Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (De Havilland Canada) has launched the De Havilland DHC-515 Firefighter (formerly known as the CL-515) program. "After an extensive business and technical review, we are pleased to announce that we have launched the De Havilland DHC-515...
GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on time delivery of its navigation database to airlines globally. GE’s navigation database (NDB) provides worldwide coverage and access to more than 18,000 airports. Each NDB is customized for the...
Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – has been appointed by daa as the multi-disciplinary consultant for the delivery of a services framework for its buildings at Dublin and Cork airports. The appointment will see Atkins work along with daa’s in-house design...
Alliance Airlines’ new $60 million aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility is taking shape in Rockhampton, with concrete pouring to form the footings and walls of the facility’s new hangar. The project is backed by the Palaszczuk Government’s $175...
FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building an autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the...
Iguazio, the MLOps (machine learning operations) platform provider, has announced that LATAM - the leading airline group in Latin America - has selected its MLOps platform for a large scale, cross-company AI innovation project. The project will span the entire...
Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has signed a contract with SITA to deploy SITA Airport Management, enabling BAS to manage its ground handler operations as cost effectively as possible and ensure the services are delivered in a timely manner, avoiding flight delays. A...
Dublin-headquartered ASL Aviation Holdings (ASL) has ordered up to 20 additional 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). The agreement is for 10 firm orders and 10 purchase rights. "This new order is an important element of our fleet renewal programme, and we are...
Japan Airlines maintenance and engineering subsidiary, JAL Engineering Co., has selected IFS to support fleet-wide long range maintenance planning. The IFS solution, to be deployed in the cloud, will provide long range planners with the unified information insights...
On February 22, 2022, European Cargo Limited (ECL) closed a significant minority equity investment by Priority 1 Logistics Holdings, a newly-formed subsidiary of US-based, Priority 1. Proceeds of the investment will be used to eliminate third-party debt, convert...
Gatwick has reopened its South Terminal increasing its daily flights from about 300 flights a day (26 March) to 570 flights (27 March). The terminal has been refurbished during its closure since June 2020. Many airlines that had been flying from the airport’s North...
In a new research note, EDHECinfra shows that international sanctions have only destroyed a fraction of the value of Russia's airport sector so far. As of March 2022, revenues lost to foreign airspace closures and the higher risk premia of Russian assets have reduced...