Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Finnair has become the latest E-Jet operator to select AerFin’s BeyondPool component FlightHour-Agreement (FHA), signing a long-term contract to support its fleet of 12 E190 E-Jet aircraft. AerFin’s BeyondPool is a fully bespoke, comprehensive E-Jet component FHA...
Brussels Airlines has moved its operations from Berlin Tegel (TXL) to Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport (BER). The Belgian airline moves under one roof with the other Lufthansa Group airlines (Austrian, Lufthansa and SWISS). Berlin Brandenburg Airport “Willy Brandt”...
The first A330 that Iberia has converted into freighter has arrived in Los Angeles from Madrid. Until four weekly cargo flights between the two cities have been scheduled for this month. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Iberia’s flight operations were...
AAR subsidiary Airinmar, the independent provider of component repair cycle management and aircraft warranty solutions, has signed a new three-year support services agreement with Volaris. The agreement covers the provision of new aircraft warranty services to augment...
Magnetic MRO, a total technical care and asset management organization, has recently signed CAMO service agreement with regional aircraft leasing company TrueNoord. The agreement includes the re-delivery of two Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CRJ900 NextGen (previously...
The cargo division of International Airlines Group has partnered with IATA’s air cargo rates distribution platform, IATA Net Rates, to offer an additional platform which customers can use to do business with IAG Cargo. As the industry continues to progress digitally,...
London Heathrow has announced that it is no longer Europe's biggest airport, with results for the nine months ending September 30 2020, showing passenger numbers are now forecast to be 22.6m in 2020 and 37.1m in 2021, compared to its June forecast of 29.2m in 2020 and...
ACI EUROPE has warned of such fundamental risks to business continuity that an estimated 193 airports face insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not start to recover by the year end. These airports between them facilitate 277 thousand jobs and...
Global AirParts, which provides used, serviceable materials for Sikorsky S-76 helicopters, has commenced a part out project with helicopter lessor, LCI. “Given where values are for some helicopter types, smart asset owners can find a better return on their capital by...
London Heathrow has opened pre-departure COVID-19 testing facilities in Terminals 2 and 5, which will initially offer passengers travelling to Hong Kong and Italy the option to fulfil those countries’ pre-departure testing requirements at the airport before they fly....
ASL Airlines Belgium has entered into an agreement for two B747-400F with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA). The airlines will utilise the aircraft in a mutually beneficial relationship. ASL Airlines will continue to operate its current fleet of three Boeing 747-400F...
Vallair, the mature aircraft asset specialist and launch customer of the A321P2F freighter conversion, has appointed Steve Pike as Aerostructures & MRO services sales manager. Pike will be based in Vallair’s EASA and FAA approved repair facility in Châteauroux,...