Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Following the first flights of the first A330neo test aircraft (MSN1795) on 19th October 2017 and the second (MSN1813) on the 4th of December, both are fully operational and are now flying on a daily basis, says Airbus. They have already accumulated more than...
Long-standing partners AirAsia X and AFI KLM E&M have extended the Malaysian budget carrier's A330-300 component support contract, originally signed in 2007. The new agreement involves extending the exclusive component support provided by AFI KLM E&M...
Airbus will showcase its “Hangar of the Future” (HoF) at the Singapore Air Show. HoF is a project to digitise and automate maintenance activities to increase the overall maintenance process efficiency. HoF combines the use of innovative technologies and smart,...
MTU Maintenance has started an augmented reality pilot project at its facility in Berlin-Brandenburg. The project goes by the name “Inspection 4.0” and aims to improve knowledge management in the shop. Inspection 4.0 has two main goals. The first is to...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary is delighted to announce the signing of a Commercial Goods Consignment Contract with Monks & Crane. KLM UK Engineering confirms its contract with Monks & Crane. KLM UK Engineering has been working in partnership with Monks...
KLM UK Engineering, who cover regional and narrow body aircraft maintenance on the Boeing 737, Embraer 170/190, BAe146/Avro RJ, Fokker 70/100 & Airbus A320 Family, confirms its contract with BA CityFlyer and announces they have reached agreement to increase...
The first A321LR (Long Range) has taken off on its maiden flight from Hamburg Germany at 11:06 hrs local time, commencing its flight test programme. The aircraft, MSN7877, is powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines. The aircraft’s crew comprised: Experimental Test Pilots Yann...
In 2017 Russia's ENGINEERING Holding subsidiaries – S 7 ENGI-NEERING and Sibir Technic – reported having exceeded two million man-hours. Staff at their maintenance facilities at Domodedovo, Mineralnye Vody and Tolmachevo airports completed cumulatively 67...
The Engine Services division of Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg is gearing up for the future. With the simultaneous opening of a new competence center for engine case repair and an X-ray center for engine components of all different sizes, Lufthansa Technik is preparing...
Colibri Aircraft, which specialises in the marketing, resale and purchase of pre-owned private aircraft, has announced that 2017 was a record year for the company. The London headquartered business which launched in 2011, saw the number of pre-owned aircraft it...
Lufthansa Technik has concluded an exclusive contract with its long-standing customer EVA Air to supply components for the Taiwan-based airline's new Boeing 777F fleet. The integrated supply of components for the freighter aircraft within the scope of Total...
Norway-based engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS is looking at a year of positive change as preparations to manage demand for CFM56-3, CFM56-5B and 7B engines repair and maintenance services come to fruition. CEO, Glenford Marston, explains: “At Aero Norway the focus...