Skyborne Airline Academy has launched an in-house and third party maintenance facility, after being awarded UK CAA Part-CAO approval. The in-house Fleet Support team is located at Skyborne’s headquarters at Gloucestershire Airport in the UK, enabling Skyborne to have...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Avia Solutions Group acquires a FBO and MRO base at London Biggin Hill Airport
On 22 October 2021, Avia Solutions Group acquired Biggin Hill Hangar Company Limited, the owner of Hangar 510, a premium Fixed Base Operations (FBO) and Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) centre of operations at London Biggin Hill Airport. Built in 2011, Hangar...
Airhub Airlines Airbus A340 to Start Wide-Body Operations
Airhub Airlines Malta AOC, Airhub Aviation group company, is set to begin wide-body operations after its first Airbus A340-300 successful registration to the Maltese aircraft register. It marks a significant milestone in Airhub Airlines fleet expansion - the aircraft...
Heathrow reports Q3 losses
In Q3, Heathrow airport experienced its first full quarter of passenger growth since 2019, underscoring strong pent-up demand as travel restrictions eased and testing requirements were simplified. Passenger numbers in the third quarter recovered to 28%, and cargo to...
Mammoth Freighters collaborates with MTU Maintenance for GE90-110/115B engine maintenance support
MTU Maintenance and Mammoth Freighters have recently signed a cooperation and support agreement designating MTU Maintenance as the preferred partner for all engine maintenance needs for Mammoth Freighters’ B777 P2F conversion program. This agreement covers scheduled...
ANTAVIA opens new wheel & brake MRO facility at Paris CDG
ANTAVIA, a provider of MRO services and repair specialist for commercial airlines, business jets, military and governmental wheel and brakes, has opened the doors to its large new facility at Paris CDG. The 2,500 sq.m premises has been brought on-stream as the...
Embraer signs pool agreement with KLM Cityhopper for E195-E2s
Embraer has signed a new pool program agreement with KLM Cityhopper, the regional subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The contract includes broad component support for the airline’s E195-E2s fleet. Currently, Embraer’s Pool Program supports more than 50 airlines...
AerinX smart inspection solution is already in use in several locations within the European Union and in the Gulf region
“AerinX is a unique and highly innovative supporting tool and system for aerospace engineers using 3D models and mixed reality technology. With our support technicians can focus on the high value-added tasks where their experience is required the most. Based on our...
AerinX and Magnetic MRO enter into an agreement to implement high-tech aircraft maintenance solution
Aircraft maintenance and asset management provider, Magnetic MRO, is to start applying mixed reality-based aircraft skin inspection software developed by AerinX. With the high-tech system, external aircraft inspection processes can be significantly accelerated and...
IBA: sustained demand for passenger to freighter aircraft conversions
Demand for passenger to freighter (PTF) aircraft conversions continues to remain strong following Covid-19, according to the IBA Group. In a recent webinar, IBA with AEI, revealed that there were over 132,000 active freighter flights across the globe in September...
Eurocontrol asks if joint pan-European system of route charges is still fit for purpose
In its latest “Think Paper” Eurocontrol assesses whether the European Route Charges System, which has effectively funded en-route air navigation services (ANS) across the pan-European network for 50 years, is still fit for the future in the wake of a pandemic that has...
Meggit signs MRO deal with FL Technics
Meggitt has signed a three-year, multimillion euro SMARTSupport contract with FL Technics to supply MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) services for sensors, valves, actuators, and fire extinguishers to operators across Eastern Europe and the CIS. Stewart Watson,...