Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Latvian airline airBaltic continues its expansion and is looking to attract 50 technicians in 2019 for its maintenance facilities at Riga International Airport and Tallinn Airport. Andris Vaivads, SVP Technical Operations of airBaltic: “We are improving our...
Rolls-Royce is celebrating the delivery of the 100th Trent XWB engine assembled at the production line in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine will be delivered to Airbus in Toulouse to power Lufthansa’s latest A350-900 aircraft. The Lufthansa Group, one of Rolls-Royce’s...
The Tanzanian flag carrier has started implementation of ADSoftware’s solution to manage its fleet of Bombardier Q400, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the new A220 (formerly known as CS300). The move is part of an overhaul of the operator’s maintenance processes and will...
New research reveals that some 15% of people would ‘definitely’ fly on an aircraft with no pilot in the cockpit, and a further 19% said they would ‘probably’ do this. Only 37% said they would definitely not do this, with the remainder undecided. The research into what...
Three major Russian passenger and cargo carriers have contracted Lufthansa Technik for comprehensive and long-term support. Russian Airlines has entrusted Lufthansa Technik with Airframe Related Components (ARC) services for its A320 family aircraft. Ural Airlines has...
Safran has reported a 32% rise in revenue for 2018 to €21.050bn (which includes a contribution of €3.799bn from Zodiac Aerospace), revenue is 10.4% on an organic basis. Recurring operating income at €3.023bn (including a contribution of €290 million from Zodiac...
For almost five years, 35 partners conducted extensive research work under the EU’s ENOVAL (ENgine mOdule VALidators) technology programme. The result of the concerted efforts is now available: With the newly developed technologies for turbofan engines, it will be...
In order to meet the high market demand for cadet pilot training in Europe – 94,000 new pilots over the next 20 years – Airbus has announced its decision to open its own flight academy and extend its training services offering by adding ‘ab-initio’ to its portfolio....
Airpart Supply, the UK aircraft parts distributor supporting commercial airliner, business and general aviation aircraft, has signed a new contract with Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems effective January 2019 as authorised distributor for wheels and brakes in the...
Airbus has published the agenda for its 2019 Annual General Meeting on 10 April, with resolutions including the appointment of Guillaume Faury as Executive Member of the Board of Directors. Shareholder approval will be sought to approve Guillaume Faury’s Board Mandate...
Engineers at Rolls-Royce in Derby, UK, have successfully tested a key component of the UltraFan engine design. For the first time, all composite elements of the Advanced Low Pressure system (ALPS), including fan blades, a fan case and annulus fillers, were tested...
Turboprop manufacturer ATR has received certification from EASA to extend the intervals between the Type A maintenance checks from 500 to 750 hours, for all of its aircraft series. This 50% increase in intervals will allow ATR customers a significant reduction in...