Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
On July 7 and 8, Safran inaugurated three new production sites in India and announced the construction of a major new facility in 2025, bolstering its strategic partnership with the country. Safran has operated in India for 65 years and now counts 10 facilities and...
Regional Australian airline Skytrans has partnered with Stralis Aircraft, to develop and trial Australia’s first hydrogen-electric propulsion aeroplane. The zero-emissions hydrogen-electric propulsion system (HEPS) will be installed on a Beech 1900D Airliner with the...
HAECO Group has begun using 8tree’s dentCHECK tool to enhance the efficiency and quality of its dent-mapping activities. In particular, HAECO Hong Kong and HAECO Americas are already making use of dentCHECK’s new automatic large-area mapping capability to drastically...
Honeywell has appointed AMETEK Singapore PTE, a brand of AMETEK MRO, as a Honeywell Authorised Repair Centre (ARC) specifically for engine components on CF6-80, PW2000, PW4000, V2500, Trent 700, Trent 800, and Trent 900. This new licensing agreement will allow both...
Bechtel Engineering and Construction India Private Limited has signed a contract to support Tata Projects in its delivery of the new Noida International Airport in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which is intended to serve the national capital region of New Delhi....
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo have added Swiss WorldCargo to its joint venture. Swiss WorldCargo's entry builds on the Joint Business Agreement signed in 2016 between Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo, which allows for collaboration on distribution, pricing,...
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has completed the acquisition of 75% of the share capital of SR Technics Malaysia. Following completion of the acquisition, SR Technics Malaysia has become a subsidiary of SIAEC, and SR Technics Switzerland (SR Technics) holds the...
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has performed the first pre-delivery test flight of the C919 aircraft in Shanghai last weekend. The aircraft is equipped with CFM LEAP engines and is pitched as a competitor to the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo...
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES), a global jet engine maintenance provider, and AirAsia India, have signed a contract covering the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet. The agreement covers maintenance, repair, and overhaul of the CFM56-5B fleet and includes leased engine...
After receiving its second newly approved Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in Indonesia on 28 March, which is its third airline AOC in the region, the Asia Cargo Network group launched RGA-Black Stone Airlines with its inaugural flight departing last week on 30 March,...
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) has announced that FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company (FL ARI), a joint venture with European aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) service provider FL Technics, has completed its first base maintenance...
Alliance Airlines’ new $60 million aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility is taking shape in Rockhampton, with concrete pouring to form the footings and walls of the facility’s new hangar. The project is backed by the Palaszczuk Government’s $175...