China Aircraft Technical Services has been authorised as an Embraer service centre, the first in China to be receive this. The centre will support Tianjin Airlines through the line and heavy maintenance for the ERJ-145 and E190. Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the...

The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association says that Sunstate Airlines, a subsidiary of Qantas, is operating more than 20 aircraft with the unsecure locks. The engineers say that passengers are being put at risk due to cockpit locks that can be opened with...

Delta TechOps has signed a three-year contract with China Eastern Airlines (CEA) to provide maintenance and repair services to various aircraft engine types. The contract, which includes an option for extension at the end of three years, will immediately apply to...

Boeing and Air India, who are setting up a joint venture multi-million MRO facility at the upcoming Special Economic Zone near Nagpur, are expected to submit the final project design to authorities soon. Once the design is finalised, it will be submitted to the...

Boeing has announced plans to invest $7.5 million to formally establish a joint research centre with Tsinghua University of China to develop aircraft cabin environments, advanced materials, computer science and industrial designs. The centre will also include a grant...

MAJ Aviation has broken ground at Seletar Aerospace Park, home of its new general aviation hangar and ancillary facility. The S$8 million 6,000 square metre facility will be completed by September 2011. The centre will be the first centre in Singapore to cater to the...

Silk Way Technics, the maintenance division of Azerbaijan carrier Silk Way Airlines has announced it is planning to build a new maintenance hangar at Baku International Airport. The hanger will be used to provide base and heavy maintenance services up to D checks for...

Embraer has announced the facilities of Tianjin Airlines Company Embraer’s Authorized Service Center (EASC) at inauguration ceremony in Beijing. This is the first EASC established for the airline market in China. The facility will carry out line and heavy maintenance...

Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen has established a new Engine Parts & Accessories Repair (EPAR) product to expand its nacelle services. The new business starts with the repair of common nozzle assemblies and tail cones for the V2500 engine and comprises the complete...

The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed an agreement with Air Works to undertake Third Party Line Maintenance (TPLM) services. BIAL is now the first ever airport operator in India to offer this service. Air works is a DGCA approved, UAE - Gulf...

Singapore Airlines has signed a flight hour services - tailored support package, or FHS-TSP, contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA's five...

A Singapore Airlines A340-500 aircraft flying from Singapore to Newark Liberty airport in New York landed with damage to one of its tyres. An SIA statement said that an initial inspection of the landing gear revealed that there was damage to a tyre on the left side,...