Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Airbus has extended its Airspace Customer Definition Centre (CDC) at its Airbus site in Hamburg, Germany for cross-programme cabin customization by now including the A320 and A330 programmes – to complement the existing A350 XWB customization areas. From now on...
Airbus has entered into an agreement to sell its shares in Alestis Aerospace to Aciturri, a company headquartered in Miranda de Ebro, Spain. With this acquisition, Aciturri will become the majority shareholder of Alestis Aerospace, holding 76% of Alestis’ shares, in...
Sabena technics has acquired the assets of a new company New EAS – now known as Sabena technics PGF – based in Perpignan-Rivesaltes, France, which has three hangars able to accommodate a widebody aircraft and up to five narrowbody aircraft for civil and military base...
JetBlue is advancing the boarding process at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) with SelfPass — a biometric facial scanning process implemented by Collins Aerospace, in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Passengers using...
Issues with the Sabre computer system that airlines use for reservations, printing bag tags and check-in, caused long delays for passengers during the check-in process at multiple airports across the United States and Canada yesterday (March 27). Passengers reported...
Luxury charter company Oryx Jet will deploy Bluebox’s portable wireless IFE platform – Bluebox Wow – across its three Boeing B737-500 aircraft in May. Bluebox Wow’s flexibility ensures that passengers will enjoy a range of movies, TV programmes, games and a moving map...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary has signed a line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer on its Embraer fleet that will commence at Glasgow from April 2019. Wayne Easlea, Operations Director at KLM UK Engineering Limited commented: “We are delighted that BA CityFlyer have...
Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) have signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) covering the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft. The GTA was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial...
Azul Linhas Aéreas has become the first airline in the Americas to adopt SITAONAIR’s AIRCOM FlightTracker. The Brazilian low-cost carrier has upgraded to SITAONAIR’s FlightTracker option, which integrates AireonSM space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast...
S7 Technics has commenced work under a five-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract signed with Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana. Russia’s leading aircraft maintenance service provider won the open tender for the contract in the summer of 2018. Under...
Lufthansa Technik sales revenues climbed by more than €500 million, surging from €5.404 billion to €5.918 billion, an increase of 9.5% above the previous year’s total. The company generated adjusted EBIT of €425 million (previous year: €415 million), an increase of...
Lufthansa Technik has set up AVIATION DataHub, an independent platform for all data generated by aviation. With this decision, Lufthansa Technik has taken an important step in the digitalization of the maintenance, repair and overhaul business (MRO) and the...