The European Parliament's Budgets Committee has approved an application from Ireland for funding for the 850 workers made redundant by ST Technics Ireland. The EU funds, estimated at €7,445,863, still need final approval by the full Parliament and the Council of...

MTU Aero Engines Holdings’ nine-month results for 2010 show that the firm is on track to achieve its yearly targets. Revenues increased by 2% to €1,992.3 million after €1,954.9 in the previous year. MTU boosted its earnings by 7% to €226.1 million. At 11.3%, the EBIT...

Aviation mechanics are striking this morning. They are refusing to perform maintenance, repair or inspection work on aircraft over a contract dispute. A compromise bid offered by mediators was rejected and 900 mechanics went on strike at 5 am. The strike action...

SR Technics’ Malta facility has completed the first maintenance check on an easyJet A319. This is the first aircraft to be checked under the $1.6 billion maintenance agreement signed in November 2009. SR Technics building a new four-bay narrowbody facility at the...

As reported in Aviation News yesterday over 200 jobs are to go at Shannon Aerospace staff. Following a meeting yesterday morning CEO Thomas Rueckert, confirmed there would be 107 job losses. The news ends months of speculation at the airline maintenance company, which...

Staff at Shannon Aerospace have been called into a meeting this morning to discuss reorganisation plans. Job cuts are expected to be announced. The company currently employs more than 700 people.

Iberia has officially opened it maintenance, repair and overhaul facility (MRO) at Barcelona El Prat Airport. The facility will begin operations in November. The €26 million, 26,000m², facility at El Prat will provide line maintenance, minor repairs and overhaul...

3D software provider, Ngrain has signed a deal with Cassidian (formerly EADS Defence & Security) to provide integrated solutions for virtual aircraft maintenance training. Under the agreement, Ngrain and Cassidian will develop interactive virtual training...

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and GE are celebrating a new flight hour record for GE's CF6-80C2B1F turbofan engine powering 747-400 aircraft around the world. The first engines of its type operated by Deutsche Lufthansa and maintained by Lufthansa Technik have now surpassed...

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has won a contract to overhaul the engines of Austrian Airline A320-family fleet. The eight-year contract, which extends an existing agreement between the two, covers all CFM56-5B engines powering the 21 A320 aircraft. "This contract is another...

Russian MRO provider Domodedovo Technik is providing 1C-Check maintenance service to UTair's Boeing 737-524. This is the second time the provider has performed C-check service to UTair's aircraft. Domodedovo Technik aims to obtain a C6 EASA rating before the end of...

Factory Design and Marshall Aerospace have agreed a memorandum of understanding which will see the two collaborate on the design of cabin interior programmes.