Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Icelandic leasing and cargo airline Bluebird Nordic aims to get an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in Slovakia as part of plans to double its fleet to 25 aircraft and add to its capacity in central Europe. “Slovakia is ideally positioned in the middle of Europe, which...
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) has renewed a contract with Ryanair for aircraft fuelling at Vilnius and Palanga airports in Lithuania and Leoš Janáček airport in the Czech Republic. “Since the beginning of the partnership with Ryanair, our focus on quality, safety and...
Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam recorded 3.8 million passengers in February 2023, a 42% increase compared to 2022 and up almost 650% on the year before that. Almost 28,350 flights landed at or took off from the airport during the 28-day month, up 17% on 2022 but below...
UK-based Vertical Aerospace has announced the opening of what "is believed to be the UK’s most advanced aerospace battery facility" in Bristol. The Vertical Energy Centre (VEC) is a "multi-million-pound state-of-the-art, 15,000ft2 facility" where around fifty staff...
Teesside Airport in the north-east of England has claimed to be "the UK’s first to entirely do away with the 100ml limit on liquids when passing through airport security". The amount has been lifted to two litres after the airport installed two "cutting-edge" C3...
Manchester Airport reported 1.7 million passengers in February 2023, meaning traffic was back to 93% of 2019. The number was an increase of half a million on the same month in 2022 and suggested the airport was in for a "strong summer season" with "far-flung...
Volocopter has asked SITA to be its digital systems partner for its "vertiports" after the airport information technology provider joined Volocopter's series E funding round. Volocopter is aiming to be a leader in electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft with...
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Exail have signed "a major new contract" for the supply of a full flight simulator to train crews on the E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) aircraft used by the French Air...
Ryanair has announced its "biggest ever summer schedule to/from Dublin", adding 14 "new exciting destinations" to take it to 130 routes from the Irish capital. The budget carrier listed "sun hotspots like Asturias and Castellon in Spain, Kos and Zakynthos in Greece"...
Rolls-Royce has appointed John Kelly as president – Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META). Kelly, a twenty-year Rolls-Royce veteran, worked for six years as senior vice president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the Group’s Civil Aerospace business. In his...
Around 432,000 passengers are expected to fly in or out of Dublin Airport during the weekend following St. Patrick's Day on March 17. With St. Patrick's Day falling on a Friday, the three-day weekend is set to swell traffic for the holiday, which is meant to...
Royal Schiphol Group is pairing up with Google partner security technology company Pangiam "to develop a new way to screen hand baggage quickly and safely" using artificial intelligence. If it works, the technology, which is called "Project DARTMOUTH", could in time...