Air Canada has signed a services agreement with Pratt & Whitney for maintaining their fleet of PurePower PW1500G engines, powering their 45 firm and 30 option C Series aircraft for 15 years. The final assembly of the PW1500G engine is done in Mirabel, Quebec,...

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has selected three companies as the MRJ preferred airframe MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) partners in North America and Asia, and signed an LOI (Letter of Intent) with HAECO Americas, Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) and MRO...

Avianca Brasil has selected Airbus’ Smarter Fleet Maintenance Mobility offering. The digital solution will provide airlines’ technical ground staff with a complete view of the aircraft status and maintenance activities across the airline and bring efficiency for...

Azul Brazilian Airlines has selected “Services by Airbus” to provide Flight Hour Services (FHS) components over a 12 year period. The service will provide an extensive scope of A320 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability through pool access...

StandardAero has renewed its independent TRUEngine authorized maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) provider agreement for CF34 and CFM56 engines, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to OEM quality engine maintenance. As an authorized TRUEngine MRO provider, CFM56 or...

Air Canada has welcomed the passage of Bill C-10 into an Act of Parliament modernizing in part the Air Canada Public Participation Act that came into effect when Air Canada was privatized 28 years ago. The revised Act allows Air Canada, like other Canadian and...

STS Engineering Solutions (STSES), a division of STS Aviation Group, has hired Brian Fasano as its senior director of maintenance programs and reliability. This is a new position for STS, one that allows the company to significantly expand its already impressive list...

AAR has been selected by regional carrier CommutAir to provide ongoing support services for its newly inducted ERJ 145 aircraft. AAR will provide full cost per flight hour (CpFH) services for rotable components including inventory management, logistics, overhaul and...

An Allegiant Air A320 aircraft made two emergency landings in less than 24 hours at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. In the separate incidences, pilots declared an emergency because of problems with the aircraft's hydraulic system. After the first emergency...

ExpressJet Airlines has licensed the AirVault MX Records Management Solution to provide the carrier with a new, centralized web-based aircraft record-management system. Critical Technologies CEO, John Oldham, said, “We are proud to have earned ExpressJet’s confidence...

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has renewed a strategic alliance with Fokker Services, which is a subsidiary of Fokker Technologies, a GKN Aerospace division, to provide the industry-leading ABACUS FLY program to operators of  Dash 8/Q Series 100/200/300 aircraft. The...

MTU Maintenance has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with the Mexican low cost carrier VivaAerobus for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s seven leased V2500-A5-powered aircraft. MTU Maintenance will be providing VivaAerobus with its Total Engine...