Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has signed inked an exclusive contract with AFI KLM E&M to provide engine support for the CFM56-5B power plants equipping its fleet of A320 family aircraft. MAI is part of Myanmar's leading financial corporation KBZ Group, which...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Asiana selects Airbus FHS for its A380 fleet
Asiana Airlines has selected Airbus’ Flight Hour Services (FHS) to provide components support for its A380 fleet. The FHS agreement, which will run for 10 years, provides an extensive scope of A380 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability...
Asiana Airlines signs FHS Components contract with Airbus for its A380 fleet
Asiana Airlines has selected Airbus’ Flight Hour Services (FHS) to provide components support for its A380 fleet. The FHS agreement, which will run for 10 years, provides an extensive scope of A380 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability...
TEXL COMPLETES 100th ENGINE
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO Group) has announced that its subsidiary company Taikoo Engine Services (Xiamen) (TEXL) has completed its 100th GE90-110/115B engine output, marking a significant milestone in the HAECO Group / GE Aviation partnership. The...
SKYMARK Airlines signs FHS Components contract with Airbus covering its leased A330s
SKYMARK Airlines has signed a Flight Hour Services (FHS) components contract with Airbus covering support for 10 leased A330 aircraft from 2014. Under this long-term agreement, Airbus Customer Services will provide spare parts availability guaranteed through an...
Vector Aerospace establishes new engine turbine overhaul facility at Seletar Aerospace Park, Singapore
Vector Aerospace Corporation, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has announced the establishment of a new engine facility at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park specially built for the PW150A turboprop engine. The...
Brindabella Airlines ground half its fleet
Brindabella Airlines has withdrawn four of its 10 aircraft from service to ensure they are working properly. All the planes were twin-propeller Jetstream 41s, which carry up to 30 passengers. Several flights have been cancelled as a result, including Monday's...
Qantas will close Avalon base
Qantas has confirmed it will close the Avalon heavy maintenance facility given that the 747 fleet is almost now gone, at the end of March 2014. Some 300 jobs will be lost. Qantas has stated that it will try to redeploy its staff or offer generous redundancy packages....
TALSCO to resume operations in December
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO) has announced that its subsidiary company Taikoo (Xiamen) Landing Gear Services Co. Ltd. (TALSCO) will resume operations in December 2013, after a localised fire at the premises in November last year. TALSCO’s...
Jetstar Asia awards ST Aerospace three-year line maintenance contract
ST Aerospace and Jetstar Asia have announced a three-year line maintenance contract for Jetstar Asia's existing and future fleet of A320 aircraft. "We are honoured to have Jetstar Asia entrust their aircraft line maintenance activities to ST Aerospace. Since 2004, the...
Air India MRO attracts investor
Gulf Carrier is poised to take a stake in Air India’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit, which has been hived off as a separate unit. Founded in 2005, Gulf Carrier is a company offering telecommunication solutions and services to consumers and enterprise...
ST Aerospace injects new capital into Total Engines Asset Management to expand its engine portfolio
ST Aerospace’s wholly owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Engines Pte Ltd (STA Engines), has agreed to inject its pro rata share of an additional US$2.81m (S$3.58m) into the capital of its 50%-jointly controlled company, Total Engines Asset Management Pte Ltd (TEAM). This...