Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
UK-headquartered cargo business Europa Air & Sea has opened an office in Delhi after doing likewise in Shanghai and Dubai in 2022. Part of the Europa Worldwide Group, which in 2022 reported a record turnover of £316 million, the company "is setting the pace in the...
British regional carrier Eastern Airways has announced the launch of three Paris routes services "in cooperation with Air France", with the daily services to Paris Orly from East Midlands, Cardiff and Southampton airports to Paris Orly to start in April 2023. “We are...
LYTE Aviation has announced it is developing a 40-seat hybrid electric-hydrogen vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) SkyBus aircraft and an eVTOL SkyTruck variant. LYTE, which is based in London and Hamburg and describes itself as the "world’s newest advanced air...
Munich Airport has jazzed-up its car rental facilities by teaming up with "turnaround service provider " Assured Europe and Norwegian company Wenn AS to offer "fully automated documentation of a vehicle’s condition". The system gives an update on the car "as it passes...
Air Mauritius will start daily winter flights from Gatwick Airport to the Indian Ocean island in October 2023. The addition of the route will take the south London hub to "almost 50 long-haul destinations". “Air Mauritius’ arrival at London Gatwick is fantastic news...
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) has published data showing the country's air travel as having "increased significantly in 2022". The 224 million passengers who travelled to and from UK airports took the kingdom to 75% of 2019 levels and amounted to a...
Ireland's Shannon Airport saw a "significant hike" in passenger numbers in January and February 2023, the airport announced, citing data published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), a government body. "In January, the number of people travelling through Shannon...
Icelandic airports operator Isavia reported a 75% year-on-year rise in revenue in 2022 to over ISK 36bn (US$ 260 million) as passenger numbers through Keflavik Airport nearly tripled to 6.1 million and took the hub close to the 2019 level. Earnings (EBIDTA) came to...
Swissport has won what is said is a "major contract from Sky Airline" for ground services and cargo handling at the 15 airports the budget carrier serves in Chile The company has separately agreed with Düsseldorf Airport on a 74.9% shareholding in the airport's cargo...
2022 was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports. Both can point to a better 2022 compared with the previous two years. On March 16, Gatwick announced a £195.2 million profit in 2022 as passenger numbers topped 32...
Flight disruptions at 11 northern UK airports should be a thing of the past after striking workers voted to accept wage increases of up to 7%. A "long-running pay dispute involving 120 Unite members across the Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (HIAL) Group" ended...
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd. agreed to fold their joint-venture company into GMR, giving ADP a liquid stake in a business that owns airfields in India. ADP owns 49% and GMR Airports own 51% stake in the unlisted GMR Airports Ltd....