Air Serbia has cancelled a May 19 Belgrade-Rome flight and postponed a Catania flight to the next day due to scheduled strikes by Italian airport workers. Flights to Naples are to go ahead as scheduled, the flag carrier announced, apologising to affected passengers....
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Bristol Airport welcomes court’s upholding of expansion plans
Bristol Airport has welcomed a court decision that will allow expansion of the south-west English hub. The ruling in favour of the government and against the Bristol Airport Action Network means the airport can go ahead with plans to increase capacity from 10 million...
Ryanair and Amadeus announce cost-cutting tie-up for corporate travellers
Ryanair said on May 18 that it would be expanding its low-fare corporate travel offering to the Amadeus Travel Platform, The tie-up, the Dublin-headquartered airline claimed, would put "an unrivalled network of over 3,000 daily flights to over 235 destinations across...
VesselValue’s former aviation section debuts as AviationValues
VesselsValue's former VV Aviation section has been spun out to create a separate business called AviationValues Ltd. Aviati0nValues announced on May 18 that the move "was in synchronisation with the acquisition of VesselsValue by Veson Nautical". The creation of the...
Cranfield Aerospace marks 75 years of design approvals
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions said on May 18 that it was marking 75 years of continuous design approvals, a longevity that has "enabled the company to deliver world-leading complex modifications". Such long-running success helps "underpin its future as a global leader...
Norse Atlantic and RWS laud language and website deal
Norse Atlantic Airways has commissioned RWS to broaden its international reach with websites and information in four languages. RWS said it has been providing Norse Atlantic customers with "next generation, multilingual online experiences" since September 2022. The...
Rolls-Royce announces test breakthrough for UltraFan engine tech
Rolls-Royce said on May 18 that it has carried out "historic" first tests of its UltraFan technology demonstrator in Derby in the UK. The "successful" tests were the first of a new engine architecture in 54 years, the manufacturer said, and were conducted using 100%...
CMA CGM’s Paris-Mumbai cargo route opens
CMA CGM Air Cargo has opened a Paris-Mumbai cargo route, with the first of four A330F weekly flights taking off on May 12. The route was announced on May 17 as part of the company's partnership with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo Group,
Isavia announces loan to fund expansion of Keflavik
Icelandic airport operator Isavia and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) on May 16 signed an agreement for a ten-year loan of €50 million to pay for construction work at Keflavík Airport. Expansion of the eastern wing of the hub will add 23,000 square meters, or 30%, when...
Schiphol runway out of action until end of May
Schiphol Airport has warned that the hub's Aalsmeerbaan Runway will be unavailable from 22 - 31 May due to annual maintenance. "Flights that normally take off from or land on the Aalsmeerbaan are being directed to the Kaagbaan, Zwanenburgbaan and Buitenveldertbaan...
Ryanair and British Airways offering early luggage drop-off at Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport's day-before bag drop facility has been expanded with the additions of Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe's biggest airline, and the International Airlines Group-owned British Airways. The airlines follow UK-based budget operators easyJet and Jet2 in...
Isavia website back up after denial-of-service attack
Icelandic airport operator Isavia on May 17 reported its website was taken down for about two hours by a cyber attack. The so-called DDoS attack saw excess traffic generated, rendering the website, which provides flight information for the country's airports,...