Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Lufthansa Technik has increased its LEAP-1A spare parts inventory by cowlings and thrust reversers. These large components are located in Frankfurt, Germany, and can be provided worldwide to customers on loan or exchange for immediate AOG (aircraft-on-ground)...
On Malta, Lufthansa Technik is testing the future - from drone-based inspections of the aircraft skin to mobile 3D scanners to exoskeletons. The innovation bay at Lufthansa Technik Malta will increasingly focus on reviewing state-of-the-art technologies for...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary has signed a line maintenance agreement with SAS. KLM UK Engineering will be supporting SAS with their Boeing 737 & Airbus A320 Family aircraft providing line maintenance support in Edinburgh & Aberdeen commencing early 2018....
Embraer Services & Support and Belavia, Belarusian Airlines, the leading carrier of Belarus, have signed an agreement for the support of Belavia’s fleet of Embraer E-Jets. The deal will streamline Belavia’s fleet support and improve aircraft availability....
Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has completed the acquisition of six A321-200 aircraft (MSN891, MSN677, MSN827, MSN835, MSN968 and MSN974). These aircraft will be attributed to short term lease programs within Vallair’s...
In early April, S7 Technics Holding’s maintenance base at Domodedovo Airport redelivered a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) aircraft to its operator Azimuth Airlines after its first heavy maintenance check. The check included a large number of labor-intensive...
Helisota, which provides integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), training services for rotorcraft aviation, has signed a cooperation agreement with ASA – Airline Software Applications – regarding the promotion of IT solution for CAMOs and MROs. “We...
Romanian aerospace company, Aerostar, has carried out Europe’s first ‘C’ Check on an Airbus A320neo (CFM LEAP-1A) at its Bacau facility in the northeast of the country. Operated by Turkish independent carrier, Pegasus Airlines, the aircraft (msn 7140;...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged aviation stakeholders to follow global standards and make greater use of operational data in order to safely accommodate an additional 3.8 billion air travelers by 2036. Speaking at the Safety and Flight...
EFTEC Aviation Group has opened a new warehouse in London, UK, near Gatwick airport. The new facility will be an important addition to the existing chain of warehouses: USA (New York and Ontario), Russia (Moscow), and Latvia (Riga). The brand new location is not only...
At its latest meeting, the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik early appointed Constanze Hufenbecher as Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa Technik for further five years until the end of January 2024. The extension will be effective from February 1, 2019....
Inmarsat has entered commercial service with SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S). The next-generation satellite IP platform is designed to meet the needs of aviation data communications in the digital age and offers airlines game-changing visibility into their airline...