Japan Airlines maintenance and engineering subsidiary, JAL Engineering Co., has selected IFS to support fleet-wide long range maintenance planning. The IFS solution, to be deployed in the cloud, will provide long range planners with the unified information insights...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
HAECO Landing Gear Services and Liebherr-Aerospace extend landing gear services agreement
HAECO Landing Gear Services and Liebherr- Aerospace have extended their initial landing gear service agreement to offer landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to Embraer E-Jet E1 operators in the Chinese Mainland. The partnership combines HAECO...
EVA to convert 777-300s to freighters
EVA Airways have approved the conversion of three Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft to freighter configuration by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The unit price for each conversion is up to $40m and the total transaction price is up to $120m.
Cebu Pacific selects Sita cockpit services
Cebu Pacific Air has selected SITA to support its digital transformation agenda leveraging SITA’s AIRCOM Cockpit Services integrated with Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) satellite network service. The combined solutions will enhance cockpit communications...
Construction begins of new training centre at MTU Maintenance Zhuhai
At MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, the joint venture partners MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airline Company, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new training centre. Beginning in early 2023, the centre will train 50 to 100 engine mechanics for the...
DHL and Singapore Airlines to expand partnership
DHL Express has entered into a Crew and Maintenance agreement (CM) with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to deploy five Boeing 777 freighters. This agreement marks a further step in DHL Express' expansion of its intercontinental air network to meet customer demand in...
Vietjet and Changi Airports International work together to develop aviation services supply in Vietnam
SOVICO Group, Vietjet and Changi Airports International (CAI), the international arm of Changi Airport Group, have signed a strategic partnership agreement worth $US1.5 billion to develop the provision of aviation services at airports in Vietnam and in the region. The...
Serene Air inks engine deal with AFI KLM E&M
AFI KLM E&M is supporting Serene Air's operations by developing and implementing tailored maintenance solutions for several engines powering the Pakistani airline's A330s and Boeing 737s. The MRO performed Quick Turn interventions on three CFM56-7B engines, one of...
Vietjet and ST Engineering sign Aircraft Component Support Contract
ST Engineering and Vietjet have signed a comprehensive component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) contract to support the airline’s entire fleet. The signing ceremony took place during the official visit of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore. Under the...
Electra Partners with Yugo for eSTOL private air travel
Electra.aero (Electra), which is developing sustainable aircraft, and Yugo, Asia's private air mobility platform, have partnered to dramatically expand air mobility services to urban and underserved destinations in the Asia-Pacific region by leveraging the performance...
AirAsia mulling cargo airline acquisition
AirAsia is reported to be considering acquiring the all-cargo airline Raya Airways in order to boost revenues by tapping into South-east Asia’s air cargo market. The rumours have been denied by all parties but local media are reporting that AirAsia’s interest in a...
SKT and Joby Join Forces to Bring Air Taxi Service to South Korea
SK Telecom, South Korea’s leading telecommunications company, and Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric, five-seat aircraft that can take off and land vertically (eVTOL), will work together to introduce emissions-free aerial ridesharing...