Kenya Airways’ in-house maintenance base at Embakasi has received recognition by Embraer as the manufacturer’s 10th global service center, allowing the airline to maintain Embraer aircraft. In May Kenya Airways obtained approval as an Embraer maintenance base from...

SR Technics has been selected to provide Integrated Component Services for Etihad Airways' new Boeing 787 fleet, and is in advanced discussions on further Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) contracts. Under the $150 million agreement, SR Technics will provide...

An Emirates A380 was forced to make an emergency landing earlier today after smoke was detected in the cockpit. The flight, EK413, was en route to Dubai from Auckland with stop in Sydney, when the pilot sent a May Day message and activated all emergency functions...

AFI KLM E&M and Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, have announced the signing of a support contract for the airline’s all-Airbus fleet. The contract covers component support for sixteen A320s, six A321s and six A330s and includes the provision of...

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, and Lufthansa Technik AG have early extended their existing cooperation in landing gear overhaul for the airline's Airbus A320, A321 and A330 fleet. The new contract, which commenced in February 2015, will end in...

Turkish Technic and Citilink have signed an A320 component support contract. The contract comprises component supply and repair on part number basis. Components will be supplied from the Istanbul/Turkey main bases and Turkish Technic pooling stations in the Middle...

Lufthansa Technik will provide a Total Component Support TCS for the Airbus A320 and A330 fleet of the four airlines of Thomas Cook Group plc, one of the world's leading leisure travel groups. The contract started in February 2015 and will run over a period of six...

Wamos Air, a Spanish charter airline, and Lufthansa Technik have extended their existing cooperation. Since 2003 Lufthansa Technik is providing a Total Component Support TCS for the Boeing 747 fleet of Spain's third largest long-range airline. On the occasion of the...

Emirates Engineering marked another milestone when the team performed its first 3C-Check on an A380, a major overhaul that restores the airline’s first A380 aircraft to near pristine condition. In a round-the-clock operation taking 55 days, two teams of highly...

AAR announces the US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has awarded its Airlift division a contract to provide dedicated rotary-wing airlift services to US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) throughout four Central African countries. The government has dismissed a protest –...

South African MRO Vector Aerospace Africa has been appointed a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 turboprop engine. Jeff Poirier, president of Vector Aerospace Engine Services – Atlantic, said: "We are well known for our...

Services Air Cargo has signed a deal with JorAMCo to provide the Congo-based freight carrier with base maintenance services for its A310. The maintenance check is planned to take place during July and August this year.