Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
GKN Aerospace is planning to relocate its North America additive manufacturing (AM) center of excellence to the Lone Star Commerce Center in Fort Worth, Texas with a 100,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will initially house research and development of laser...
Boeing has forecasted a strong demand for air cargo through 2024, with traffic doubling and the world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%, as per its latest World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF). The report says that the global freighter fleet will grow by more...
Copa Holdings and Lufthansa System have signed a partnership on the use of Lido FMS and Lido mPilot to enable maximum operational efficiency and safety. Copa Airlines and AeroRepública are subsidiaries of Copa Holdings and a member of the global Star Alliance network....
Neste has achieved an important milestone of delivering over 500,000 gallons Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The delivery was made in cooperation with LAXFuel's supply infrastructure using barges for transport. This...
Corporación América Airports (CAAP) reported a 51.1% year-on-year (YoY) increase in passenger traffic in October 2022, reaching 88.3% of October 2019 levels, supported by a continued recovery in travel demand following the lifting of travel restrictions. The...
Pratt & Whitney’s 1.2 million square foot turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville is almost near completion. The company is expecting to finish the work and achieve the initial operational capability by Q2 of 2023. Pratt has invested around $650 million...
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) recently achieved STC approval for its 12-pallet position B737-800SF freighter conversion from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). The AEI converted B737-800SF freighter offers a main deck payload of more than 23 tonnes and...
Archer Aviation has selected Garmin’s G3000 integrated flight deck for Midnight, Archer’s eVTOL. According to Garmin, the G3000 is an ideal solution for Midnight cockpit as it is compact and lightweight, and offers both an extensive certification pedigree and the...
Embraer delivered 10 commercial jets and 23 executive jets (15 light / 8 mid/super-midsize jets) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, bringing the total deliveries so far this year to 27 commercial jets and 52 executive jets (33 light /19 mid/super-midsize jets)....
Archer Aviation closed the Q3 of 2022 with cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $600 million. The company reported total operating expenses of $93.8 million and a net loss of $91 million. During the reporting period, Archer achieved an important...
NASA has selected Pratt & Whitney to develop advanced engine technologies to reduce fuel consumption and emissions for next generation single-aisle aircraft. The Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project is part of NASA’s Sustainable Flight National...
KF Aerospace recently got the 100th order of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out solution for B737 classic aircraft. The ADS-B is a surveillance technology that allows equipped aircraft to broadcast their identity, location, and other information...