Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
London City Airport said on December 19 it has applied to increase its annual passenger cap from 6.5 million to 9 million and to have Saturday afternoon flights run until 6.30pm instead of 12.30pm. The application was made to the London Borough of Newham after a...
Toulouse-based Hylight said it has successfully test-flown an airship powered with hydrogen using fuel cells made by H3 Dynamics. The tests were done in Milan and, according to Hylight, mean it is "one of the few companies " to show hydrogen as a "viable power supply...
Airbus announced on December 16 it has reached a "key milestone" in its work to develop its V3 EGNOS, a system "designed to add key security features for the most safety-critical applications such as aircraft navigation and landing". The work will "provide entirely...
While nearly 6.9 million more passengers passed through Ireland's airports in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 compared with 2021, the traffic remained 10% lower than during Q3 2019. In Q3 2022, 10.4 million passengers passed through the five main Irish airports,...
Menzies Aviation ground handlers at Heathrow Airport suspended going on strike on December 16 after what trade union Unite said was "improved pay offer". The "last ditch peace talks" averted a strike that was scheduled to run through Christmas, prompting warnings that...
Avio Aero said it has launched a European Union-funded programme showcasing developments in hybrid electric propulsion technologies for use in commercial aviation. The European Commission awarded approximately €34 million under its Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking for...
Venture capitalists and private equity professionals expect a substantial increase in the number of orders for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft over the next two years. According to research by evtol manufacturers Horizon Aircraft, one in six...
Dublin Airport Authority chairman Basil Geoghegan has sought to rebut criticism over the cancellation of dozens of flights into and from the hub in recent days. “Notwithstanding current sub-zero temperatures, Dublin Airport’s winter readiness plans meant that all...
Ireland's West Knock Airport is to get its first on-site line maintenance service after Dublin-based EirTrade Aviation Maintenance said it had been given EU approval for the work to be done at the airport. EirTrade said the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
Wheels Up company Air Partner said it has handled Teesside International Airport’s first cargo flights as the hub gears up to fill a gap left by the shuttering of a nearby airport. The north-east England hub, according to statement, "is set to establish itself as the...
Cargo software providers WiseTech Global said on December 13 that IAG Cargo, the cargo wing of International Airlines Group (IAG), is "directly integrated" with its CargoWise logistics platform, a link-up it said would enable freight forwarders "to efficiently choose,...
airBaltic said on December 13 it had carried out a "scheduled A-Check technical maintenance and engine replacement" for an Airbus A220-300 aircraft operated by French carrier Air Austral. The Latvian airline said it was "the first time that such maintenance was...