Aircraft Recycling International (ARI), a member company of CALC Holdings, has acquired a 100% equity interest in Universal Asset Management, one of the world’s leading global aviation services providers based in Tennessee, USA. UAM has nearly three decades of...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
HAECO reports 2016 results
The HAECO Group has reported an attributable profit of HK$975 million in 2016. The profit included a gain of HK$805 million on disposal of the interest of Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) in Singapore Aero Engine Services (SAESL) and an impairment charge of...
Airbus and THAI to evaluate new MRO business
Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thai Airways International (THAI) to evaluate the development of a major new maintenance and overhaul (MRO) facility at U-Tapao International Airport near Bangkok. The MoU was signed in Bangkok today by Usanee...
ST Aerospace signs up for AerData’s CMS
ST Aerospace Resources, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace, has chosen AerData’s Corporate Management System (CMS) to support their fleet of aircraft. CMS is a single platform that facilitates the consolidation and management of data from multiple...
FL Technics Indonesia launches Base Maintenance services, welcomes first Boeing 737 NG
FL Technics, a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced that its subsidiary – FL Technics Indonesia – had launched Base Maintenance (BM) services in its facilities at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The first...
AirAsia contracts AFI KLM E&M for A320neo component support
AirAsia and AFI KLM E&M have inked a component support agreement for the airline's fleet of Airbus A320neo passenger jets, ultimately scheduled to number 304 aircraft. AirAsia took delivery of its first A320neo on 7 September this year in Hamburg. Signed in the...
FL Technics officially opens its MRO centre in Jakarta
FL Technics has officially opened its MRO hangar at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia. FL Technics Indonesia has also reached cooperation agreements with ten Asian airlines. The newly opened 9 000 sq. m. facility accommodates up to three...
Hong Kong Airport issues Skycity RFP
Hong Kong's airport operator is inviting international tenders for the development of a retail-hotel-office hub that would be the largest of its kind in the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories region. Known as the Skycity, the project will be developed on a...
HMS Services to specialise in Airbus widebody aircraft
Airbus and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) have completed the incorporation in Singapore of their new joint venture maintenance and overhaul company, first announced earlier this year at the Singapore Airshow. Having received all necessary approvals from competition...
Thai Airways diverts flight over suspected fuel leak
A Thai Airways aircraft travelling to Brisbane from Bangkok diverted to Bali after a suspected leak was detected on the right engine of the 787aircraft. Before landing at Bali, the aircraft dumped fuel. Upon landing safely, the passengers deplaned and taken to hotels...
ST Engineering’s Aerospace Arm Secures New Contracts Worth $520m in 3Q2016
Singapore Technologies Engineering’s (ST Engineering) aerospace arm has secured new contracts worth $520m in the third quarter (3Q) of 2016, for various projects ranging from line and airframe maintenance to component repair and overhaul. The total contract value...
PAL selects SR Technics and AerFin for A340 fleet
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines recently selected SR Technics to provide Total Engine Solution requirements for the carrier's A340-300s, with AerFin (UK) providing end-of-life fleet solutions responsible for the provisioning of CFM56-5C4 engines and spares. SR...