DHL Express is first company to order 12 fully electric Alice eCargo planes from Eviation. With this engagement DHL aims to set up an unparalleled electric Express network. Eviation’s Alice is a fully electric aircraft, which enables airlines – both cargo and...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AMETEK Antavia and Viking to strengthen collaboration in support of aerial firefighting
Antavia AMETEK MRO and Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, have renewed their comprehensive landing gear maintenance support for an additional three years. This agreement, originally initiated in 2018, confirms Antavia as a Factory Endorsed Component...
MTU Maintenance Canada completes move to new facility at Boundary Bay
MTU Maintenance Canada has completed its move from Richmond, near Vancouver Airport, to Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia. This marks the successful conclusion of a brownfield adaptation that provides MTU Maintenance Canada with an additional space of around 60...
AvAir secures engine material asset management with IAI
AvAir has completed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Aviation Group to provide asset management solutions for more than 20,000 line items. With this transaction, AvAir will manage more than 20,000 line items including internal parts and accessories...
VSE acquires Global Parts Group
VSE, a provider of aftermarket distribution and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for land, sea and air transportation assets for government and commercial markets, has acquired privately held Global Parts Group in an all-cash transaction valued at...
Platinum Equity to acquire Unical Aviation
Platinum Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Unical Aviation, which provides aircraft parts and components to the global commercial aerospace market. The acquisition includes Unical Aviation, Unical MRO, Unical 145 and Unical Aero. Unical Defense Inc.,...
SkyGrid signs Space Act agreement with NASA
SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition company, has been selected to participate in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign. The award focuses on system development through integrated vehicle and airspace...
Xsight Systems launches intelligent, remote runway safety solution ArcWize
Xsight Systems, a provider of Al-based runway safety technology, is introducing ArcWize, an advanced runway monitoring solution. ArcWize automatically alerts airport operators when runway conditions change, enabling airports to easily comply with the Global Reporting...
AAR signs agreement with Druck for global AOG support
AAR has signed an agreement with Druck, a Baker Hughes business, to offer global aircraft-on-ground (AOG) support for a range of engine pressure sensors. This service will be performed through AAR´s customer support team and worldwide warehouses network. Complementing...
StandardAero completes acquisition of Signature Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul business
StandardAero has received all required regulatory approvals and officially completed its acquisition of Signature Aviation’s Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) business. Signature’s ERO business is an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider made up of the...
ATSG accelerates A321 strategy, acquires feedstock for conversion and lease
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced that its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) leasing business has committed to purchase its first two Airbus A321-200 passenger aircraft, one this year and a second in the first quarter of 2022. The A321-200PCF has the...
GATES opens expanded Helsinki SPAH shop
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES), the engine heavy maintenance unit of global aviation integrator GA Telesis, has opened its expanded Special Procedures Aeroengine Hospital (SPAH) shop. The newly expanded Helsinki facility focuses on specialized aircraft engine...