Kellstrom Aerospace has signed a multi-year agreement with Spirit Airlines in which Kelstrom will provide technical advisory and end-of-life advisory services while Vortex Aviation will supply engine hospital shop and field services maintenance for Spirit Airlines’...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AMETEK signs Klatt Works’ to install SAVED in emergency oxygen masks
Ametek Ameron has signed an agreement with Klatt Works to install SAVED (Smoke Assured Vision Enhanced Display) into customer oxygen masks with full mask overhauls, or as OEM equipment. The SAVED system is a high-resolution display fully integrated into pilot and...
Vallair reports healthy bookings with a busy heavy check schedule for Châteauroux hangar
Vallair has recently ramped up its widebody MRO capabilities at the new hangar at the Marcel Dassault Airport in Châteauroux with an A330 twelve-year check program. The new hangar opened for commercial operations last month and since then the hangar is reported to...
Norwegian signs FL Technics to provide wheels and brakes solution
Norwegian Air Shuttle has signed FL Technics to provide wheels and brakes solutions for its latest fleet of 50 Boeing 737 MAX-8 aircraft expected to be delivered between 2025 and 2028. As per Norwegian, the capabilities and infrastructure of FL Technics will lead to...
JSSI expands presence in Florida with new aircraft parts warehouse
JSSI Parts & Leasing is all set to open a new aircraft parts warehouse in Fort Lauderdale, South Florida to meet the growing demand of business aviation. According to JSSI, the warehouse will deliver a more efficient, cost-effective, and quicker aircraft parts...
Aeroitalia signs AFI KLM E&M for component support of Boeing 737NG fleet
Aeroitalia, an Italian startup carrier, has selected AFI KLM E&M’s component support services for its fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft. As a part of the agreement, AFI KLM E&M will implement a range of services including components repair, access to a spare...
Pratt & Whitney Canada launches new Service Hub digital tool
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has launched its new self-service digital tool called the Services Hub, which is designed to guide customers through the process of selecting the right P&WC maintenance services and solutions online, based on their engine and...
Pratt & Whitney to open a second base in Germany with MTU Aero Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada is all set to open a second maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility for the PW800 engine in Germany with long-time collaborator MTU Aero Engines. The new facility will be operational by 2024. Irene Makris, vice president, of...
EirTrade plans robust expansion plans with increased investments and strengthening workforce
EirTrade has undergone robust expansion in the last two years following the pandemic ramping up the workforce by almost 140% and juggling ambitious growth strategies by recruiting the right people to turn its vision into reality. According to CEO Ken Fitzgibbon,...
FlightSafety International to offer full-flight simulator for Praetor training
FlightSafety International will be offering Embraer a new full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 jets to meet the growing demand for these models’ training. The simulator will be located in Orlando with operations starting by Q2 of 2023....
SmartLynx plans robust cargo expansions, adds four A321F to fleet
SmartLynx Airlines will be adding four A321 Freighters to its cargo fleet bringing the total cargo fleet count to 15 and plans to add another five freighters by the end of this year. The newly added A321 Freighters are a part of a sales-leaseback agreement with Aero...
Ethiopian completes its first 767 P2F conversion
Ethiopian Airlines recently completed its passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion of a 767 aircraft with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), thus becoming the first African airline to complete the passenger-to-freighter conversion of a B767 aircraft. Ethiopian...