Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Turbine Services & Solutions (TS&S), a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider for gas turbines and driven equipment that is wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), and Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) have signed a Memorandum of...
Arkia Israeli Airlines has signed a 12-year TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its CF34-10E engines that power its three Embraer E190 aircraft. This deal is valued at more than $75 million over the life of the...
MTU Maintenance Canada celebrated the redelivery of the first V2500 engine for customer IAE International Aero Engines (IAE) in Vancouver at the end of June. The engine falls under the contract between IAE and MTU last year that sees MTU Maintenance Canada serving...
Ethiopian Airlines Group has finalised its feasibility study and signed a partnership business agreement with ACM Aerospace of Germany pursuant to the aerospace manufacturing development program it has embarked on. The purpose of the agreement is to set up a facility...
South African airline operator Comair has renewed its agreement with Sabre for the travel technology provider’s passenger reservations system, commercial systems and operations systems to help further enhance customer experience, boost revenues and improve efficiency....
Etihad Aviation Group has announced a new organisational structure and operating model, which is says will ensure the group is “fit for purpose to prosper as a people-focused business driven by innovation, safety and sustainability”. Under the new structure,...
Sahara Africa Aviation, which provides end-to-end aviation services in Africa, has signed a multi-year Pool Program Agreement with Embraer for spare parts and support covering more than 500 components for its two recently acquired Embraer ERJ 145 jets. Based in...
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 30 737 MAX jets. "We are glad to include the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the latest in Boeing's single-aisle series, in our young and modern fleet of over 100 aircraft with an average age of less than five years," said...
As part of the Dubai 10X initiative, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) has announced plans to develop a retractable aircraft cabin project which will enable airlines to re-distribute their capacity on demand for each flight in record time while the aircraft...
Flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has suffered a massive data breach that may have compromised email addresses and hashed passwords for more than 230,000 customers. "The security breach may have...
The idea of constructing a commercial aircraft without windows has been debated for a long time, with the obvious benefits of cheaper construction costs, enhanced speed of the aircraft, higher cruising altitudes and more efficient fuel burn. To date, the...
Spairliners and Kenya Airways have extended its existing Integrated Component Care contract covering full component support for 15 E-Jet aircraft of the African airline. With this further long-term prolongation effective by April 2018, the contracted services...