Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Mammoth Freighters has signed a general terms agreement with STS Aviation services to perform passenger-to-freighter conversions for the Mammoth 777 program covering both the 777-200LR and 777-300ER aircraft. The conversion work will be carried out at the STS facility...
MHI RJ Aviation Group or (MHIRJ) recently completed Phase 1 of its expansion project at the West Virginia Service Centre at North Central West Virginia Airport. Upon completion of the expansion project, MHIRJ will add over 100,000 sq. ft. of hangar space, adding six...
Icelandic cargo airline Bluebird Nordic has received one more Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft (BCF). This is the fourth such aircraft in the airline’s fleet. The fleet expansion is Bluebird Nordic’s answer to the growing air cargo transportation demand that has...
For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took off on a passenger flight with the AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The fuselage and engine nacelles of the aircraft were...
Fokker is building a new widebody hangar as a part of a major expansion plan. The new hangar will accommodate aircraft such as Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 777, and will be equipped with floor heating and cooling systems all powered by electricity. Roland van...
Sabre Corporation has renewed its multi-year distribution agreement with United Airlines. The long-term agreement ensures that Sabre-connected travel agents will have access to United's content globally while enabling the airline to extend its reach in Sabre's...
AviaAM has signed a conversion sales agreement for six 777-300ERMF freighters with Mammoth Freighters, thus becoming the launch customer of the 777-300ERMF aircraft. With this order, Mammoth has a total of 29 firm orders for the 777 freighter conversions from several...
StandardAero recently delivered the 100th Rolls-Royce RB211-535 turbofan engine. The milestone was achieved in less than two years after attaining full maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capability on the engine type. StandardAero had signed a life-of-type...
AerFin and Safran have signed a reciprocal agreement recently in which AerFin will provide flexible landing gear leasing support for narrowbody aircraft. Nick Filce, Director, of Trading at AerFin, said: “We have a long-standing history of working with Safran and are...
Unical Aviation has acquired CAVU’s component repair operations from CAVU Aerospace. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CAVU Aerospace is a long-time supplier of services to Unical. Upon signing the deal, Sharon Green, CEO of Unical, said: “The...
Skyway Technology will be integrating Eve Air Mobility’s Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) software solution into the air traffic vertiport operation for efficient traffic management for future Urban Air Mobility (UAM) solutions. Clifford Cruz, CEO of Skyway, said:...
Cargolux has placed a firm order of 10 777-8 Freighters with an option of an additional six aircraft as the replacement for its 747-400 Freighter fleet. The order was previously listed as unidentified on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website. Cargolux claims that...