Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled this week that the third runway for London Heathrow airport can proceed. The court has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to support a third runway at Heathrow and ruled that the government had taken proper account of the...
ACIA Aero Leasing has delivered a further ATR72-212 LCD Freighter to Solenta Aviation. The aircraft will be based in Gabon and operate routes for the DHL West Africa network. This latest conversion brings ACIA's total regional freighter aircraft portfolio to 8...
AerFin and Finnair are collaborating in the sustainable phase-out management of Finnair’s retiring aircraft. The collaboration starts with the disassembly of one of Finnair’s A319 aircraft, whereby Finnair leverages AerFin’s technical and commercial expertise to...
VAS Aero Services and Dr. Peters Group have announced the placement of an Airbus A380-800 aircraft with VAS for teardown and redistribution of high-market-demand used, serviceable material. Teardown commenced in November. This contract award follows the companies’...
China Airlines has unveiled the first of six Boeing 777 Freighters, officially becoming the 20th operator of the world’s largest and longest range twin-aisle freighter. The 777 Freighter joins the airline amid growing demand for dedicated freighters as operators...
Hutchinson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore Component Solutions, the joint venture between Sabena technics and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance dedicated to component support, to work jointly on the development of...
MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airline Company limited, announces plans to establish a second facility in the neighbouring Jinwan district. The facility is to be called MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co., Ltd. Jinwan...
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has announced today a new partnership with Germany-based EFW GmbH (EFW) to conduct the Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion of two Airbus A330-300 aircraft in 2021, which...
Bii.aero, continues to expand its aircraft parts and services for the commercial, governmental/military and rotary aviation sectors, and has boosted its stock of A320 family galley inserts. Andrew Newell, Sales Director at Bii confirms that the company has purchased...
Boeing’s biennial World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF) forecasts demand for 2,430 freighters over the next 20 years, including 930 new production freighters and 1,500 freighters converted from passenger airplanes. According to the new forecast, world air cargo traffic will...
MTU Maintenance has signed a an exclusive V2500 engine maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) contract with new customer Air Serbia. The six-year agreement covers MRO, engine trend monitoring and spare engine services for Air Serbia’s v-powered A319 and A320 aircraft...
ST Engineering has announced organisational changes that it hopes will position the Group for its next phase of growth. From 1 January 2021, ST Engineering will be reorganised as Commercial and Defence & Public Security clusters, replacing the sector-structure of...