AJW Group has formed a new joint venture to help drive its growth in China. The joint venture will be called AJW Greavia Limited and has been established with Hong Kong-based, Greavia to enable AJW Group to better serve the booming Chinese aviation market. AJW Greavia...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
MHI makes first shipment of Pratt & Whitney GTF PW1200G engine for SpaceJet
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines has completed its assembly and the first shipment of a Pratt & Whitney GTF PW1200G engine at the MHIAEL facility in Komaki, Japan. The engine was shipped to Mitsubishi Aircraft’s Moses Lake Flight Test Center (MFC) in Moses...
Colorful Guizhou signs $1 billion leap engine maintenance support agreement with CFM
Chinese low-cost carrier Colorful Guizhou Airlines has signed a 12-year maintenance support contract with CFM International, worth approximately $1 billion at list price. The agreement will cover maintenance for the Leap-1A engines, and will cover engines on up to 35...
Pratt & Whitney signs EngineWise services agreement with China Southern
Pratt & Whitney has signed a 12-year EngineWise Comprehensive services agreement with China Southern Airlines. The agreement will cover engine maintenance for China Southern’s fleet of 24 Pratt & Whitney GTF powered Airbus A320neo aircraft. Yogesh Farswani...
GE Aviation signs 12-year support contract with China Southern Airlines for B787 fleet
GE Aviation announced a 12-year TrueChoiceTM services agreement with China Southern Airlines for systems support across its Boeing 787 fleet. The agreement includes GE Aviation’s Avionics Systems content and capabilities, including the common core system and will...
CALC’s MRO joint venture obtains CAAC creditations
CALC has announced that the group’s MRO joint venture company, FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company (FL ARI) has obtained accreditations for aircraft disassembly from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The CAAC has issued and implemented...
CALC’s MRO joint venture obtains CAAC creditations
CALC has announced that the group’s MRO joint venture company, FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company (FL ARI) has obtained accreditations for aircraft disassembly from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The CAAC has issued and implemented...
C919 aircraft parts and components production commences
Comac and VIC Xi’an Aircraft Industry have celebrated the first batch production of C919 program at the Pudong base of Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co (SAMC), and AVIC CAC Commercial Aircraft Co. The production of the parts and components, such as the centre lower...
AAR signs parts supply agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines
AAR has signed a multi-million dollar parts supply agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines (MHIAEL). Under the agreement, AAR will begin work immediately as the parts supplier for MHIAEL’s PW4000 engine maintenance with international commercial...
Magnetic MRO opens Kuala Lumpur office as expansion continues
Magnetic MRO has announced the launch of its representative office in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The company’s new office will focus on developing new customers and partners in South East Asia. The Kuala Lumpur-based team will focus on the introduction of...
Boeing’s 777X delays continue following GE9X engine problem
The Boeing 777X is set to be delayed even further after issues have been found with the General Electric’s GE9X turbine engine. The engine problem is not the first that Boeing has experienced on the plane, following delays to the delivery of the planes carbon fiber...
Virgin Orbit signs agreement with ANA to launch small satellites from Japan
Virgin Orbit has signed an agreement with ANA Holdings, parent company of Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), to bring the company’s LauncherOne service to Japan. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) charts out a long-term partnership between ANA and Virgin Orbit,...