Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
EgyptAir has executed a firm agreement for the sale and purchase of 12 CS300 aircraft along with purchase rights for an additional 12 CS300 aircraft. EgyptAir's Letter of Intent (LOI) was previously announced on November 14 during the 2017 Dubai Air Show. "As...
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed an agreement with Thales to equip the airline’s new, incoming 12 Airbus A320Neo and 17 A321Neo aircraft with a cockpit package of Thales avionics solutions including the TopFlight and Flight...
Saudi-Arabia's low-cost airline flyadeal and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive aircraft engineering services contract. The contract will run over four years and will cover the complete flyadeal A320 fleet. One of the major components of the agreement is...
StandardAero has entered into an exclusive teaming agreement with GDC Middle East (GDC ME) and Horizon Shield Corporation of Riyadh to provide MRO services, engineering support and design services for military aircraft operators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s Market Forecast 2017-2036 covering the 60 to 150-seat segment sees growth in the Middle East with expected delivery of 450 aircraft in that market segment, or four per cent of the forecast 12,550 deliveries worldwide with a total value...
DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF), a joint venture between Dubai-based Al-Futtaim and Germany’s DC Aviation, has opened its second hangar at Dubai South Aviation District. The opening ceremony held inside the new hangar was attended by Sheikhs, senior Dubai government...
Qatar Airways' maintenance organization has begun performing retrofits of Inmarsat's GX Aviation global, high-throughput satellite (HTS) communications equipment on the carrier's fleets of Boeing 777-300ERs and 777-200LRs. Permission for the retrofits follows the...
An Ethiopian Airline aircraft has hit the parked Air India plane at Delhi Airport on the morning of Wednesday August 9. The incident occurred when the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft pushed back from the gate. The right wing of the Ethiopian aircraft hit the left wing of...
In the first two quarters of 2017, Avtrade has secured contracts with 15 different customers across key regions in Europe and the Middle East covering 110 aircraft. The new contracts compromise a range of aircraft including Airbus A320, A330, Boeing 737 , 757 and 767...
AAR has expanded its relationship with flydubai by signing a long-term contract to provide comprehensive flight-hour component support for its new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The Dubai-based airline is set to take delivery of 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft ordered at the...
AJW Group has signed an agreement with Aero Contractors, the Nigerian-based airline, to assist in the restructuring and upgrading of their MRO support services. AJW Group will be supporting Aero Contractors with the upgrade of its MRO services to C check capabilities...
Israel Aerospace Industries and Wipro Enterprises have entered an agreement to collaborate in manufacturing of composite aero structures in India' including establishing a facility for this purpose. The agreement has been signed during India Prime Minister's visit in...