liquidation preference iof $25 per share at a...
Pratt & Whitney has added Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines Ltd. (MHIAEL) to its GTF engine maintenance network. The recent start of work on a GTF at MHIAEL's Komaki plant means Pratt & Whitney has a "second operational facility" in Japan and 11...
Southwest Airlines has added two international routes out of the new "state-of-the-art" terminal at Kansas City Airport. From October 7, Southwest will operate Saturday flights to Montego Bay and Los Cabos from the terminal, with the older Kansas-Cancun route...
Southwest Airlines has opted for Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its "preferred cloud provider", Amazon announced on March 8. "This large-scale modernisation with AWS is part of the airline’s long-term plan to enhance the passenger journey, optimise operations, and...
Citing "persistent cybersecurity threats," the US government's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a cybersecurity amendment to "certain TSA-regulated airport and aircraft operators". The move followed similar measures aimed at passenger and...
HAECO Global Engine Support has added a new 8-bay gantry system at its Dallas facility. Apart from this HAECO has also added new LEAP-1A/1B tooling to support experienced technicians to perform hospital maintenance level work for both LEAP and CFM 56 engines, along...
Commercial aviation training and flight simulator provider Paramount is to "significantly increase" the Boeing 757 simulator capacity on offer for pilot training programmes. “B-757 passenger and cargo operators voiced concern that B-757 simulator capacity was one...
Miami International Airport’ said it expects its busiest spring break travel season after record-breaking passenger totals were recorded in January and February. The airport reported 4.1 million passengers for an average of nearly 150,000 travellers per day in...
Rolls-Royce has added North America-based Essential Turbines and MASCO Services to its network of around 30 authorised service providers for operators using Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines. Essential operates in Montreal, Surrey, British Columbia; and Phoenix, and...
GA Telesis said it topped 100 landing gear legs overhauled and shipped to customers worldwide in 2022, with 112 delivered for record revenue. "We were able to quickly build a team of experts that have surpassed the expectations of the business," said Pastor Lopez,...