Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
VAS Aero Services and Dr. Peters Group have announced the placement of an Airbus A380-800 aircraft with VAS for teardown and redistribution of high-market-demand used, serviceable material. Teardown commenced in November. This contract award follows the companies’...
Boeing’s biennial World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF) forecasts demand for 2,430 freighters over the next 20 years, including 930 new production freighters and 1,500 freighters converted from passenger airplanes. According to the new forecast, world air cargo traffic will...
OGMA is the new authorized maintenance center for Pratt & Whitney engines. This is the culmination of a project developed by OGMA, with the support of Embraer, over the past 12 months, which allows it to expand its scope of services in the area of engine...
AELF FlightService has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, MSN 700, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 aircraft that the company...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Bulgaria-based CargoAir with two AEI B737-800SF Freighter Conversions. CargoAir originally signed agreements for two B737-800BCF conversions, however, the company recently cancelled those agreements...
Air Transport Services Group’s (ATSG) leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management has delivered a converted Boeing 767-300ER freighter to Cargojet Airways of Mississauga, Canada, under the terms of a seven-year lease agreement. “Our business continues to grow, which...
TAG Aero and ITS have entered into an agreement to support the 737 New Gen and A320 market with 131-9B and 9A APU solutions. ITS’s strategic fleet retirement solutions combined with TAG Aero’s extensive APU repair and overhaul capabilities will establish reliable,...
GA Telesis has been awarded an exclusive mandate from China Airlines to remarket and sell four Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The remarketing mandate will be executed by GA Telesis’ Aircraft Transaction Group (ATG). The 747-400s (MSNs 33734, 33735, 33736 & 33737) are...
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which provides medium wide-body aircraft for lease, has reported a 10% increase in customer revenue during the third quarter of 2020 compared to the prior-year period to $404.1million. ATSG's principal business segments, aircraft...
Global Crossing Airlines has signed an initial agreement with Spirit Airlines. Spirit will provide on-call and line maintenance for GlobalX, including daily and weekly checks, in support of the GlobalX fleet of A320 and A321 aircraft. The contract will commence in...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has been awarded a contract to provide Aero Capital Solutions (ACS) with four 737-800SF Freighter Conversions. ACS is an Austin, Texas-based leading mid-life aircraft lessor. These AEI conversions represent the first freighters to be...
AvAir, the aviation aftermarket inventory solutions provider, has partnered with Icelandair on a full asset management contract for all surplus materials including a variety of Boeing parts. Icelandair Group’s fleet comprises 51 aircrafts with 34 attributed to...