Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Silk Way West Airlines has selected GE Aerospace total of 16 GE9X and GE90 engines to power its new fleet of long-haul Boeing aircraft. The airline claims that these new engines are the world’s most powerful models and will contribute to its sustainability goals by...
GKN Aerospace is planning to relocate its North America additive manufacturing (AM) center of excellence to the Lone Star Commerce Center in Fort Worth, Texas with a 100,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will initially house research and development of laser...
Lufthansa Airline has signed EPCOR to provide the APS5000 Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft. EPCOR will also handle all warranty repairs on the APS5000s. Lufthansa took delivery of its first Dreamliner in August 2022, with four more to...
China Cargo Airlines has extended its Total Component Support with Lufthansa Technik for 777 freighters for 15 years. As a part of the contract, Lufthansa Technik will provide fully customised and extensive component service to over ten Boeing 777-200 freighters. This...
The Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737MAX will dominate the narrowbody market, as per the latest IBA report. The report showed that the global capacity recovery towards 2019 has slowed in the second half of 2022 but will continue in 2023 and this slow recovery rate is due...
Boeing has forecasted a strong demand for air cargo through 2024, with traffic doubling and the world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%, as per its latest World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF). The report says that the global freighter fleet will grow by more...
Copa Holdings and Lufthansa System have signed a partnership on the use of Lido FMS and Lido mPilot to enable maximum operational efficiency and safety. Copa Airlines and AeroRepública are subsidiaries of Copa Holdings and a member of the global Star Alliance network....
Neste has achieved an important milestone of delivering over 500,000 gallons Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The delivery was made in cooperation with LAXFuel's supply infrastructure using barges for transport. This...
ExecuJet MRO has started the construction of its new maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) centre at Malaysia’s Subang airport. The new facility is being built on an area of 149,500 square feet including corporate offices, customer areas, and back shops that will...
MTU Aero Engines has predicted its revenue to be between €6.4bn and €6.6bn and assumes that it will continue to rise steadily to around €8bn in 2025 in its latest forecast for the 2023 fiscal. Going ahead, MTU anticipates the highest revenue growth from the commercial...
Brisbane Airport has made two major announcements related to airport expansion and renewable energy. Anticipating the rising passenger traffic in coming years, the Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) is planning a new terminal to cater to demand. The airport has...
Corporación América Airports (CAAP) reported a 51.1% year-on-year (YoY) increase in passenger traffic in October 2022, reaching 88.3% of October 2019 levels, supported by a continued recovery in travel demand following the lifting of travel restrictions. The...