Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Air France and KLM have moved from Terminal 1 to the newly expanded Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport and will begin flights from the new terminal as of today. The extended terminal is the centrepiece of the Manchester Airport Transformation Programme and features a...
AerFin continues its acquisition drive with the purchase of an Airbus A319-111 aircraft, equipped with two CFM56-5B/3 Tech Insertion engines from Banc of America Leasing Ireland (BALI). The purchase marks the 20th Airbus A320 family aircraft acquired by AerFin since...
Esken has provided an update following the announcement that Ryanair had decided to close its base at London Southend Airport ( LSA) with effect from 1 November 2021. David Shearer, Executive Chairman of Esken commented: "The terms of the deal which had been entered...
AerFin and StandardAero have agreed a new long-term engine support contract including the global repair of AerFin’s CFM56-5C, 5B, 7B, CF34 and V2500 engine material. The deal reinforces the growing relationship between the two companies, who have collaborated for...
FL Technics has received the Certificate for Continuous Airworthiness and Technical Asset Management Services, awarded by the Bureau Veritas, which confirms FL Technics Quality Management System meets the requirements of EN 9110:2018 and EN ISO 9001:2015 standards,...
Gazpromneft-Aero, the aviation fuel operator of Gazprom Neft, increased jet fuel sales by 16% to 1.6 million tons in H1 2021. The volume of retail sales of ‘into-the-wing’ refuelling grew by 14%, to almost 1 million tons. The largest Russian international airports,...
Avion Group has opened a new flight training centre in Luton to support the start of a new long-term cooperation agreement with Wizz Air and IAGO Flight Training. The agreement will see the largest Central European A320 low-cost airline utilise the Avion A320 Level D...
Following on from further successful relaunches with Ryanair to Lviv, Odessa, and Preveza last week, Budapest Airport confirms the carrier has further committed to the Hungarian gateway by announcing an additional four new routes during W21/22. Launching links to...
Barfield, a subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) in the Americas, continues to expand its participation in the UAV industry by signing a partnership agreement with DIODON Drone Technology, a UAS manufacturer. From...
airBaltic has become first to fly the new Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) high-precision flight approaches at Riga Airport with the company’s modern Airbus A220-300 aircraft fleet. These procedures enable more efficient arrival...
London’s Gatwick Airport has announced a £244.6m loss for the six-month period ended 30 June, 2021and negative EBITDA at -£50.2m. A strategic and sustained reduction in capital expenditure resulted in the deferral or cancellation of over £570m from investment...
The CO Research Trust has announced the launch of a White Paper to investigate the risks associated with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in general aviation. The Paper, which has been funded by the CO Research Trust, has been written by Dr Andrew Spowage and his team...