Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Cargo and ground servicing company Swissport has announced that SunExpress has chosen it as its "ground services partner" at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. "Swissport will cover full ground handling operations for SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish...
UK-based and New York-listed Vertical Aerospace has been given what it said is the first Design Organisation Approval (DOA) issued to an eVTOL manufacturer by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The approval is for the VX4, an electric vertical take-off and landing...
Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon (LTTS) said it is "continuing its rapid growth trajectory in Ireland" by opening an engine parts and accessories repair section. The "new 2,000 m2 state-of-the-art facility" adds 20% in spatial terms to the company's maintenance and...
Irish lessor AerCap has announced a deal to send two converted Boeing 737-800s to Rusky Aero Indonesia, a newly-launched cargo airline operating as Raindo United Services (Raindo). Suryo Pratomo, Indonesia's ambassador to Singapore, attended the announcement ceremony...
Board member Ashwin Bhat is to take over as chief executive of Lufthansa Cargo on April 15. "I am very pleased that Ashwin Bhat, a very skilled manager and internationally experienced logistics and cargo expert, is taking on this responsible task. As a member of the...
London Gatwick Airport has announced it is "preparing to welcome the return of Air China" ahead of the carrier's resumption of flights to Beijing on April 1. The flight will be the first to China from the south London airport since early 2020. The four-times-a-week...
UK low-cost carrier easyJet has started flying between Paris Orly and Manchester and on April 1 will connect the north-west England airport with Murcia. The launches come as the carrier marks 15 years of flying from Manchester, where it employs around 700 people and...
A 10-day strike by 1,400 security officers at London Heathrow Airport started on March 31 after an eleventh-hour attempt to avert the walk-out failed. The Unite trade union said March 30 negotiations with Heathrow management "failed to resolve the current pay dispute"...
Loganair and Belfast City Airport have marked the 40th anniversary of the Scottish carrier's first flight from the airport, which was then called Belfast Harbour. Passengers arriving on a flight from Aberdeen were welcomed with a "celebratory water cannon display",...
The Irish government is to spend almost €17 million on the country's regional airports, with the bulk of the cash going to Cork, Knock and Shannon. The allocations were announced by Jack Chambers, a junior minister in the transport department, during a visit to...
Air Canada will "resume and extend" its Edinburgh-Toronto service, according to Edinburgh Airport, which announced the route would re-open on June 2 with "up to daily" flights in summer before a thrice-weekly winter schedule is implemented. “We are pleased to announce...
BAE Systems and Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace are pairing up to "define the battery system" for the Heart ES-30 regional aircraft. The battery, the companies said, "will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff...