Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR, which provides aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, has reported first quarter fiscal year 2023 consolidated sales of $446.3 million and income from continuing operations of $22.3 million, or $0.62 per diluted share. For the...
California-based air taxi start-up Kittyhawk announced on Twitter that it plans to shut down its operations. Kittyhawk was launched by Google co-founder Larry Page and senior Google executive Sebastian Thrun. Their Twitter handle read – “We have made the decision to...
National Airlines recently took delivery of a Boeing 747-400 Extended Range Freighter (ERF). This move is a part of National Airlines’ strategy to expand its network to meet the rising global air cargo demand. According to National Airlines, the new 747 ERF is a...
The $2.8bn project of Terminal C of the Orlando International Airport was recently opened for passenger. The terminal will allow the airport to increase its capacity by 25% with over 10 to 12 million passengers every year. Kevin Thibault, Chief Executive Officer of...
De Havilland Aircraft is planning to open a manufacturing facility and airfield in Wheatland County, Alberta, approximately 30 minutes to the east of Calgary. The facility will be called De Havilland Field and will employ about 1500 people. It will be built on 600...
Boeing plans to cut about 150 finance jobs in the United States this year in the first round of lay-offs to simplify its corporate structure and focus more resources on manufacturing and product development. Boeing further added the company is tailoring the workforce...
Skyservice has doubled its footprint at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Canada with the acquisition of an 80,000-square feet heavy-body aircraft hangar and office facility from Bombardier. This 153,000- square-foot property will provide Skyservice with...
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES), a global jet engine maintenance provider offering customized engine overhaul services, and Lion Air have entered into a long-term engine maintenance contract. Lion Air signed the agreement covering the airline’s Boeing 737NG fleet....
Embraer has signed an investment agreement to acquire a minority shareholding in XMobots. The transaction will be made via an investment fund in which Embraer is the sole partner, with an additional investment option in the future. XMobots is the largest drone company...
In a major step towards the development of an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) eco-system in Latin America, Airbus has signed an agreement with Ecocopter to collaborate on the launch of UAM service in Ecuador, Chile, and Peru. Both companies will also explore and define...
Boeing has unveiled a roadmap for safe and sustainable ways to deploy Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the US and integrate it into the national airspace system. The "concept of operations" was drafted with Wisk, Boeing’s joint venture partner. The document sets out...
On September 19, Eviation completed a high-speed taxi rotation test for its Alice aircraft. Alice is a nine-passenger electric aircraft built from a clean-sheet design around all-electric propulsion. The electric aircraft is powered by two magni650 electric propulsion...