Vietnamese operator, Bamboo Airways, has entrusted AFI KLM E&M with a support program for its GEnx engines, coupled with a first C-Check on its Dreamliners fleet. Both contracts came into effect in early October. A Bamboo Airways Boeing 787 has already undergone a...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
TOPCAST deepens strategic partnership with Honeywell
Topcast Aviation Supplies (TOPCAST), aircraft parts distributor and MRO, has signed a five-year distributor agreement with Honeywell Aerospace, covering the exclusive distribution of Nitrogen Generation Systems (NGS) and sensors components in China. By pioneering NGS,...
Frontier Airlines selects Skywise Health Monitoring
Frontier Airlines has adopted Skywise Health Monitoring as its key future fleet performance tool under a five year contract covering 111 single-aisle aircraft. Launched in 2019, Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) gathers live diagnostic feeds from the aircraft through...
StandardAero extends multi-year engine contract to service Binter’s ATR 72 fleet
StandardAero has been selected by Gran Canaria-based regional airline Binter to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F and PW127M engines which power the airline’s fleet of ATR 72 turboprop aircraft. Under the...
AAR signs contract with flydubai for continuing Boeing 737NG PBH Component Support
AAR has signed an agreement with flydubai to renew its power-by-the-hour (PBH) component pool and repair support for the airline´s Next-Generation (NG) Boeing 737 fleet. The new five-year contract builds on a partnership that started in 2016 to provide comprehensive...
MTU Maintenance opens dedicated on-site service facility in the region of Berlin Brandenburg
MTU Maintenance has opened an on-site and near wing engine service provider at a new dedicated facility in the region of Berlin Brandenburg. The new facility will open in November 2021 and will house quick-turn engine bays and be a base for a dedicated on-site and AOG...
Vallair introduces widebody maintenance capabilities to new Châteauroux hangar from 2022
Vallair has announced that it will be extending its full maintenance capabilities with the addition of a state-of-the-art hangar at Marcel Dassault Airport in Châteauroux, France. Available from the first quarter of 2022, the facility will be dedicated to the support...
Amazon Air launches first air gateway in Spokane, Washington
Amazon has begun operations at its new air gateway at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington. This is Amazon Air’s second location in the state. The first flight on Amazon Air’s branded 737 cargo aircraft, operated by Sun Country Airlines, arrived...
AISG closes JV between affiliate SO Tech and CAS
Aviation Integrated Services Group (AISG) has announced the closing of a joint venture (JV) between its fully controlled affiliate, SO Tech ehf and Argentinian local operator, Condor Aviation Services (CAS). The JV will provide line maintenance services in Argentina...
JAL extends Total Component Support service agreement with LHT for its 787 fleet
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Japan Airlines have further deepened their trusted partnership by extending a long term agreement on Total Component Support (TCS) services for Japan Airlines' Boeing 787 fleet. The five-year TCS contract covers a multiple of components...
Ryanair signs new deal with Aviator
Aviator has signed a partnership agreement with Ryanair for ground handling services. Under the new partnership, Aviator will provide Ryanair with full passenger- and ramp-handling services, including de-icing, at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The five-year agreement was...
GE Aviation completes GEnx endurance testing
As it reaches its 10-year revenue service anniversary, GE has reported that its GEnx engine recently achieved outstanding endurance test results, completing over 3,000 cycles of dust ingestion testing in a simulated severe environment using a specialized dust...