Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AirMap, the global airspace management platform for drones, is working with Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) nationwide in partnership with UpVision to enable SmartSky, the country’s strategy to enable and support the safe operation of drones and...
Qazaq Air, the young regional Kazakh airline, has signed up for Rusada’s maintenance management software, ENVISION. QAZAQ AIR has carried over 800,000 passengers since its launch in 2015. Utilising a fleet of modern Bombardier Q400’s, the carrier serves multiple...
Inflight mobile connectivity provider AeroMobile, a subsidiary of Panasonic Avionics Corporation, has added TAP Air Portugal to its connected fleet. TAP Air Portugal’s first connected Airbus A330-900neo entered into service in December 2018. TAP Air Portugal is the...
Latvian airline airBaltic has ordered an Airbus A220 Level D full flight simulator from global aviation training leader CAE. The new CAE 7000XR Series simulator is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2019. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “Introducing a single fleet...
SITAONAIR has expanded the operational capacity of air traffic service (ATS) datalink across Brazil’s airports, in a step towards modernising air traffic control operations in the country as air traffic continues to rise. The development of the service follows...
AAR, an independent provider of aviation aftermarket services, has received approval from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to serve Japanese airlines that require repair stations to provide JCAB-authorised release certificates. This new certification will expand...
AJW Group, the independent specialist in the global management of aircraft spares, has announced an expansion to its spares support services with Latvian charter airline, SmartLynx Airlines. AJW and SmartLynx have agreed a new contract to cover the supply of...
Honeywell and S7 Technics have agreed to create a repair facility in Russia and CIS, to handle Honeywell APUs installed in the most popular aircraft of Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and RRJ-95 families. According to the signed license agreement, S7 Technics is granted the...
The Lufthansa Group and Amadeus have renewed their longstanding technology partnership. Through the deal, Amadeus’ Altéa Passenger Service System (PSS) will continue to provide Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines with...
American Airlines has told media that it grounded 14 of its 737-800 aircraft over the course of a week as the newly-installed overhead bins weren’t closing properly in two aircraft that had recently been upgraded. “After further inspection by American, the work that...
Latvian airline airBaltic continues its expansion and is looking to attract 50 technicians in 2019 for its maintenance facilities at Riga International Airport and Tallinn Airport. Andris Vaivads, SVP Technical Operations of airBaltic: “We are improving our...
Rolls-Royce is celebrating the delivery of the 100th Trent XWB engine assembled at the production line in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine will be delivered to Airbus in Toulouse to power Lufthansa’s latest A350-900 aircraft. The Lufthansa Group, one of Rolls-Royce’s...