Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Pratt & Whitney Canada and French aircraft maker ATR have announced they will "collaborate to achieve 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) readiness in PW127 series engines by 2025". The target date includes the PW127XT, the partner companies said, with ATR...
C&L Aerospace has bought five ATR PW127F engines, a move the C&L Aviation company said shows it is enhancing support for ATR operators. "With the addition of these five engines, C&L has now purchased 20 PW127 series engines since starting their ATR program...
Guam-based cargo carrier Asia Pacific Airlines has challenged a US grounding order made by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA said APA was was “unable to demonstrate that its pilots were properly trained” and confirmed the suspension of the carrier...
Textron Aviation is to offer a gravel kit for its new twin-engine, large-utility Cessna SkyCourier turboprop to allow customers “the flexibility to operate their aircraft in and out of unimproved runways around the world”. “Cessna aircraft have been moving people and...
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or ASUR, which operates airports in Colombia, Mexico and the US, reported passenger traffic for January 2023 of 6.3 million, 29.8% above January 2022. Traffic increased by 37.8% in Puerto Rico, 33.6% in Mexico and 16.6% in Colombia,...
Pratt & Whitney on February 7 said it had opened a “new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF engine MRO network”. Described as a 155,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta” for the housing of “disassembly, assembly...
Lufthansa Technik and Avianca have signed a five-year contract for the Colombian carrier to receive instant and real-time information about the configuration and condition of its Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft as well as their engines and components. The deal takes in...
Aireon is to provide “space-based data” to enhance Boeing's Fleet Insight flight tracker. The company said in a statement that it would offer “real-time, streaming space-based ADS-B data through its AireonSTREAM product” and allow Boeing “access to the only...
Universal Hydrogen has been granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. The FAA sign-off “clears the way for the first flight of...
Porter Airlines has announced its first flights using its new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport. “Today’s flights between Toronto Pearson and Vancouver are the first opportunity for passengers to...
US-based eVTOL maker Wisk Aero and the South East Queensland Council of Mayors (COMSEQ) are teaming up to promote the benefits they say advanced air mobility (AAM) will bring to the region. “Our work with Wisk sends a clear message to the rest of the world that...
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) said it expects to complete the passenger-to-freighter conversion and delivery of 14 Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft in 2023 and 16 in 2024, most of which will be leased to customers outside the US. The company also aims to finish...