Carl Jones joined Sunshine Coast Airport as the new Head of Aviation Development. With over two decades of experience in airport management, government, and commercial experience working with several leading airports around the world Jones is specialised in air...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Security staff at Heathrow threaten to strike over low pay and unfair working conditions
Heathrow Airport is about witness a new round of industrial strikes involving over 2,000 security officials over low pay and poor working conditions. The strikes are expected to begin from June 24 and continue for an entire month across the busy summer schedule....
Volotea Airlines renews agreement with Avioparts
Volotea Airlines has renewed its long-term Aviation Lubricants Supply agreement with Avioparts for additional three-years, effective June 1. The renewed agreement includes forecasting, planning, advanced provisioning and supply chain administration to all the 19...
KP Aviation secures investment from Bain Capital for global expansion
KP Aviation has received an investment from Bain Capital Special Situations to accelerate its global expansion. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed and proceeds will be used to purchase the interests of Balmoral Funds, the company’s current...
Volocopter signs Swiss AS AMOS software for eVTOL fleet
Volocopter has signed multi-year contract with Swiss Aviation Software (Swiss-AS)’ AMOS, Swiss-AS’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) software to manage Volocopter’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft fleet. Swiss-AS claims that seamless...
Brisbane Airport takes a step towards clean aviation with Hydrogen Flight Alliance
Key players in the Australian aviation like Stralis Aircraft, Skytrans Airlines, Brisbane Airport, Gladstone Airport, Aviation Australia and the Central Queensland University and green hydrogen industries have launched the Hydrogen Flight Alliance (HFA) at Brisbane...
Nolinor Aviation integrates AI into safety management system
Nolinor Aviation has integrated P3F’s artificial intelligence (AI) into a safety management system (SMS) to manage incident reporting leading to automation of several processes related to SMS reporting. “The new solution enables us to process reports faster and more...
American Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi to T-Mobile passengers
American Airlines is all set to offer free Wi-Fi for T-Mobile customers across all its aircraft fleet. Also, the airline would become the first US airline to offer internet capable of video streaming on 100% of its mainline fleet. "Customers traveling the globe to...
Qatar Air Cargo resumes several destinations with robust expansion in Middle East
Qatar Airways Cargo has resumed flights to several destinations this summer. The carrier will operate services to Haneda, Nice, Manama and Sarajevo while continuing to expand its Middle East operations. The carrier also commenced four weekly passenger Airbus A320...
Ethiopian Airlines selects Airbus integrated satellite connectivity HBCplus for new A350 fleet
Ethiopian Airlines will equip its four new A350-1000s with Airbus’ integrated satellite connectivity solution - HBCplus becoming the second airline to choose HBCplus. These equipped aircraft will be delivered starting Q3 of 2024. Speaking about the HBCplus programme,...
GA Telesis deploys Google Cloud’s Vertex AI for speedier sales and service
GA Telesis has selected Google Cloud’s generative AI technology ‘Vertex AI’ to revolutionize the sales and service processes for the parts. GA Telesis will leverage Google Cloud's generative AI technologies to quickly understand and respond to different airline...
Sweden’s Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport to offer only blended SAF for all aircraft
Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in the southwestern part of Sweden, will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all aircraft refueling at the airport, significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of departing...