Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR has acquired an aircraft paint stripping and washing business, Sonic Aviation, located at Miami International Airport. Sonic’s strip and wash services, including ground support equipment (GSE), complements AAR’s existing aircraft painting business and will add a...
A Delta Airlines flight bound for New York-JFK from Heathrow Airport was forced to make an emergency landing an hour after take-off following a bird strike. The aircraft landing safely back at Heathrow where passengers deplaned normally via stairs.
A Southwest Airlines aircraft, Flight 2390, traveling from Columbus to Denver made an emergency landing at Midway to "investigate potential smoke in the cockpit”. "Following airport protocol, the tower sent emergency vehicles to meet the aircraft upon arrival," said a...
For the first time, AAR will provide landing gear overhaul and exchange services for Asiana Airlines. The five-year agreement covers landing gear assemblies and sub-assemblies for Asiana’s 767-38EF-300 and 777-200ER aircraft. The new partnership with the Asian carrier...
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering, the backbone of PEMCO’s cargo conversion program, has added new services to support its PEMCO-converted aircraft operators and MRO customers. The added services include training for liaison engineers, customized electronic...
Bombardier is celebrating its 40th year of operations in Tucson, Arizona. Occupying almost 1 million square feet (92,900 square metres) of total hangar space, the Tucson Air Centre is the largest of Bombardier's nine Aircraft Service Centres and services both...
Alaska Airlines has broken ground on a new $40 million aircraft maintenance and engineering facility located at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The design of the new 105,000-square-foot facility by Anchorage-based architect firm McCool Carlson Green...
HAECO Americas has commenced construction of its fifth hangar at the Piedmont Triad International (PTI) Airport. The investment to build the nearly 250,000 sq. ft. structure will total US$60 million and will add up to 500 new jobs at full capacity. The expansion...
The nose gear of Southwest Flight 149 failed when it was leaving the gate at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as it was heading to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about 7:45 p.m. local time. All 126 passengers and...
STS Line Maintenance (STSLM), a division of STS Aviation Group, has opened a new line maintenance station in Nassau and will now provide on-call and scheduled aircraft services to all commercial and regional carriers at every airport throughout the Bahamas. The new...
Bombardier Services Corporation has extended Heavy Maintenance Agreements with SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines for a further 10 years. The agreements cover the airlines' fleets of CRJ Series regional jets. The two airlines operate a total of 433 CRJ Series...
CFM International has finalised a long-term service agreement with LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM) to support the operation and maintenance of 35 of the group’s CFM56-5B engines. Under the terms of the 12-year Rate Per Flight Hour (RPFH) service agreement, CFM will...