Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Spirit AeroSystems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to develop maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the 737 Next Generation Aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, Spirit and MAB will start to...
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES), a global jet engine maintenance provider offering customized engine overhaul services, and Lion Air have entered into a long-term engine maintenance contract. Lion Air signed the agreement covering the airline’s Boeing 737NG fleet....
Embraer has signed an investment agreement to acquire a minority shareholding in XMobots. The transaction will be made via an investment fund in which Embraer is the sole partner, with an additional investment option in the future. XMobots is the largest drone company...
In a major step towards the development of an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) eco-system in Latin America, Airbus has signed an agreement with Ecocopter to collaborate on the launch of UAM service in Ecuador, Chile, and Peru. Both companies will also explore and define...
Boeing has unveiled a roadmap for safe and sustainable ways to deploy Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the US and integrate it into the national airspace system. The "concept of operations" was drafted with Wisk, Boeing’s joint venture partner. The document sets out...
Novus Aviation Capital has selected LeaseWork’s Aeris Asset software to support its day-to-day management of global leasing operations. According to Leasework, the software is fully customisable, providing finance, technical, contracts and marketing departments with...
ST Engineering’s Aerospace arm has secured a five-year component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) contract to service the Boeing 737-800 fleet of Thai budget carrier, Nok Air. Under the multi-year component MBH contract, ST Engineering will provide a full suite of...
On September 19, Eviation completed a high-speed taxi rotation test for its Alice aircraft. Alice is a nine-passenger electric aircraft built from a clean-sheet design around all-electric propulsion. The electric aircraft is powered by two magni650 electric propulsion...
Pratt & Whitney plans to establish a technology accelerator in Singapore in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Technologies developed in Singapore will be applied across Pratt & Whitney’s global maintenance, repair and overhaul...
South Korean hybrid airline, Air Premia, has added two 787-9 aircraft to the component support agreement it holds with AFI KLM E&M. In late 2020, Air Premia joined the community of AFI KLM E&M customers operating 787 aircraft, establishing a long-term...
Air Greenland has selected AMOS Airline Edition and AMOSmobile/EXEC as its MRO software to replace the legacy software that was no longer able to support the airline’s maintenance requirements. The airline was looking for fully integrated end-to-end support for all...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has selected Safran Landing Systems to carry out the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operations on the landing gear of some 30 Airbus A330 and A320 family airplanes. The contract will start this year and run through 2024 for eight A330...