Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Virgin Australia has signed a 10-year TrueChoice Overhaul Agreement with GE Aerospace for the service of its CFM56-7B engines, which power its fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. The airline currently operates 78 737 NG aircraft, with plans to extend to 84...
Pratt & Whitney’s 1.2 million square foot turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville is almost near completion. The company is expecting to finish the work and achieve the initial operational capability by Q2 of 2023. Pratt has invested around $650 million...
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) recently achieved STC approval for its 12-pallet position B737-800SF freighter conversion from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). The AEI converted B737-800SF freighter offers a main deck payload of more than 23 tonnes and...
Archer Aviation has selected Garmin’s G3000 integrated flight deck for Midnight, Archer’s eVTOL. According to Garmin, the G3000 is an ideal solution for Midnight cockpit as it is compact and lightweight, and offers both an extensive certification pedigree and the...
Lufthansa Cargo has introduced a weekly A321 freighter service from Evenes Airport (EVE) in Norway to Frankfrut, providing Norway's fresh produce directly to the Frankfurt hub and from there on to numerous destinations within Lufthansa's international network. The...
British Airways (BA) has become the first airline in the UK to start trials on using biometric technology that allows passengers to travel abroad without having to show their passports. The trial will run for six months on BA flights from London Heathrow Terminal 5...
EVIA AERO has added another five units of hydrogen fuel-cell conversion kits to its existing Letter of Intent with Cranfield Aerospace (CAeS). Initially EVIA AERO had initially signed up for 10 modification kits plus supplementary type certificates (STCs). CAeS CEO...
Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a contract with The Helicopter and Jet Company (THC) to support Arrano and Arriel engines powering its H160, H125, and H145 fleets. This Support-By-the-Hour (SBH) contract formalizes a long-term Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul...
Avianca has signed Safran Nacelles for the support of the nacelles of its Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International LEAP-1A turbofan engines. As a part of the four-year agreement, Avianca will have access to Safran Nacelles’ shared pool of nacelles end-items. Alain...
Lufthansa Technik is currently carrying out the world’s first Performance Restoration Shop Visit (PRSV) of a LEAP-1A engine owned by Nova Airlines giving the company the chance to analyse the new engine type under operating conditions. The PRSV serves to restore the...
Embraer delivered 10 commercial jets and 23 executive jets (15 light / 8 mid/super-midsize jets) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, bringing the total deliveries so far this year to 27 commercial jets and 52 executive jets (33 light /19 mid/super-midsize jets)....
Lithuanian airports witnessed a 90% passenger traffic recovery as compared to the pre-pandemic levels and almost 80% flight traffic in October 2022. In October 2022, 548 000 passengers travelled through Lithuanian airports, 4 713 flights were handled along with...