Morgan Advanced Materials has developed a proprietary leachable material which significantly cuts investment casting times in turbine engine blades by up to 20 percent. The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials has developed the LEMA range of...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Rolls-Royce reports half year results
Rolls-Royce has posted group underlying revenue up 14% to £7.04bn and reported revenue up 12% to £7.5bn. The reported loss before tax was £1,262 million, a significant decrease compared to the 2017 half year profit before tax of £1,444 million. Civil Aerospace...
AJW Group wins repairs support contract with Just Us Air
AJW Group has secured a repairs support contract with the newly-established private airline, Just Us Air. The repairs support contract will see AJW Group manage the repair services for Just Us Air’s A320 aircraft. Just Us Air, which is headquartered in...
First delivery of HUB P814 to ITP Aero
Aciturri Aeroengines has delivered the first HUB 814 for the PurePower PW814 engine of Pratt & Whitney Canada. This is the bearing support of the motor shaft, which Aciturri supplies to the subsidiary of Rolls Royce ITP Aero, partner at risk of the PW800 project...
Fan Air relies on Lido/mPilot from Lufthansa Systems
Lufthansa Systems has acquired Fan Air as a new customer. The Ukrainian startup airline will use Lido/mPilot from Lufthansa Systems for the next five years. This navigation solution was implemented for the airline in the space of just two weeks after the...
MRO shop for the MTR390-Enhanced engine powering the Tiger helicopter obtains approval
Late last week, MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce ITP GmbH (known as MTRI), jointly with its partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines, Rolls-Royce and ITP Aero, approved AIA Bordeaux (Atelier Industriel de L’Aéronautique de Bordeaux) as the first...
CDB Aviation selects FLYdocs for fleet records management
FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management software provider, which also manages the lease transfer of aircraft and assets, has announced that CDB Aviation Lease Finance (CDB Aviation) has selected FLYdocs to provide the software and technical services to...
Pattonair renews parts support agreement with McBraida
Pattonair, the global supply chain provider for the aerospace and defence industry, has renewed its parts support contract with Bristol, UK-based McBraida for a further three years. McBraida Group is a high precision, high quality machined parts supplier to the UK and...
MTU Aero Engines issues higher and more concrete forecast at half-year
MTU Aero Engines generated revenues of €2,148.6 million in the first six months of 2018, up 9 % on the previous year (1-6/17: €1,977.0 million). The group’s operating profit increased by 13 % from €296.3 million to €334.6 million, resulting in an EBIT margin increase...
Nordic Aviation Capital contracts FLYdocs to digitise fleet records
Regional aircraft specialist, Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), has selected FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management solution provider, to complete the digital document build and audit of 17 Dash 8 Q400 aircraft. During 2017, NAC had 17 aircraft on lease to...
Airbus reports half-year 2018 financial results
For the first half of 2018, Airbus consolidated revenues were stable at €25.0 billion (H1 2017: €25.2 billion), reflecting the commercial aircraft delivery mix and perimeter changes as well as the weakening of the US dollar. Deliveries totalled 303 commercial aircraft...
MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg lays foundation stone for new logistics center
MTU Maintenance has laid the foundation stone for a new logistics center at its Ludwigsfelde location. The total investment for the new building with a workspace of 6,500 square meters is €11.5 million. The additional floor space is needed to cater to the location’s...