Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
British Airways (BA) has become the first airline in the UK to start trials on using biometric technology that allows passengers to travel abroad without having to show their passports. The trial will run for six months on BA flights from London Heathrow Terminal 5...
EVIA AERO has added another five units of hydrogen fuel-cell conversion kits to its existing Letter of Intent with Cranfield Aerospace (CAeS). Initially EVIA AERO had initially signed up for 10 modification kits plus supplementary type certificates (STCs). CAeS CEO...
Avianca has signed Safran Nacelles for the support of the nacelles of its Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International LEAP-1A turbofan engines. As a part of the four-year agreement, Avianca will have access to Safran Nacelles’ shared pool of nacelles end-items. Alain...
Lufthansa Technik is currently carrying out the world’s first Performance Restoration Shop Visit (PRSV) of a LEAP-1A engine owned by Nova Airlines giving the company the chance to analyse the new engine type under operating conditions. The PRSV serves to restore the...
Lithuanian airports witnessed a 90% passenger traffic recovery as compared to the pre-pandemic levels and almost 80% flight traffic in October 2022. In October 2022, 548 000 passengers travelled through Lithuanian airports, 4 713 flights were handled along with...
Heathrow reports that it served 5.9 million passengers in October, 84% of 2019 levels. Year to date the UK airport has served 50 million passengers, 74% of 2019 levels. The airport reports that the leisure market has been buoyant thanks to the half term getaway, with...
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has completed the tender related to the construction of Poland's new CPK airport and signed an agreement with a consortium of Foster + Partners and Buro Happold, whose bid was found to be the most advantageous in the proceedings for...
MTU Maintenance recently tested an Aramco CFM56-7B engine at its cell in Hannover using an almost 40% SAF fuel blend. MTU claims that this is the first time an engine is tested on a 40% blend, until now, fuel blends used for this purpose had never surpassed ten% SAF...
Airbus has come up with an interesting solution to offer pilot training without a flight simulator or on-site procedure trainer. The software solution called the Airbus Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT) immerses trainees within a virtual cockpit and coaches them on...
Embraer-X has signed a commercial agreement with Aero-Masters, for the use of Beacon. Aero-Masters intends to use Beacon to enhance its maintenance coordination and help more airlines keep passengers flying, simplifying communication around maintenance events of all...
Airbus delivered 60 aircraft to 38 customers in October 2022, taking the total deliveries this year to 495. With about 55 deliveries last month, Airbus remains optimistic about achieving its goal of 700 deliveries at the end of 2022. October 2022 deliveries include...
AFI KLM E&M signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney for the maintenance and repair of PW1500G engines used to power Airbus A220 aircraft. As a part of the agreement, AFI KLM E&M will join Pratt & Whitney’s global support network for GTF engines. With...