Embraer has signed a long-term Pool Program Agreement with the U.S. carrier Breeze Airways to support a wide range of repairable components for the airline’s E190s and E195s fleet. The agreement includes full repair coverage for components and parts, as well as access...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
United Aviation Solutions and AFRAA launch MRO initiative
United Aviation Solutions (UTD) and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have launched the Brown Condor Initiative (BCI) aimed at providing a platform for AFRAA members with Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities to support their North American...
IATA air cargo figures outperform
International Air Transport Association (IATA) March 2021 data for global air cargo markets shows that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels (March 2019) with demand up 4.4%. March demand reached the highest level recorded since the series began in...
STS and AELF execute long-term maintenance agreement
STS Aviation Services (STS), the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul provider, has signed a long-term base maintenance agreement with Aircraft Engine Lease Finance (AELF). “We are extremely delighted that AELF has awarded STS a long-term base maintenance...
Triumph Group’s Asia-Pacific MRO provider signs MOU with Thai Aviation Industries
Triumph Aviation Services Asia Ltd. (TASA) business has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries Co., Ltd (TAI), a certified repair station under the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). TASA is a subsidiary of Triumph Group,...
Topcast signs new distributor agreement with Darchem Engineering
Topcast Aviation Supplies and Darchem Engineering signed a three-year distributor agreement in March 2021, offering advanced lightweight thermal and fire protection insulation systems. This agreement named Topcast as the exclusive distributor in Asia-Pacific region...
StandardAero awarded multi-year PT6A engine services contract in support of Air Seychelles’ fleet of DHC-6 Twin Otters
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has awarded StandardAero a multi-year contract to support the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 turboprop engines powering its fleet of DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. StandardAero will support Air Seychelles...
IAI to establish a Boeing 777 conversion facility in South Korea
This morning Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Aviation Group signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), with the Incheon International Airport and Sharp Technics, to establish a Passenger 2 Cargo (P2F) conversion site in South Korea. The facility will specialize in...
Samskip launches Samskip Air
Samskip has established a dedicated air freight business, adding significant new options to a service portfolio that already includes rail, road, shortsea and inland waterway links throughout Europe and global cargo logistics solutions. On May 1, 2021 Samskip Air...
Lufthansa Group and BASF roll out sharkskin technology
From 2022, Lufthansa Cargo will equip all Boeing 777 freighters with AeroSHARK – an innovative surface technology from Lufthansa Technik and BASF that improves fuel efficiency and helps airlines to reach sustainability targets. The lower the frictional resistance of...
Lufthansa Group and BASF roll out sharkskin technology
From 2022, Lufthansa Cargo will equip all Boeing 777 freighters with AeroSHARK – an innovative surface technology from Lufthansa Technik and BASF that improves fuel efficiency and helps airlines to reach sustainability targets. The lower the frictional resistance of...
Record results for Cargolux
Cargolux has announced record 2020 results: a net profit after tax of $768.7m – nearly four times its highest previous record of $211m, in 2018. The Luxembourg carrier’s revenues were $3.17bn, while its EBIT margin was 31.3%. “Cargolux is proud of the fact that the...