New Zealand aviation authorities will soon re-introduce the online Traveller Declaration to modernize the international passenger’s arrival process. New Zealand had introduced the system during the pandemic to ensure that those arriving were adhering to the local...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Chinese carriers resume services to Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport is currently basking in the happiness over the return of Chinese carries with Chinese New Year holiday season. China Eastern Airlines became the first of three big Chinese airlines to resume regular flights to Melbourne. Xiamen Airlines, which has...
Marubeni reserves delivery slots of 25 VX4 eVTOL from Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of aircraft delivery slots from leading Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni. Marubeni has reserved aircraft delivery slots for 25 out of its up to 200 VX4 conditional...
Brisbane Airport crosses 14,000 international passenger mark on single day
Brisbane Airport crossed 14,000 footfalls for the first time since 2019 through the International Terminal in a single day. Stephen Beckett, head of Public Affairs at Brisbane Airport said: “To think this time last year, international travel was still capped at 1,000...
Amazon launches air freighter service in India
Amazon has started air freighter services in India, Amazon Air, will have two dedicated cargo aircraft with a capacity of 20,000 packages. Akhil Saxena, Vice President, Customer Fulfilment, Amazon Air said: “Amazon Air comes to India at an important time. Our...
Sydney Airport crosses 3 million passenger mark in December 2022
A total of 3,093,000 passengers passed through Sydney Airport in December 2022, down 21.7% compared to pre-COVID December 2019. Domestic passenger traffic totalled 1,937,000 in December 2022, which is more than double the number of passengers in same month last year...
Vistara partners with WorldTicket for flight and rail reservations in single itinerary
Vistara has partnered with WorldTicket to provide customers with connections to Germany's Deutsche Bahn train network. The interline agreement will allow the airline to provide multimodal itineraries to its customers. The customers will be able to book air and rail...
IndiGo introduces sensor technology for faster scanning of life vests
IndiGo has introduced sensor technology on the aircraft for faster and accurate scanning of life vests. Manual inspection of vests takes 90-120 minutes depending on the aircraft type, but with the introduction of sensor tech the time is cut down to 3-4 minutes per...
Pratt & Whitney inaugurates $36million new India Engineering Centre
Pratt & Whitney recently inaugurated its $36million new India Engineering Centre (IEC) in Bengaluru, India. The new facility is co-located with India Capability Centre (ICC) and recently-inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centre. The...
Nippon Express signs MoU with Silk Way West Airlines
Nippon Express signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Silk Way West Airlines to develop and promote cooperation in air cargo transport. As a part of the agreement Nippon Express Group plans to provide solutions that optimize its customers' complexly changing...
Philippines to update eight airports to boost connectivity
The Philippines Government is planning to update at least eight airports across the country to boost mobility and connectivity. The Department of Budget and Management has already set aside the funding for the eight airport projects in the 2023 budget approved by...
BlueDart Aviation to acquire two ex-SpiceJet B737-800F
Blue Dart Aviation, India is all set to acquire two B737-800F from DHL Express after securing a unanimous shareholder approval. The two aircraft are reportedly ex-SpiceJet as per sources. The airline retired these aircraft in August 2022, when the airline revamped its...