Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The first Lufthansa flight from Belfast has taken off, George Best Belfast City Airport has announced. The service is the sole direct link from Belfast to Germany and is to operate "up to four times a week", according to the airport. “The commencement of Lufthansa’s...
Swiss cargo business Kuehne+Nagel reported a better-than-expected profit in the first quarter of the year (Q1 2023) but saw its air freight business' revenue fall 41% year-on-year. "Net turnover of the air logistics business unit amounted to CHF 1.9bn and EBIT to CHF...
Chapman Freeborn has appointed Russell Cook as its industry vertical director – automotive. A global aircraft charter business and part of Avia Solutions Group, Chapman said Cook will work with auto businesses to help with their supply chain freight forwarding...
Tony Whitty, AJW Group's senior vice president of aircraft & engine procurement, has been elected chairman of The Aviation Club UK. Whitty succeeds Karl Brunjes, who AJW said "diligently served as chairman for the past five years" and steered the club "through the...
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce could be hit by production delays as workers at Swedish supplier Trelleborg go on strike in May 2023. More than 200 people at Trelleborg's Tewkesbury and Bridgewater operations are to down tools from May 2 to May 5 over what they...
New British cargo carrier One Air is expecting "initial demand" for flights to Asia, Europe and the Middle East after being awarded an Air Operators’ Certificate by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The certification was announced on April 24 after the Boeing...
Scotland's official regional airport operator Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has reported a 38.7% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for 2022/23. The 11 HIAL airports have seen traffic return to 85% of pre-pandemic levels, the company said, with...
Islander aircraft maker Britten-Norman and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) are to merge and and to create what they said would be the "world’s first fully integrated, zero-emissions sub regional aircraft". The merger will be finalised by mid-2023, subject to...
Dublin Airport operator daa group recorded a profit before exceptional items of €98 million in 2022, marking a turnaround from "cumulative daa group losses" of €387 million over the 2020-21 period. Turnover for daa, which includes Cork Airport, Aer Rianta...
German operator TUI is to fly from Bristol to Cape Verde in summer 2024. Bristol Airport is to also get daily TUI flights to Mallorca and more connections to destinations including Antalya, Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos and Zakynthos. "These new flights show the...
MTU Aero Engines has announced it is "taking over" electric motor developer and small-volume manufacturer eMoSys GmbH. The acquisition will help it "consistently expand its know-how and its activities relating to electrification of the power train," MTU said in a...
Storm Aviation has followed up its acquisition of Chevron Technical Services & Aircraft Maintenance by naming Jacco Klerk as general manager and director. Klerk will "lead the integration and transformation " into Storm's UK business of Chevron Technical Services...