Swissport is all set to expand its roots in northern Europe as it has taken over the aviation fuelling and customer portfolio operations from Shell Aviation at Helsinki airport in Finland. Initially, Swissport's new fuelling unit in Finland is expected to deliver...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 receives EASA certification
Rolls-Royce's Pearl 700 engine recently received European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification. According to Rolls-Royce, the Pearl 700 is a custom-designed engine to power two of Gulfstream’s latest aircraft, the Gulfstream G700 and, Gulfstream G800...
AJW Group opens new regional support hub in Turkey
AJW Group, the independent aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has opened AJW Turkey, a new regional support hub and office located in Istanbul. Turkey and the surrounding Eurasia region is one of the priority markets for AJW Group...
Air Greenland selects AMOS MRO software
Air Greenland has selected AMOS Airline Edition and AMOSmobile/EXEC as its MRO software to replace the legacy software that was no longer able to support the airline’s maintenance requirements. The airline was looking for fully integrated end-to-end support for all...
Schiphol plans to curb passenger numbers by 18%
The Schiphol airport crisis continues to add to passengers’ and airline woes. Days after the airport CEO, Dick Benschop handed over his resignation, the airport issued a statement to curb the daily passenger numbers by 18% until at least October 31, 2022 Commenting on...
Heart Aerospace to set up electric aircraft industry in Sweden
Heart Aerospace is set to establish the commercial electric aircraft industry at Säve airport, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The new campus will be called Northern Runway and will include sustainable offices, production and flight test facilities. Anders Forslund, founder,...
Schiphol Airport CEO quits amidst rising chaos due to staff shortage
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Schiphol Airport, Dick Benschop has resigned following a chaotic summer due to several flight cancellations and staff shortage post-pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, Schiphol Airport was the heart of aviation in the Netherlands and...
Satair and Triumph Aviation Services Asia extend repair agreement for Airbus proprietary parts
Satair, an Airbus Services company, and Triumph Aviation Services Asia (TASA) have signed a multi-year agreement extending the longstanding provisioning of repair station services for Airbus Proprietary Parts powered by Satair. Since 2015, Satair has partnered with...
Eikos Statyba wins £41.5 million contract to build new passenger terminal at Vilnius Airport
Lithuanian Airports has finalised Eikos Statyba as the contractor to build the new passenger departure terminal at Vilnius Airport. The total value of the contract is £41.5 million (excluding VAT). The new terminal will be built between the VIP terminal with the...
Vallair invests in spares, acquires A321 for part-out
Advancing on the Group’s strategy to build a spares hub in France, Vallair has purchased an Airbus A321 (MSN 1008) for imminent part-out. The 1999-vintage aircraft was previously operated by AtlasGlobal and managed by TrueAero. The airframe will be fully disassembled...
BagsID demonstrates first image-based baggage recognition solution at Rome Fiumicino Airport
BagsID has successfully deployed its new mobile recognition app during an Innovation Hub incubator program for start-ups at the Rome Fiumicino Airport. Using the app, airport staff were able to scan a set of test bags with the image recognition technology providing...
Airbus reports August deliveries
Airbus has reported 39 deliveries of commercial aircraft during the month of August 2022 to 22 customers. The European airframe manufacturer reported no orders for the month. For 2022 to date, Airbus has made 382 deliveries to 62 customers in the year. The net...