Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
UK low-cost carrier easyJet on February 22 marked carrying 70 million passengers in and out of Belfast International Airport. The Brennan family from Belfast were given free easyJet return flights in a surprise award after one of the group became that 70 millionth...
Safran Nacelles and Air France International KLM Engineering & Maintenance have signed license agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Airbus A320neo’s LEAP-1A nacelles. Over 2,500 nacelles produced by Safran Nacelles are currently in...
The Aena network of airports recorded 16.9 million passengers in January 2023, up 2.1% on the same month in 2019 and almost two-thirds more than in 2022. Around 10.7 million of the January 2023 passengers travelled internationally, with 6.1 million flying...
French manufacturer Safran has named Nicolas Potier vice resident, support & services of Safran Aircraft Engines. The appointment was made on February 1, Safran said in a February 21 announcement. Former civil servant Potier, 40, will join the company’s executive...
Less than a week after reporting what it said was a difficult 2022, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam said it recorded around 3.9 million passengers in January 2023. The number was a 57% increase on the same month in 2022 and a 348% jump on 2021, when travel was...
Zagreb-based business aviation provider Jung Sky has added a certified Part-145 aircraft maintenance to its services. The company said its MRO [maintenance, repair, overhaul) team is based at Zagreb Airport and available to work on Cessna 525, 525A and 525B aircraft....
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that freight company client DSV will buy sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all its corporate travel with the carrier in 2023. "Since Covid, we have been able to reduce our amount of business air travel, but being a global...
Lufthansa Technik has announced a €7.5 million investment in a training centre in Hamburg-Rahlstedt. "Over the next five years, more than 1,000 new colleagues, who were originally trained for example as carpenters, automotive mechanics or dental technicians, will be...
British company ZeroAvia, which in January tested a hydrogen-powered aircraft over Gloucestershire, has announced a "long-term partnership" with Birmingham Airport. The partners hope to make hydrogen-fuelled air travel "a reality" as ZeroAvia aims by 2025 to produce...
Lithuanian aviation services provider Aviator Airport Alliance (AAA) has announced it will provide ground handling, de-icing and anti-icing services to Lufthansa Group airlines at Stockholm-Arlanda airport. The five-year is to start in May and will cover "around 111...
TA Connections will provide UK-based budget carrier easyJet with a "new distressed passenger re-ticketing service". A Fleetcor business, US-based TA Connections said its "smart ticketing technology" will allow easyJet to "quickly re-book passengers with travel...
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport had a bad 2022 according to parent company Royal Schiphol Group. Publishing what it said were "poor financial results for 2022", the group said its "underlying financial result" was a loss of €28 million, "despite a strong recovery in...