Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Having received all required regulatory approvals, Airbus, Bombardier and Investissement Québec (IQ) have agreed to close the C Series transaction effective on July 1, 2018. The regulatory approval process has been completed ahead of schedule – Airbus declared...
StandardAero has signed two, new, five-year contracts with Mesa Airlines to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the airline’s APS2300 and RE220 auxiliary power units (APUs). With these new contracts, StandardAero now supports 100% of...
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES) has appointed Jukka Laurila as managing director (MD) and chief operating officer (COO). Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Laurila will manage MRO service operations and act as the accountable manager for regulatory...
Charter carrier, Nolinor Aviation, has recently made investments to update its avionics systems to increase system reliability and minimise delays due to electromechanical and analogue equipment failures from the original avionics suite. For the first time ever...
Wesco Aircraft has renewed an agreement with Rockwell Collins that renews Wesco’s existing contract to provide chemical management services to 15 Rockwell Collins sites in the United States and Mexico and expands the offering over time to 12 additional Rockwell...
Aircraft Propeller Service has recently earned the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Gold Award of Excellence stemming from APS’ participation in the FAA’s Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Awards Program. To receive the AMT Gold Award of Excellence...
An American Airlines flight from San Antonio to Phoenix made an emergency landing in El Paso on Sunday night after the aircraft sustained weather damage. The aircraft landed safely and all 130 passengers and five crew members disembarked with no injuries reported....
Aircraft Propeller Service (APS) has been awarded a three-year contract to service servo actuators on the Helibras turbine helicopters by Helibras, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters. Located in Itajubá, Helibras is the only helicopter manufacturer...
Boeing technicians have voted in favour of forming the first collective bargaining unit at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina. The “micro-unit” will represent fewer than 180 flight-line workers, a small subset of the 7,000 or so workers who build the 787 in...
Embraer’s Legacy 450 medium cabin business jet set a new speed record on a recent flight between Portland, Maine in the United States and Farnborough in the United Kingdom, according to the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA). The record-setting flight...
HEICO has reported that net income increased 30% to $59.6 million, or 55 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, up from $45.7 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2017. In the first six months of fiscal...
Aventure Aviation has acquired for teardown a complete Boeing 757-200, MSN 25436, equipped with heavy-weight landing gear with green time. The dismantling will commence next week in Goodyear, Arizona, USA. This specific former VIM Airlines aircraft was selected...