Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is set for a return to pre-Covid operations, with the number of flights, passengers and seats for sale likely to be the most since before the pandemic, the airport's management said in a March 29 statement. "The number of seats on...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Corendon Airlines widens engine maintenance deal with AFI KLM E&M
AFI KLM E&M is to take charge of Amsterdam shop visits for six CFM56-7B engines under its long-time partnership with Corendon Airlines, “Beyond the technical quality of the offer, we appreciate the frank and direct relationship offered by AFI KLM E&M. Their...
Iberia Maintenance to host aircraft engine conference in Madrid
Based on what it claimed to be its "leading position in the engine MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) market", Iberia Maintenance is to host the Aero-Engines Europe 2023 conference in Madrid. The September 13-14 conference is to be the "leading event exclusively...
AFI KLM E&M appoints UK sales and finance directors
KLM UK Engineering Limited, a subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), which in turn is part of the Air France-KLM group, has appointed Paul Conway as sales director and Martin de Jong as financial director. Conway...
GO7 and PNG Air in ticketing tie-up
US/UK-based travel technology company GO7 has announced a ticketing partnership with PNG Air, one of Papua New Guinea's largest domestic carriers and the island nation's "next-generation airline". "Our ticketing solution enables PNG Air to expand its inventory...
Munich Airport announces return of ANA
Munich Airport has announced the post-Covid return of All Nippon Airways (ANA), which is "resuming its nonstop connection from Munich to Tokyo's city-near Haneda Airport". The Bavarian regional capital is to be ANA's "only year-round destination in Europe to be...
Ryanair widens summer options from Knock Airport
Ryanair said it has launched its "biggest ever Knock schedule" with a flight from the west of Ireland airport to Lanzarote. "This summer, Ryanair will operate over 120 weekly flights to/from Ireland West Airport Knock driving invaluable inbound tourism and offering...
Loganair gets 30 more weekly slots at London Heathrow
UK’s largest regional airline Loganiar has today announced that it is to expand at London Heathrow after getting 30 additional pairs of slots each week under a lease arrangement with British Airways. The deal, which takes effect in May 2023, will enable Loganair "to...
Dublin Airport tables plan for summer improvements
Dublin Airport has published a "15 point plan" it said would "improve standards" by adding 400 seats, faster wi-fi and faster security checks for passengers. There are to be "more staff, shorter queues, more seats, new family seating zones and less clutter across the...
Belfast International says Ryanair returning with airport base
Belfast International has announced the return of Dublin-headquartered low-cost carrier Ryanair with a two-aircraft base at the airport. The airline is to operate over 140 flights a week to 16 routes "across GB and Europe", with Budapest, Milan, Barcelona, Paris,...
VINCI announces environmental certification for Portuguese airports
VINCI Airports has announced that Portugal has become the first country in the European Union to have its entire airport system ACA 4+2 certified. The landmark came after the group said that its airports in the country were awarded the ACA 4+ certification, which it...
Schiphol trying out self-driving buses
The operators of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam have announced a "trial involving self-driving buses" in partnership with nlmtd and TNW (The Next Web. "Ground-based activities such as baggage transport, passenger transport and aircraft towing will not only be clean,...