Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has been contracted by the Spanish Airline Evelop to provide Total Component Support (TCS) for the airline’s future Airbus A350 aircraft. The ten-year contract covers two A350-900 that will enter Evelop’s fleet in March 2019 and 2020...
Following the successful deployment of Aerogility’s maintenance planning solution in December 2017, easyJet is adding two significant capabilities to its MRO forecasting solution: engine shop visits and landing gear overhauls. Aerogility’s multi-agent software gives...
Orders for CFM International’s two product lines achieved near-record levels in 2018, with the company booking orders for a total of 3,337 engines, including 126 CFM56 engines (commercial, military and spares) and 3,211 LEAP engines (including commitments and spares)....
Acumen Aviation, the aircraft asset management services company, has further expanded its CAMO approval with both the addition of the Airbus A330 aircraft with all engine variants and 2 – Registration CAMO approval from the Guernsey Director of Civil Aviation. The...
AAR subsidiary Airinmar, which provides intelligent component repair cycle management and aircraft warranty solutions for commercial and defence customers, has signed an agreement with a European low-cost carrier to augment its warranty management capability. ...
Airbus has launched a global competition in quantum computing, inviting experts to propose and develop solutions, for complex optimisation and modelisation across the full aircraft life-cycle, using newly available computing capabilities. The Airbus Quantum Computing...
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the A330-900 for ETOPS (Extended-range Twin engine aircraft Operations) ‘beyond 180 minutes’ diversion time. This means that operators of the A330neo, which is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, will...
Hungarian firm AerinX is developing an augmented reality (AR) solution for the external inspection and maintenance of aircraft and other aerial vehicles. The company has recently started a strategic partnership with MRO facility, Aeroplex, to implement the system in...
FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management solution provider, has announced a five-year contract with Swiss airlines, SWISS and Edelweiss Air, which will use the FLYdocs platform for the ongoing management of their maintenance and engineering records across...
AJW Group has purchased a Boeing 777-200LR, with GE90 110/115 engines, which was delivered on January 12. The Boeing 777-200LR airframe is compatible with 777-300 ER and B777F aircraft. All components are going to be re-certified by AJW Technique, Montreal. Ian Malin,...
Vallair, the mature aircraft and engine asset specialist, has closed the sale of a V2500-A5 engine to Sojitz Aerospace. The engine was previously flying on MSN974, an Airbus A321 which Vallair purchased from Aercap and leased to Onur Air. The run-out engine will now...
Work has started on the brand-new £65 million research facility for digital aviation at Cranfield University with support from the Birmingham office of built environment consultancy Curtins. The new Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) will develop...