Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Iberia Maintenance, part of International Airlines Group (IAG), said it has put together "a long-term agreement" with HK Express for 32 V2500 aircraft engines. A subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, HK Express is to avail of Iberia's "efficiency improvements", including "the...
Data published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on January 9 show air cargo volumes falling year-on-year in Europe and North America in November. According to the IATA, which represents 300 airlines, North American carriers posted a 6.6% decrease...
London Stansted Airport's 3km-long runway is to be "fully resurfaced" by May 2023, the airport said on January 6. The runway, which was last resurfaced in 2006, is to be closed from midnight to 6am over the first 11 weeks of the five-month project, with the work done...
Brussels Airport kicked off the new year with a new resolution towards sustainable aviation by taking the delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the first time using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS). The CEPS will be supplying aviation fuel...
Border Force staff at airports in UK has gone on a mass strike over better pay and working conditions. Airlines and airport authorities have warned international passengers about long delays due to the strike. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial...
Air Nostrum and Volotea have acquired a minority stake in Dante Aeronautical and Dovetail Electric Aviation, becoming its first strategic investors. Dante Aeronautical is a developer of regional aircraft and both electric and hybrid aircraft engines, particularly...
Safran will be setting up a new production plant for titanium compressor blades and vanes for LEAP engines in Walloon region of Belgium. As per Safran, the 10,000-square-meter facility will feature automation, highly qualified personnel and the most advanced digital...
AviaAM Leasing purchased two more Boeing 737-800 aircraft for Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. The aircraft with serial numbers 29769 and 28225, are the fifth and sixth Boeing 737-800 respectively inducted to cargo conversion, with the previous three already...
With around 75,000 passengers expected between December 20 and New Year's Day, Shannon Airport in Ireland's south-west is expecting its busiest Christmas in three years. A departure and layover point for flights to the US, Shannon has slowly been regaining traffic...
While Christmas 2022 departures from UK airports were set to be 14% below 2019, numbers will be up by a third on 2021, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. Almost 31,000 flights were scheduled to take off from British airports between December 21 to January 4,...
Edinburgh Airport announced on December 2 it is to host 10 flights a week to Doha from February 2023, with Qatar Airways to provide an "enhanced service" from the Scottish hub. The extra flights show the airport is "continuing to build towards a strong 2023" following...
Air Portugal (TAP) has reopened its lounge in Lisbon after around four weeks of renovation that "completely remodernised" the facility, giving it more space and more plants, the carrier said. The revamp allows for 320 "premium customers" to use the lounge's "more...