Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR has signed a multiyear contract to provide power-by-the-hour component support for Wataniya Airways, one of the national carriers for the state of Kuwait. AAR will support Wataniya’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft through its extensive inventory network, including...
Al-Burhan Airways, Iraq’s only civilian helicopter service, is to work with software firm Ideagen ahead of launching a dedicated commercial airline service. The Baghdad-based organisation will implement Ideagen’s Q-Pulse software as it begins to expand its operations...
TAT ENGINEERING, a joint venture, founded by Israeli engineering company TAT Technologies and Russia’s ENGINEERING Holding to offer aircraft heat exchanger repair services in Russia, has received its EASA Part 145 certificate. TAT ENGINEERING is now fully prepared to...
The new facility of Lufthansa Technik Middle East (LTME) has become fully operational in the Aviation District at Dubai South. In the presence of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, and chairman of the Emirates Group,...
Etihad Airways Engineering has become the first organisation in the Middle East to be granted with a Part21G Production Organisation Approval (POA) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). With the new approval Etihad Airways Engineering is now entitled to...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has continued to make improvements in the fuel efficiency of its fleet, resulting in substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and reinforcing the sustainability credentials of the airline. The...
Azman Air, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing airlines, has selected VD Gulf to perform maintenance work on one of its Boeing 737CL fleet. Founded in 2010, Azman Air is a wholly-owned Nigerian airline operating scheduled passenger services from its main base in Kano,...
Safi Airways flight 4Q502 from Herat, was damaged in a hard landing accident on runway 29 at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The right hand main gear separated and the aircraft came to rest with the second touching the runway. An evacuation was carried out on the left...
AFI KLM E&M and Ethiopian Airlines have signed a long-term component services contract covering a fleet of 28 737NG aircraft. The contract is placed in the framework of the Component Services Program (CSP), the exclusive program operated jointly by AFI KLM E&M...
Etihad Airways Engineering and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work jointly on the development of a new A380 MRO Services offering. With this partnership Airbus and Etihad Airways Engineering will combine their respective skills to offer the...
AAR, the airframe maintenance and integrated supply chain solutions provider, has signed a five-year agreement to provide power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services to South African Airways Technical (SAAT) Ltd. The contract is valued...
A preliminary report from investigators has suggested that pilot error could have been to blame for the crash landing of Emirates Flight 521 in Dubai. The 777 pilots may have made errors in trying to abort their landing, according to reports. The pilots may have added...