Russia’s AirBridgeCargo is all set to resume operations almost a year after temporary halting all its flights post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and imposing of western sanctions on Russia. The airline is planning to restart its operations using an Ilyushin Il-96...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Brisbane Airport to develop one of the largest logistics parks for Aramex Australia
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) is all set to build one of the largest industrial projects in the airport’s history for Aramex Australia. The Airport Industrial Park will include construction of international courier business Aramex’s new 26,120sqm office and...
Rex buys 20% stake in Dovetail
Building on the strategic partnership with Dovetail signed in 2022, Rex has gone ahead to take a 20% stake in the electric start-up as a step forward in converting turbine-powered aircraft to clean, emission-free electric propulsion. As a part of the deal Rex will he...
GEODIS gets IATA approval for pharma freight through leading Asian airports
Global logistics business GEODIS has been given the International Air Transport Association's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA CEIV Pharma) certification, meaning it will be able to strengthen its air freight...
SF starts freighter operations linking Qingdao and Belgium
SF Airlines has opened cargo route between Qingdao and Liege, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state mouthpiece. The first flight was on April 11 and the route to the Belgian city will add 400 tonnes of "express" air freight capacity to China-Europe cargo route...
Silk Way heading for Houston with new cargo route
Azeri cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines is launching a weekly flight to Houston to supplement routes to Chicago and Dallas. The flights from Baku to George Bush Intercontinental Airport will "enhance our ability to connect customers to key markets in Central Asia...
Datalex and Air China renew agreement for three years
Airline retail tech business Datalex has announced a three-year renewal of a deal with Air China which would make the carrier the first in the region "to benefit from [its] latest version of its China Shopping and Pricing product". The flag carrier will get "improved...
Aeroflot sends its A330 to Tehran’s Mahan Air for maintenance
Aeroflot has sent its Airbus A330-300 to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran for maintenance by Mahan Air. This is the first instance in which a Russian airline has sent its planes to Iran for maintenance. As per the 2022 agreement between Russia and...
Air India completes EPS modernization to drive operation efficiency
Air India completed the enterprise resource planning (ERP) modernisation programme ahead of schedule in an attempt to drive significant improvement in operational efficiency. The EPR system is a software that helps businesses manage day-to-day tasks such as...
Airport Authority of India to fill 80% ATC vacancies in next six months
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is set to recruit a large number of air traffic control officers (ATCOs) by filling almost 80% of vacant posts in the coming six months. Currently, there are over 500 positions left to be filled. In a recent report published by...
IAG Cargo resuming China flights
IAG Cargo is restarting services from London Heathrow to Shanghai on April 23, with the Beijing route to resume on June 3. The routes were suspended for almost two years due to China's pandemic border curbs, with the last one landing in Beijing in July 2021. "Europe -...
Go First partners with foreign exchange service provider ‘BookMyForex’
Go First has partnered with BookMyForex, a foreign currency exchange services provider to offer seamless and hassle-free foreign exchange services to its international flyers. This service will be available to the travellers as a part of GoXtras that provides...