The new Ecuadorian airline Equair has selected AFI KLM E&M to provide component support for its two Boeing 737 NGs. The multi-year contract includes maintenance, repairs, access to AFI KLM E&M's spare parts pool, as well as the provision of an advanced stock...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Fitch Ratings: Russian air traffic more resilient to pandemic than EMEA peers’
Russian airport traffic has been more resilient to pandemic shocks than that of European airports thanks to a quick recovery of its sizeable domestic travel market, Fitch Ratings says. Air traffic in Russia had recovered to its pre-pandemic levels by September, while...
Aviation software company lands Flybe Contract
Flybe has selected Bytron Aviation Systems as their flight operations software provider. As a web-based software and app business, the UK based company will provide its flagship software called skybook to Flybe’s flight dispatch and flight operations team, including...
Delta TechOps MRO marks first Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN Engine Service
Last week, Delta TechOps achieved a major milestone by completing the first shop visit and test of a Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine at its Technical Operations Center in Atlanta. As a powerplant option for the Boeing 787 aircraft operators, the test marks the first...
Rolls-Royce completes sale of Bergen Engines
Rolls-Royce has completed the sale of Bergen Engines business to Langley Holdings for an enterprise value of €63m. The completion of the transaction, which was announced on 3 August 2021, follows the conclusion of work to separate the business from the Group. Sale...
HAECO Hong Kong completes 777-300ER cabin reconfiguration
HAECO Hong Kong, a member of the HAECO Group, has recently accomplished cabin reconfiguration work on the first of Aeroflot-Russian Airlines’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The new cabin interior is configured to increase the aircraft’s capacity from 402 to 427 seats,...
Qatar Airways Cargo awarded IATA CEIV Live Animals certification
Qatar Airways Cargo has been accredited CEIV Live Animals certification by IATA. “We are the fourth airline worldwide to become CEIV Live Animals certified, and the first in the Middle East. This certification is testament to the dedication and detail that we put into...
LOT re-launches flights between Budapest and New York
LOT, the Polish carrier, has announced that it will re-launch direct flights between Budapest and New York from June 2022 using Boeing 787 Dreamliners operating three times weekly. Balázs Bogáts, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport said: “It remains Budapest...
VINCI Airports takes over operations at Annecy Mont-Blanc airport
After signing a public service concession agreement with the Haute-Savoie department last July, VINCI Airports took over operations at Annecy Mont-Blanc airport on 1 January. VINCI Airports will therefore now manage and operate the airport for 15 years, bringing its...
Launch of Airbus Atlantic
A wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary, Airbus Atlantic, a global player in the aerostructures field, was officially established on January 1, 2022. The new company groups the strengths, resources and skills of Airbus’s sites in Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne, the central...
Kellstrom Aerospace and Elliott Manufacturing sign new agreement
Kellstrom Aerospace, a global commercial aftermarket OEM Distribution provider, has been appointed as worldwide aviation commercial aftermarket distributor of Elliott Manufacturing. This commercial aftermarket partnership will allow Kellstrom Aerospace to support the...
Haeco and Alaska Airlines extend partnership through 2027
HAECO Americas has extended its long-standing agreement with Alaska Airlines to provide airframe services in the form of heavy maintenance and modification services on the airline’s growing fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft at its Greensboro, North Carolina facility...