Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
A novel aircraft maintenance project management app, eWork, is claimed to have reduced maintenance completion and turnaround times by a quarter, while providing complete transparency of task status, the personnel and the equipment used in performing them. eWork is a...
PPG will partner with UK airline brand and design consultancy Aerobrand to provide airline customers with a unique service that combines paint supply with livery design. The partnership will enable customers to work closely with designers to create custom paint colors...
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) May 2022 data for global air cargo markets showed that the easing of Omicron restrictions in China helped to alleviate supply chain constraints and contributed a performance improvement in May. Global demand,...
On 11 July 2022, AFG Aviation Ireland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany (AFG), completed the acquisition of one Airbus A330-200 bearing MSN 926 from a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM S.A. The aircraft will shortly be ferried to Teruel...
Volotea, the airline connecting mid-sized European cities, will send its A320 aircraft to Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) for a comprehensive airframe service, mainly to be carried out during the winter seasons. This...
Airbus has announced its commercial aircraft orders and deliveries for the month of June 2022. The European airframe manufacturer delivered 60 aircraft to 35 customers in June, and booked 78 orders. 2022 deliveries to date totals 297 to 60 customers so far.
A new European project, AMU-LED, is conducting demonstration flights of drones in urban environments across the UK, Netherlands and Spain. The first demonstration in Cranfield, UK, today (30 June), tests the feasibility of urban air mobility (UAM) management systems,...
The insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn has been sold and acquired by Swift Conjoy GmbH for an undisclosed sum. The Frankfurt-based company will continue flight operations and take on all employees which account for roughly 430 staff. The airport in the middle of the Hunsrück,...
Spanish carrier Vueling has renewed its long-standing commitment to the Accelya revenue management solution. The multi-year agreement with Accelya will ensure the Barcelona-based airline can quickly identify sales opportunities, closely control pricing, and constantly...
Lilium, which is developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet, has selected Astronics, a provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical industries, to design, develop, and build the Lilium Jet’s...
Airbus and Linde, a global industrial gases and engineering company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports worldwide. The agreement follows a cooperation agreement signed in Singapore in...
London’s Heathrow airport has increased its passenger forecast to 54.4 million passengers for 2022 in light of record summer demand. The new forecast is 67% of 2019 passenger numbers but well more than the 52.8million the airport predicted for 2022 in April. However,...