Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR has signed an agreement with IndiGo to provide support for landing gear overhaul services. The contract includes up to 49 full ship sets of A320 landing gear, as well as assemblies and subassemblies, for the next five years. The agreement expands AAR Landing Gear...
Avmax has sold their ADS-B Out solutions to three major airlines. These solutions are Part 25 Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) for Dash 8-100/200/300 and CRJ 100/200/700/900; both aircraft types are approved by Transport Canada Civil Aviation Administration...
MAAS Aviation (MAAS) has named Geoffrey Myrick as the chief operating officer in Mobile, Alabama. MAAS has simultaneously achieved another milestone, opening its new twin bay MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) hangar on the Brookley complex. Myrick is one of the...
Vector Aerospace Corporation, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has appointed GE Aviation as an Authorized Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Provider for GE T700 Engines. This approval extends Vector’s 18-year...
Bombardier Business Aircraft has established five new line maintenance stations across Europe. The facilities provide line maintenance support to Bombardier Business Aircraft customers in Europe, complementing the tip-to-tail heavy maintenance services provided by...
STS Aviation Group has formed a new corporate division focused on delivering aircraft repair and modification services. The new division is aptly named STS Repair and Modification, and it is built around an existing team of aircraft maintenance technicians and...
Hawaii Island Air, Inc. (Island Air) has signed a five-year Smart Parts agreement with Bombardier to provide longer-term component support for its growing fleet of Q400 aircraft. Island Air is currently operating new Q400 aircraft leased from Elix Aviation Capital...
Global aerospace leader AAR has signed a three-year agreement to provide landing gear overhaul and exchange services for SkyWest’s operating carriers. The agreement, which covers landing gear assemblies and sub-assemblies on its fleet of more than 400 Bombardier CRJ...
The Cayman Islands flag-carrier has signed a contract covering full component support for a Boeing 737-800 that joined its fleet in December. The aircraft was supported by AFI KLM E&M with its previous operator. The agreement comes under the AFI KLM E&M Boeing...
Spanish and Portuguese airport authorities say that an American Airlines flight heading to Barcelona from New York was forced to make an emergency landing in northwest Portugal because of technical problems. Airport authorities told The Associated Press on Sunday that...
AAR has been awarded a contract extension for Bluebird Cargo’s fleet of five B737CL aircraft, which the aviation services company has been supporting since 2007. “AAR’s robust European logistics network and mainland distribution center in Brussels has ensured that we...
Marana Aerospace Solutions (MAS) and Ascent Aviation Services ("Ascent") have announced a definitive merger agreement to create one of the leading aircraft MRO for both wide body and narrow body aircraft in North America. The combined company will provide...