Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced today that the US government will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the FAA to 405 airports in 50 states and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands,...
American Airlines has totally revamped its cargo operations over the course of the COVID 19 pandemic, from launching its first cargo only services with 20 flights to two cities in March next month it has 1000 flights scheduled to 32 destinations. The March services...
GECAS signed an agreement with Boeing converting 11 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) options to firm orders and adding nine additional options to the GECAS Cargo order book. This agreement marks a repeat order by the commercial aircraft leasing and financing...
PrecisionHawk has been awarded two patents for technologies it has developed for unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM). The patents, titled ‘Automated Unmanned Air Traffic Control System,’ are designed to enable collision avoidance between drones and...
Aeronautical Engineers has signed a deal to provide GA Telesis with up to two B737-800SF freighter conversions. The order includes one firm aircraft with an option for a second aircraft. The first aircraft (MSN 32903) will commence modification in August 2020 and...
Air Transport Services Group today has delivered a Boeing 767-300 converted freighter to Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, (MasAir) of Mexico City under terms of a five-year dry lease agreement with ATSG subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM). Luis Sierra, CEO of...
Delta Cargo has joined the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA), a business-led collaborative initiative aiming to reduce its members’ environmental footprint. The move aligns with Delta’s pledge earlier this year to become the world’s first carbon neutral airline....
DHL Express and Boeing announced that it will add four 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters as part of the logistics company’s efforts to continue modernizing and growing its fleet with cost-efficient and reliable freighters. This step is part of DHL’s effort to...
Aventure Aviation has acquired another Boeing 757-200 airframe, MSN 27971 . This is Aventure’s second 757 purchase in the last few months and comes on the heels of their purchase of MSN 27208. The airframe is currently stored in Goodyear, Arizona at Aersale. The...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that Atlas Air flight 3591 crashed outside Houston in 2019 due to human error in a report released July 14. “Also contributing were systemic deficiencies in the aviation industry’s selection and performance...
PAS MRO, an independent return to service and component repair and overhaul company, has announces plans to relocate its operations from Irvine, Calif., to Bristow, Okla. The relocation, which is expected to be completed by November 2020, will create 37 new jobs and...
The GA Telesis MRO Services Group has entered into an agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace for Material Support and Maintenance Services for the E-Jet Family of aircraft. Under this agreement, GA Telesis receives technical support and original OEM materials to repair and...