FL Technics has signed the agreement with WOW Air for base maintenance services. WOW Air came to FL Technics facilities for the base maintenance projects of the first two Airbus A321.
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Senior management team enhanced at Aero Norway
Engine MRO specialist, Aero Norway, has appointed two new members of its senior management team. Neil Russell will undertake the role of Chief Operating Officer and Rune Veenstra as the new Chief Business Officer. These appointments are part of Aero Norway’s refreshed...
Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace enter into a partnership for a new lower-deck passenger sleeping facilities
Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace have partnered to develop and market lower-deck modules with passenger sleeping berths. The modules, which would fit inside the aircraft’s cargo compartments, offer new opportunities for additional services to passengers, improving their...
Airbus announces Skywise contracts
Allegiant Air, WOW air and Small Planet Airlines have signed for Airbus Skywise Predictive Maintenance services. In addition, Primera Air is also officially joining the group of airlines connecting to Airbus open data platform Skywise. When including the recently...
Rolls-Royce Introduces Intelligent Insights – part of its Intelligentengine Vision
Rolls-Royce has introduced Intelligent Insights, part of its IntelligentEngine vision. Intelligent Insights will develop into a suite of tools which will bring new pace and agility to decision making and improving the quality of data harnessed for customers. It...
Rolls-Royce provides an update on its TRENT 1000 PACKAGE C
In its 2017 Full Year results published on March 7, 2018 Rolls-Royce outlined certain Trent 1000 engine in-service issues and the estimated costs relating to the implementation of the solutions to address those issues. As part of its ongoing inspection and testing of...
AFI KLM E&M to modify three 777-300s for AerCap
AFI KLM E&M and AerCap have inked an agreement covering modifications to three Boeing 777-300s, prior to their transfer to another airline. The programs involve cabin reconfiguring and refitting, and retrofitting Zodiac Aerospace's RAVE IFE system - a...
AFI KLM E&M obtains EASA approval to support LEAP operations
After establishing a license with aircraft engine manufacturer CFM International, AFI KLM E&M has now obtained EASA approval to provide support during initial operations of the new-generation power plants. The Group has thus become one of the first suppliers of...
Airbus launches advanced indoor inspection drone to reduce aircraft inspection times and enhance report quality
Airbus has recently demonstrated for the first time a drone-based, maintenance tool – Airbus’ Advanced Inspection Drone – for use inside a hangar, which accelerates and facilitates visual checks, considerably reducing aircraft downtime and increasing the quality of...
WOW air receives modified Recaro seats
Recaro Aircraft Seating is equipping Icelandic airline WOW air’s Airbus fleet with around 100 CL4400 business class seats. The seats for the first three aircraft have already been delivered. Recaro Customer Service equipped the CL4400 with new seat covers. As a...
Arago and AVIATAR revolutionize aircraft overhaul processes by using artificial intelligence
Arago, an artificial intelligence (AI) company specializing in intelligent process automation, and AVIATAR, an integrated software platform for digital products and services in the aviation industry, are planning to work together on the progressive automation of the...
LHT to provide Comprehensive component services for Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 fleet
Lufthansa Technik AG and Asiana Airlines from South Korea have signed a new, long-term agreement for Total Component Maintenance (TCM). The contract has a term of ten years starting in April 2018 and covers the nine aircraft in Asiana's Boeing 777-200ER fleet....