A new Airbus A320 Flight Training Device (FTD) Level 2 is ready for training at BAA Training Spain. It is one of a few devices of this kind in Europe with Level 2 certification. It offers high-fidelity training functionality: the cockpit, visual system, and software...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
HAECO Landing Gear Services and Liebherr-Aerospace extend landing gear services agreement
HAECO Landing Gear Services and Liebherr- Aerospace have extended their initial landing gear service agreement to offer landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to Embraer E-Jet E1 operators in the Chinese Mainland. The partnership combines HAECO...
AAR reports third quarter fiscal year 2022 results
AAR has reported third quarter Fiscal Year 2022 consolidated sales of $452.2 million and income from continuing operations of $22.6 million, or $0.63 per diluted share. For the third quarter of the prior year, the company reported sales of $410.3 million and income...
Joby submits area-specific certification plan
Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, has submitted its first area-specific certification plan to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), believed to be an...
Ryanair signs new agreement with JMC
JMC Group has signed an agreement to support nine aircraft through the Boeing 737 Flight Length Sensitive (FLS) inspection programme with Ryanair. The agreement marks the first time the two companies have worked together, with the two lines of nose-to-tail FLS...
EVA to convert 777-300s to freighters
EVA Airways have approved the conversion of three Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft to freighter configuration by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The unit price for each conversion is up to $40m and the total transaction price is up to $120m.
Cebu Pacific selects Sita cockpit services
Cebu Pacific Air has selected SITA to support its digital transformation agenda leveraging SITA’s AIRCOM Cockpit Services integrated with Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) satellite network service. The combined solutions will enhance cockpit communications...
Rolls-Royce North America invests in Indiana test facilities
Rolls-Royce North America will invest $400 million in a major modernization of engine test facilities in Indiana, bringing total company investment in the United States to nearly $1.5 billion in the past decade. New facilities in Indianapolis will upgrade full engine...
Neste and DHL Express announce SAF deal
DHL Express and Neste have announced a new strategic collaboration. In the next five years, Neste will supply DHL with approximately 320,000 tons (400 million litres) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The agreement is Neste’s largest for Sustainable Aviation Fuel...
London City Airport reports improvements
British Airways (BA) CityFlyer starts new routes from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Malpensa and Luxembourg on the March 27, plus connections to Rotterdam and Nice also resume. This means that 20 of the 25 routes that BA CityFlyer operated in 2019 have now...
Embraer expands autonomous flight technologies partnerships
In an intensive process to accelerate the future of autonomous aviation, Embraer has announced a broad set of new technological partnerships with global companies focused on breakthrough technologies in the autonomous systems arena. These agreements are part of...
Eve and Acciona enter strategic partnership
Eve UAM. and Acciona, which provides regenerative solutions for a decarbonized economy, have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of a global and sustainable Urban Air Mobility ecosystem. Under the terms of the partnership, upon the...