Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
OGMA is the new authorized maintenance center for Pratt & Whitney engines. This is the culmination of a project developed by OGMA, with the support of Embraer, over the past 12 months, which allows it to expand its scope of services in the area of engine...
AELF FlightService has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, MSN 700, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 aircraft that the company...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Bulgaria-based CargoAir with two AEI B737-800SF Freighter Conversions. CargoAir originally signed agreements for two B737-800BCF conversions, however, the company recently cancelled those agreements...
Stewart Wingate, the chief executive of London's Gatwick airport, has commented to media that it is essential for UK and European regulators to reinstate rules that force airlines to use or lose their take-off and landing slots. The 80/20 rule was suspended for a...
Aircraft remarketing specialists Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of a Bombardier DHC-8-311 aircraft on behalf of a US Investor. MSN 527 will be converted to a freighter and is the third aircraft that Airstream has placed with Air Inuit with the...
Danish airline, Great Dane Airlines, has joined the group of LOTAMS technical base customers with a structural check of Embraer 195 OY-GDA. The structural check performed at OY-GDA is a "72 month check", which are performed on aircraft after six years of operation. At...
Heathrow CEO, John Holland-Kaye, has again criticised the lack of assistance from the UK government for the aviation sector. The airport has reported a 82% decline in traffic for the month of October compared to 2019 figures, which represents the eighth consecutive...
EME Aero, the engine services joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines, has recently completed the first regular maintenance visits of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM Geared Turbo Fan (GTF) engines. Since January, when the first engine arrived in...
Air Transport Services Group’s (ATSG) leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management has delivered a converted Boeing 767-300ER freighter to Cargojet Airways of Mississauga, Canada, under the terms of a seven-year lease agreement. “Our business continues to grow, which...
Aerospace component provider, Meggitt, has posted a fall of 25% in group revenue to £384million in the third quarter of 2020. For the first nine months of the year, revenue fell by 18% to £1.301bn. “While conditions in the global civil aerospace sector remained weak...
Finnair has become the latest E-Jet operator to select AerFin’s BeyondPool component FlightHour-Agreement (FHA), signing a long-term contract to support its fleet of 12 E190 E-Jet aircraft. AerFin’s BeyondPool is a fully bespoke, comprehensive E-Jet component FHA...
South Korean flag-carriers Korean Air Lines (KAL) and Asiana Airlines have secured the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to carry COVID-19...