Liebherr and China Airlines have entered into a long-term agreement, under which Liebherr-Aerospace will provide repair support services for a wide range of air conditioning and bleed system components installed on China Airlines’ fleet of 25 Airbus A321neo. All...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Air New Zealand increases entry wage for airport workers to attract talent
Air New Zealand has increased its entry wage for airport workers to NZ$30 per hour as it looks to attract around 400 people to join its Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch airport teams. This is a part of the airline’s plan to ramp up its operations to meet the...
Air India Express signs Forthcode’s nGO for digitised inflight solution
Air India Express has recently signed up Forthcode’s nGO for inflight retail and catering management software solution. With the software- nGO the airline will be able to manage its inflight retail and catering operations with comprehensive inventory management...
Malaysia Aviation Group selects CHOOSE for climate software solutions
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has joined hands with CHOOSE to develop climate software solution to help MAG achieve its sustainability goals. With the help of this software, Malaysia Airlines’ individual and corporate customers can understand and address the emissions...
Auckland Airport anticipates 800,000 passengers during Easter holidays
Auckland Airport is gearing up for one of the busiest times of the year with the approaching Easter and Anzac Day holidays The airport is anticipating over 800,000 passengers to pass through the terminals during the Easter school holiday period. Scott Tasker, chief...
ACI – Despite surge in air fare, financial health of APAC airports in distress
The airfares in Asia-Pacific and Middle East surged as nations emerged from pandemic-related restrictions, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific’s latest Airport Industry Outlook. The airfares in Asia-Pacific and Middle East were above the...
Cerberus announces closing of sale of WFS to SATS
Investment company Cerberus Capital Management has announced that an affiliate has completed the previously announced sale of cargo logistics business Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to SATS for "an enterprise value" of €2.25bn. Cerebrus bought WFS five years ago for...
Air Vanuatu’s single Boeing 737 grounded in Brisbane due to lack of spares
Air Vanuatu sole Boeing 737 is grounded in Brisbane due to lack of spare parts. The aircraft took its last flight on March 31 from Port Vila Bauerfield International Airport (VLI) to Australia's Brisbane Airport (BNE). Since then, the aircraft is grounded due to a...
Maersk launching US-China cargo flights
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) is launching two air freight services between the US and China. The "new customer-backed air corridor" is aimed at closing a "connectivity gap" between the countries, which are by far the world's two biggest economies “With the...
SIAEC signs $102.8 Million service agreement with Scoot
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) signed a $120.8 Million Services Agreement with Scoot. The agreement comes just two days after SIAEC signed a $1.14 Billion Services Agreement with SIA on March 29. As a part of the agreement, SIAEC will support Scoot through its...
AerCap to lease two Boeing freighters to new Indonesian carrier Raindo
Irish lessor AerCap has announced a deal to send two converted Boeing 737-800s to Rusky Aero Indonesia, a newly-launched cargo airline operating as Raindo United Services (Raindo). Suryo Pratomo, Indonesia's ambassador to Singapore, attended the announcement ceremony...
SkyScape and PLANA ink deal to develop first eVTOL route between Japan and Korea
SkyScape, Japanese Vertiport developer has inked a deal with PLANA to develop the first eVTOL route between Japan and Korea. The two companies will lay the foundation for operations and infrastructure to develop the first international route in Asia while at the same...