Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) business AMETEK is expanding business jet operations in what it labelled a "strategic move" to meet growing demand. Business aircraft owners and operators want "comprehensive and reliable support", AMETEK said, arguing...
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam recorded 5.1 million passengers flew in April 2023, a 16% year-on-year increase. "The amount [sic] of flights to and from Schiphol was 36,258", the airport announced. The number of flights was an increase of 8% compared to April 2022. The...
Dublin Airport is proposing "new sustainability measures to incentivise airlines to operate lower CO₂ emission aircraft". The proposed scheme would, see a "low emissions discount" applied to the airport's aeronautical charges, which it says are "the lowest of any...
Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Catania's airport due to the eruption of Mount Etna, Europe's biggest volcano. According to UK-based aviation analytics provider Cirum, 44 departures and 24 arrivals had been affected by the evening of May 21 as ash fell on the...
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 engines on behalf of Bangladesh-based NovoAir. The engines were sold to NTE Aviation in the US, according to Airstream, which added that it was the second transaction with NTE...
Swissport is expanding its cargo centre at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with "a new 750sqm interconnected cold storeroom with direct access from the perishable’s hub to the airside". The addition can hold 110 aircraft pallets, or a load that...
Lufthansa Technik has pre-launched its "state-of-the-art VIP" cabin design for the Boeing BBJ 777-9 aircraft The layout "takes full advantage of the vast space available on the BBJ 777-9"and "prioritises versatility and multi-functionality", the Lufthansa Group...
Avia Solutions Group (ASG)-owned JETMS Holdings said it "is continuing its business expansion after the recent launch of a new hangar space in Kaunas". A global maintenance and interior solutions provider, JETMS Holdings' subsidiary JetMS Regional "will increase...
London Luton Airport has been honoured for what it said was its "dedication to ensuring its staff, passengers, and contractors get home safely at the end of every working day". The airport on May 19 announced it has won a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents...
Ireland's regional airports are seeing traffic exceed pre-Covid levels, according to government data. Numbers published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed April 2023 Cork, Kerry and Shannon passenger numbers up 19%, 27% and 33% on April 2019. Year-on-year,...
London Stansted Airport has welcomed the increase in express train connections from the heart of the UK capital being offered by rail operator Greater Anglia. Starting Monday 22, the number of Stansted Express trains running between the airport and Liverpool Street...
In spite of economic sanctions enacted by the West, millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft parts made their way into Russia in 2022. The New York Times reported that $14.4 million US-made parts were smuggled into Russia in 2022 citing customs data, of which about $9...