Charles Taylor Aviation Asset Management (CTAAM) has received approval from the UK CAA to expand its scope of work with approvals including the addition of Bombardier CRJ and Embraer 170/190 series aircraft. The approvals will also give CTAAM Airworthiness Review...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Turkish Technic opens HABOM facility
Turkish Airlines has launched its new $550 million HABOM MRO facility at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. When fully operational, the HABOM facility will have 7,000 employees and is expected to produce annual revenue of $1.5bn. The facility has the capacity to...
Wizzair to build new hangar at Budapest Airport
LCC Wizzair has signed a lease deal over the construction of a hangarage facility at its base in Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc airport. The new hangar will cover 2,000 square metres and will be large enough to accommodate the A321neo fleet that Wizzair expects to receive...
AFI KLM E&M to provide component support for GainJet
Air France KLM Engineering and Maintenance has finalised a deal with VIP charter operator GainJet, to supply cabin modification and component support for one of GainJet’s three B737-400s. The aircraft is equipped with a 68-seat VIP configuration, and was modified at...
UTair Express signs engine deal with PowerJet
Russia’s UTair Express Airlines has signed a technical support agreement with engine builders PowerJet for the SaM146 engines that equip its fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100LRs. The airline will take delivery of the first of six SSJ100LRs later in June, and will take...
Aeronpark opens new MRO in Barcelona
Spanish MRO Aeronpark has opened a new 20,000-square-metre, €1 million facility at Barcelona’s Lleida-Alguaire airport. The new facility will allow Aeronpark to offer EASA-145-certified MRO and storage services to the majority of commercial and private aircraft...
Boeing signs agreement with Royal Jordanian to offer parts service to 787 Dreamliners
Boeing has signed a ten-year agreement with Royal Jordanian Airlines, under which the aircraft manufacturing company will supply Royal Jordanian 787 Dreamliners with a pool of high-value, mission-critical parts, enabling the airline to greatly reduce their inventory...
AJW Aviation signs integrated consumables support contract with Italian MRO, Atitech
AJW Aviation has signed a three year agreement with Atitech, one of Europe’s largest MROs based in Naples, Italy, for the provision of integrated consumables management services. This will utilise the new innovative barcode scanning App that AJW has developed and...
Saab signs E-Jet agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace
Defence and security company Saab has signed an agreement with Germany’s Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for landing gear equipment across the complete Embraer E-Jet family of regional aircraft. Saab's...
Boeing selects Monarch Aircraft Engineering to provide Goldcare to a Middle Eastern customer
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the independent aircraft maintenance provider and division of The Monarch Group, has been selected by Boeing to provide GoldCare airframe maintenance support to a Middle Eastern customer’s Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner operation at Abu...
AJW Aviation signs three year General Terms Agreement with Wizz Air
AJW Aviation has signed a three year General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Hungarian airline Wizz Air. This agreement will cover forty of their A320 aircraft, providing for any additional requirements outside of the airline’s existing support contracts, giving extra...
AFI KLM E&M creates new spare management business AAF Spares
AFI KLM E&M has officially announced the creation of a Miami-based centre dedicated to asset management operations in the Americas. Named AAF Spares LLC, the business is wholly-owned by AAF Spares Limited, the 50/50 joint venture set up by AFI KLM E&M and...