Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Ideagen has signed a long-term contract with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Kuwait, which will see the Gulf state’s commercial aviation regulatory use Ideagen software.The deal includes Ideagen’s safety and risk management software, Q-Pulse, as well as...
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certification for its new €10 million Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for the handling of temperature-controlled healthcare and life science products. Opened in September last year,...
Gulfstream Aerospace promotes chief information officer, Sheryl Bunton, to senior vice president, which means she is now and is now a member of the company’s senior leadership team.Bunton joined Gulfstream in 2015 and has established and delivered companywide...
Boeing has agreed orders and agreements with five Asia Pacific carriers for digital solutions. These include a deal with Vistara has signed a five-year agreement for multiple services to support their entry into service of new 787-9 aircraft, including Boeing...
Airinmar has signed a three-year support services agreement with flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL).Working in conjunction with PAL’s Aircraft Material Management team, Airinmar will provide a full suite of support services covering both new aircraft warranty and...
The new Miami-Panama-Bogota and Miami-Cali routes begin operations on February 11. The routes will be served on a permanent basis, with two frequencies per week and will be operated by B767-300F aircraft. The new service will satisfy demand for general cargo,...
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will launch a daily Heathrow-Cape Town service from October 2020 and increase capacity to Cuba as part of their winter flying programme, which will mark 24 years that the carrier has served the African state. The 787-9 service will commence on...
ST Engineering today announced that its Aerospace arm, has secured a five-year nacelle maintenance contract from Qantas Airways. Under the agreement, ST Engineering will provide nacelle maintenance services starting from 2020 to the airline’s Boeing 737-800 and Airbus...
Airbus has launched MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) its "blended wing body" scale model technological demonstrator. At 2 metres long and 3.2 metres wide, with a surface area of about 2.25m², MAVERIC features a...
TATA SIA Airlines (Vistara) and Lufthansa Technik have signeda twelve-year component support agreement for the Boeing 787 fleet tobe operated by Vistara. The Indian carrier has six firm orders and four options for this aircraft type. The agreement covers a wide range...
Rolls-Royce has started to manufacture the world’s largest fan blades, for its UltraFan demonstrator engine that the firms claims will set new standards in terms of efficiency and sustainability. As a set the composite blades have a 140-inch diameter, which is almost...
ST Engineering’s Aerospace arm has secured a three-year airframe heavy maintenance contract from an unnamed major North American airline. ST Engineering will provide heavy maintenance support on the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft of A319, A320,...