Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The first BelugaXL has rolled out of the paintshop unveiling a special livery making it look like a Beluga Whale. The livery was one of six choices submitted to Airbus employees through a poll in which 20,000 people participated. With 40% votes in favour, the smiley...
On 1 August 2018, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will deploy Bluebox Aviation Systems' portable wireless streaming platform, Bluebox Wow, on its 737-800 fleet for routes across the Caribbean and North and South America. Bluebox Wow will enhance Caribbean Airlines'...
Turkish Technic is reported to have won new contracts from Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and Russia’s NordWind. It will carry out MRO work on the UIA’s two 767 aircraft, and will replace the landing gear on one 777 for NordWind.
An ongoing investigation into why smoke filled the cabin onboard a Nordic Aviation Group CRJ900 from Tallinn to Amsterdam, which led to an aborted takeoff in June, may have been caused by the burning of washing chemicals left in the engine. "The investigation...
Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company that provides global supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) tools, has been selected to improve Lufthansa Cargo’s production planning at two of its most relevant hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Additional stations will be...
The first ACJ320neo has entered final assembly in Hamburg, marking the start of a new era in Airbus corporate jets. Featuring the largest cabin in its class, the ACJ320neo is due to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the last quarter, together with...
Lufthansa Systems has presented new features for the Sirax product family such as the new X1 Tax Module for automatic tax calculation. “Efficient and accurate revenue accounting has to meet requirements that are complex and sometimes change dynamically. Tax...
Norwegian has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with an upgraded cabin of new slimline seats, the RECARO 3710C seat. The new slimmer 189 leather seats have 30” seat pitch and measures 16.8” wide and are designed to add space at knee-level...
AJW Group has signed a component repair agreement between the US-based leisure carrier Allegiant Air (Allegiant) and the Group’s Montreal-based MRO facility, AJW Technique. Allegiant has outlined growth plans that will see AJW supporting up to 100 aircraft by...
The Aeroengines Ircio plant has successfully passed the "SCA SABRe Compliance Assessment" that Rolls Royce uses to certify its supply chain members. This assessment, needed for the manufacturing of detail parts for Rolls Royce, audits all the requirements of...
On June 20, 2018 Lufthansa Technik has put a new a tail dock in operation at its Munich base. The company invested over two million euros in the new infrastructure. The dock is used for maintenance work on the aircraft types Airbus A330, A340 and A350. The dock...
AJW Group has announced that it is investing in the expansion of its AOG service following “extensive consultation” with its airline customers, which will “ensure faster response times to delivering the right part to the right place to minimise the disruption and...