Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
American Airlines has signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration. The contract has a value of US$705 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 second-quarter backlog. Deliveries will take place in 2019...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Vx Capital Partners (Vx) with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft (MSN 27673) will commence modification in June 2018 and will be redelivered to Vx in October 2018....
Boeing has invested in Morf3D, an El Segundo, Calif.-based company specializing in metal-based additive engineering and manufacturing. Morf3D's technology enables lighter and stronger 3D-printed parts for aerospace applications. Since Morf3D was established in...
HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, officially opened its newest and state-of-the-art fifth hangar today at Piedmont Triad International (PTI) Airport. The opening ceremony was held inside the...
On April 20, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) requiring operators to inspect fan blades on certain CFM56-7B engines within 20 days. The emergency AD was prompted by the recent event on a Southwest Airlines...
A Delta Air Lines A330, which took off from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bound for London, was forced to return to the airport when an engine caught fire forcing an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. "Airport response vehicles met the...
StandardAero has signed a new, three-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement to provide support for 17 Honeywell 36-150RJ auxiliary power units (APUs) equipping Air Georgian’s fleet of CRJ100/200 aircraft. The services will be provided at...
HEICO has announced that its Dukane Seacom subsidiary has acquired 100% of the business and assets of the Emergency Locator Transmitter Beacon product line of Instrumar Limited (ELT) in an all cash transaction. Dukane Seacom is part of HEICO’s Electronic...
ExxonMobil has announced that the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner was converted to Mobil Jet Oil 387, following its late March 2018 delivery to Singapore Airlines. The converted components include the aircraft’s Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines as well as its UTC...
Southwest Airlines has confirmed an accident involving Flight 1380, which made an emergency diversion to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) after issues were discovered with the number one engine resulting in damage to the fuselage. The 737-700 (N772SW)...
A Thai Airways passenger aircraft aborted a landing attempt at Tokyo's Haneda airport last week after it lost altitude unexpectedly. No injuries were reported among the 384 passengers and crew when the airplane landed safely at the airport on Wednesday evening.
Embraer has delivered 14 jets – 11 E175s and three E190s – to the commercial aviation market across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. In the business aviation market, 11 aircraft were delivered in the same period, being eight light jets and three large jets....