Oman Air has signed a new Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH)agreement with CFM International. The RPFH is a comprehensive maintenance program customized to Oman Air's fleet of 33 CFM56-7B engines. CFM guarantees the maintenance cost on a dollar per engine flight hour basis...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
737-500 makes emergency landing in Lagos
An Aero Contractors flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday landed safely at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos despite the fact that 10 minute prior to landing one of its engines was emitting smoke. All passengers were evacuated successfully from...
Shell Aviation inks agreement to supply new Dubai airport
Shell Aviation (SAV) has signed a fuel concession agreement with Dubai Airports to operate as a fuel supplier at the new Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). When it is finished, the airport will be the largest...
Leesburg Airport ideal site for aircraft maintenance and training
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University officials have stated that Leesburg International Airport is the ideal site for aircraft repairs, manufacturing aviation components, and avionics training. Leesburg has "the capabilities to support the aviation aerospace industry...
JSSI Announces Year-End Payment Deferral
Jet Support Services (JSSI) is offering a year-end payment deferral to anyone enrolling their aircraft onto a JSSI Engine, Airframe or APU program, now until the end of 2010. This first-time JSSI incentive is being launched in the spirit of the recent extension of the...
New aircraft mechanic training facility in Riyadh
Al-Salam Aircraft Company has announced plans to transform its training centre into a business-oriented academy to train Saudi nationals in aircraft mechanics. "Currently we are producing about 50 highly trained Saudis in aircraft mechanics every year from our...
UAE expresses disappointment not to be granted landing rights in Canada
The United Arab Emirates has expressed its disappointment of Canada’s refusal to grant additional landing rights to UAE carriers. UAE’s ambassador to Canada, Mohammed Abdullah al-Ghafli commentated to national press that the failure will certainly affect relations...
Ethiopian to bid maintenance hangar construction project
The management of Ethiopian Airlines has finalized the preparation of a bid document for the construction of a new maintenance hangar planned to be built at its hub at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. In an exclusive interview with Aviation News, Ethiopian...
UAE’s first female Emirati aero engineer passes through the Etihad’s graduate program
Etihad's largest ever group or Emirati graduates celebrated their success at a special event yesterday – and included in their ranks the first ever Emirati female aviation engineer. More than 450 people at the Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi, gathered to congratulate...
Ethiopian Airlines to move forward with commercialization of MRO arm as ET | Technical
Ethiopian Airlines MRO subsidiary company will be ET Technical. By commercializing its maintenance and engineering department Et Technical will be a separate business entity that will provide line maintenance, repair and overhaul service to ET domestic, ET...