Finland-based emergency medical operator FinnHEMS has signed Rusada’s ENVISION software to manage its airworthiness and maintenance activities. Incorporating ENVISION software will significantly reduce users’ workloads and avoid any potential human factors conflicts...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Heathrow tops the Cirium charts with highest October half-term departures
Post-pandemic the UK airports have recovered almost by 55% as compared to the October half-term of 2021, according to data from Cirium. Recent data revealed that departures from UK airports during October half-term remain 18% down compared to the same period in 2019...
IATA: Global air cargo demand falls 7.4% below September 2019 levels
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for September 2022 global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand had softened. IATA reported that the global demand fell 10.6% compared to September 2021 but continued to track at near...
Atitech takes control of Alitalia E&M
Atitech has finalised the acquisition of Alitalia E&M from Alitalia. The company reports that the EASA.IT 145.0026 Atitech certification has been extended including the Alitalia capabilities for line maintenance, base maintenance and shops. The EASA CAMO PART M...
Rolls-Royce closes nine months of 2022 with a strong forecast for the future
Rolls-Royce closed the first nine months of 2022 with £2.0bn cash along with £5.5bn in undrawn committed facilities. This included a £1bn five-year sustainability-linked loan, supported by an 80% guarantee from UK Export Finance (UKEF). In September 2022, Rolls-Royce...
Baltic Ground Services to provide ground handling and refuelling services to SkyUp Airlines
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) has signed a contract with SkyUp Airlines to provide ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania and plane fuelling services at Riga International Airport in Latvia and Tallinn International Airport in Estonia....
Farsound expands footprint in Spain to serve Iberia
Farsound recently opened a new facility close to Madrid Barajas Airport to serve its airline customer Iberia. The new facility will supply and maintain key components for aero engines for Iberia’s fleet of aircraft. Apart from the additional space, staff, and...
Vallair purchases two A320 from Aviation Capital Group for teardown
Vallair has purchased two A320s from Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for teardown. The aircraft (MSN 2372 and MSN 2393) are both 2005 vintage and the airframes will be dismantled at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France. Armando Filho, Material Management Director of...
Deutsche Aircraft signs follow-on maintenance contract with Private Wings Flugcharter
Deutsche Aircraft has signed a follow-on maintenance contract with German-based business aviation operator Private Wings Flugcharter (PWF). PWF is one of the largest D328 operators in Europe, with a fleet of nine D328-100 turboprops and one D328 jet. Peter Gatz, CEO...
AJW expands PBH agreement with Modern Logistics
AJW Group recently expanded the power-by-the-hour (PBH) support contract with Brazilian cargo operator Modern Logistics. The PBH contract was signed in 2017 for the full maintenance services for B737CL freighters. It was also one of the first PBH contracts for AJW in...
IATA’s Global Passenger Survey underlines simplification and convenience as passengers’ priorities
International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest Global Passenger Survey (GPS) revealed that passengers’ main priority during air travel is simplification and convenience with proximity to the airport as the main criteria. The passengers prefer to fly from an...
AvEx selects Rusada to manage its heavy maintenance
Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) has selected Rusada’s ENVISION software to manage its new line of heavy maintenance activities. AvEx recently expanded its services by adding heavy maintenance and passenger-to-freighter conversions to its service portfolio. In...