MTU Maintenance Hannover was again selected by Biman Bangladesh Airlines to support its GE CF6-50 engines. The three-year agreement covers 12 engines powering the carrier's fleet of DC-10-30s.
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Zone: Asia/Pacific
HAECO signs MoU with Cathay Pacific Airways on Airframe Inventory Technical Management
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Cathay Pacific Airways in relation to the management of the group’s airframe rotable components. The transaction is expected to yield benefits in component asset...
ATSB rules on Qantas A330 incident in 2008
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report into an in-flight upset that occurred on-board a Qantas A330 aircraft en-route from Singapore to Perth in October 2008. At least 110 of the 303 passengers and 9 of the 12 crew members were injured. Of...
Taikoo Spirit overhauls four CFM56-7 thrust reversers
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company’s (HAECO) composite joint venture with Spirit AeroSystems, Taikoo Spirit AeroSystems (Jinjiang) Composite (Taikoo Spirit), has finished overhaul maintenance on a major Mainland Chinese operator’s four CFM56-7 thrust reversers...
Qantas in agreement with engineers
Qantas has reached a compromise with its engineers. Under the terms of the agreement, Qantas will be able to assign some basic maintenance work to lower-skilled, younger, engineers although it does not contain any of the restrictive demands that would have handed...
Virgin Atlantic selects NAT and HAECO for B747-400 cabin reconfiguration work
Virgin Atlantic Airways has entered into agreements with Northwest Aerospace Technologies and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) to provide cabin reconfiguration services for the airline’s Gatwick based fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The modifications...
MAS signs two new support contracts
Malaysia Airlines Engineering & Maintenance (MAE), the wholly owned Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and two Engineering Services Agreements with three airlines at the 11th Langkawi...
Melbourne welcomes Boeing GoldCare Services
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has officially selected Melbourne-based John Holland Aviation Services to provide fully integrated maintenance solutions as part of its GoldCare program. The GoldCare program, designed by Boeing, is a Total Care Engineering and Maintenance...
Airbus denies plans to set up MRO base in Nagpur
Airbus has denied it has any plans to establish an aircraft maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) depot at Mihan in Nagpur despite claims by state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s announcement that the manufacturer would be part of the international aviation hub at...
Cathay signs OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation
Cathay Pacific Airways has signed a 15-year OnPointSM solution agreement with GE Aviation that covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the GE90-115B engine fleet for four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and eight 777-200 Freighters ordered in August along with the 10...
Technical glitch for ANA 787 aircraft
All Nippon Airways has confirmed that as one of its new Boeing 787s approached Okayama airport on Sunday morning, an error message showed that the plane's landing gear had not properly deployed, forcing the pilots to try a second approach using manually lowered...
Boeing opens China service centre
Boeing has opened a new service centre in Beijing to provide enhanced product support to China‘s growing commercial aviation industry. “We are bringing Boeing’s world-class airplane services and support closer to our China customers, providing them a competitive edge...