Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Pratt & Whitney Canada has confirmed that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had certified its PW812D engine, the third official seal of approval granted after those of Transport Canada and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The newly-approved...
Jet Parts Engineering, a portfolio company of Vance Street Capital, has bought Northeast Aero Compressor, a component repair business. With Northeast focused on what it said was "complex pneumatic, hydraulic and electro-mechanical parts in commercial and cargo...
Alaska Airlines (AA) on Wednesday said it was "the first US airline to launch an electronic bag tag programme" with new tech that allows passengers to tag luggage on the airline's phone app. The roll-out is to see 2,500 Alaska Mileage Plan members begin receiving...
United Airlines said that it has made a "strategic equity investment"of an unspecified amount of money in Natron Energy. The deal with what United labelled a "cutting-edge" battery manufacturer is aimed, it added, at helping reduce emissions from ground operations....
Jetstar Asia has signed three major maintenance service agreements with ST Engineering to provide MRO services on its Airbus A320 fleet. It includes a new three-year line and base maintenance service agreement and a multi-year component repair service agreement with...
Jetstar has expanded its Qantas partnership by providing flexible payment options to Jetstar customers using the pay later platform Zip. Both Zip Pay and Zip Money will be available for eligible Jetstar customers. Zip Pay allows customers to flexibly pay for purchases...
Toronto Pearson International Airport reopened its second-busiest runway after eight months of repair work costing CA$80 million. The work included concrete replacement and lighting upgrades as well as a full-depth replacement at the west end of the runway. The new...
ST Engineering reported an increase of 17% in the Group revenue on a year-on-year basis to $4.27bn from $3.65bn in its first half-year financial results ended 30 June 2022 (1H2022). The group attributed this growth to all business segments. The Group reported its...
IndiGo airlines in collaboration with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched a Digital e-logbook for pilots. This e-logbook will provide information like direct flight data transfer from IndiGo systems to eGCA logbooks. Captain Ashim Mitra,...
The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) October 2022 global air cargo data suggest "headwinds" such as high fuel costs, the strength of the US dollar and rising inflation are hitting demand, which was down 13.6% on October last year. "As many costs are...
Airbus's UpNext subsidiary is to launch a project with the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) to look into how superconductivity can promote "decarbonisation of future aircraft systems". The tie-up is the latest in a series of so-called "clean aviation"...
Airbus said this week it was fined around €15.86 million over "past matters relating to the use of intermediaries in sales campaigns prior to 2012". The agreement with France's financial prosecutions office came after the manufacturer was accused of bribery in Libya...