Based on the recent successes seen in its Maker flight testing program, Archer Aviation states that it is confident it will achieve its goal of flying full transition flights with Maker by year end. The work the team put in during the first half of this year to...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AmP announces Certification by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Arlington-based aviation maintenance organization, Aviation Maintenance Professionals (AmP), received final approval from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation. This certification allows AmP to provide its full range of maintenance, repair and...
Skytrans and Stralis Aircraft to develop hydrogen aircraft
Regional Australian airline Skytrans has partnered with Stralis Aircraft, to develop and trial Australia’s first hydrogen-electric propulsion aeroplane. The zero-emissions hydrogen-electric propulsion system (HEPS) will be installed on a Beech 1900D Airliner with the...
NASA seeks partners to develop flight tech to reduce carbon emissions
NASA is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s. Through its new Announcement for Partnership Proposals, NASA intends to fund one or more...
Elbit Systems completes the sale of Ashot
Elbit Systems has completed the sale of all ordinary shares held by its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, IMI Systems (IMI), in IMI's 84.98%-owned subsidiary, Ashot Ashkelon Industries (Ashot) and all capital notes of Ashot held by IMI and Elbit Systems, to FIMI...
Integrating drones in urban airspaces
A new European project, AMU-LED, is conducting demonstration flights of drones in urban environments across the UK, Netherlands and Spain. The first demonstration in Cranfield, UK, today (30 June), tests the feasibility of urban air mobility (UAM) management systems,...
New investor for insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn airport
The insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn has been sold and acquired by Swift Conjoy GmbH for an undisclosed sum. The Frankfurt-based company will continue flight operations and take on all employees which account for roughly 430 staff. The airport in the middle of the Hunsrück,...
Vueling renews revenue management partnership with Accelya
Spanish carrier Vueling has renewed its long-standing commitment to the Accelya revenue management solution. The multi-year agreement with Accelya will ensure the Barcelona-based airline can quickly identify sales opportunities, closely control pricing, and constantly...
Lilium engages Astronics for its power distribution system
Lilium, which is developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet, has selected Astronics, a provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical industries, to design, develop, and build the Lilium Jet’s...
HAECO selects dentCHECK from 8tree to enhance maintenance operation
HAECO Group has begun using 8tree’s dentCHECK tool to enhance the efficiency and quality of its dent-mapping activities. In particular, HAECO Hong Kong and HAECO Americas are already making use of dentCHECK’s new automatic large-area mapping capability to drastically...
Korean Airlines decides for Lufthansa System’s NetLine Solutions
Lufthansa Systems has announced Korean Airlines as a new customer of its network planning system NetLine/Plan and schedule management solution NetLine/Sched. The solution provides Korean Airlines with modern and efficient planning and scheduling tools and also enables...
SkyDrop, Domino’s gear up to launch commercial drone delivery trial in New Zealand
SkyDrop announced that production of the drone fleet for the commercial drone delivery trial with Domino's is now complete. SkyDrop (formerly known as Flirtey) and Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (Domino's), signed an agreement earlier this year to launch the...