Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Emirates has signed Inmarsat’s GX Aviation inflight broadband for its 50 new Airbus A350 aircraft. The aircraft are scheduled to enter service in 2024. According to the airline, the new high-speed broadband will significantly improve the passenger experience with...
Germany's Frankfurt was the best-connected aviation hub Europe, North America and the Middle East in 2022, going by number-crunching carried out aviation analytics company Cirium "Frankfurt Airport was named the most connected airport during the year, with flights...
Heathrow Airport handled almost six million passengers in December 2022, according to a database posted on its website, almost twice as many during the same month in 2021. Annual traffic for 2022 hit 61.6 million passengers, or 76% of 2019, during 2022. At 42.2...
Eight out of ten private equity and venture capital professionals expect public confidence in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to increase over the next three years, according to a survey by aerospace business Horizon Aircraft. Almost two in ten...
Delta Air Lines said on January 5 it will team up with T-Mobile to offer members of its SkyMiles program free in-flight wifi. The service will run from February 1, the airline said, and would not be limited to T-Mobile subscribers. “T-Mobile customers already get free...
Emirates recently launched its complete revamped and refurbished A380 on the Dubai-London Heathrow route. This is the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. The airline has invested $2bn in a retrofit program for the A380. Tim Clark,...
Bamboo Airways is all set to launch a new cargo carrier called Bamboo Airways Cargo (BAC) to develop a larger network of affiliates in Vietnam’s sparse aviation ecosystem. The airline appointed Doan Huu Doan, Executive Vice Chairman and Executive Deputy General...
China Airlines has increased its cargo capacity for Taiwan with scheduled eight dedicated 777F freighters to fly between Taipei and Christchurch throughout January 2021. The services will transport 800 tonnes of high-value exports, including fresh cherries, out of...
Airbus announced on January 10 that it has signed an agreement with Dutch high-tech industrial supplier VDL Group for the development and manufacturing of UltraAir, a laser communication terminal for aircraft that could offer airline passengers high-speed data...
Latvia's airBaltic has announced it will equip its Airbus A220-300 fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink internet connectivity system. The tie-up means passengers will get free in-flight high-speed internet access during all airBaltic flights, the carrier said. Developed by...
A month later than planned, the new US $2.7 billion Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport will open for business on January 12, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced. In a January 6 statement, the authority said Elizabeth mayor Chris...
HAECO Xiamen recently started the construction of its new maintenance facility in Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport. The new facility will cover a total area of 537,300 square meters including a construction area of 292,300 square meter and an apron area of...