Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
HAITE Aviation Training Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Haite High-Tech of Chengdu, China (HAITE Group), has signed a training agreement with China Eastern Airlines (CEA). PEH Teng Keng, General Manager & Director of Training of HAITE Singapore...
Pacelab Flight Profile Optimizer (FPO) will utilise live aircraft performance and weather data to improve on-time performance and reduce fuel costs and emissions Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, today announced Pacelab...
FL Technics has signed long-term contract with Luxair, the regional flag carrier airline of Luxembourg, for MRO services for its whole Boeing 737 NG fleet. First aircraft will be handled in the beginning of November, 2018 in Kaunas (Lithuania), and shortly will be...
BAE Systems has been awarded a four-year £42 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the support of the Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) fleet of four BAe 146 jetliners operated by 32 (The Royal) Squadron from RAF Northolt in West London. The contract...
Sabena Technics has signed an agreement with Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines-based airline, and IPR Conversions, the Large Cargo Door modification STC holder, to convert ATR 72-500 passenger aircraft into freighter aircraft. The growth of e-commerce business...
Small Planet Airlines will begin offering virtual reality (VR) inflight entertainment on board some of its aircraft. The European leisure carrier has selected the Inflight VR solution, in a partnership with service provider Newrest’ TRE³ and connectivity provider...
HAECO Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HAECO Group, has announced that Bill Collins will join the company’s leadership team as president of airframe services. In this role, he will oversee the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) business segment of HAECO...
ECR Retail Systems (ECR), the UK-based MPoS specialist, has been selected by Air Serbia to provide an electronic point of sale system. The new technology, underpinned by ECR’s AirPos software, will allow the airline to manage at-seat food and beverage sales and card...
British Airways announced last night that it is investigating the theft of customer data from its website, ba.com and the airline’s mobile app. The stolen data did not include travel or passport details, the airline confirmed. From 22:58 BST August 21, 2018 until...
Indian Ocean-based airline Air Mauritius has chosen APG, the network for airline services, to be its General Representative (GSA) in United States of America and in Canada. “APG extensive coverage in North America is a perfect match with Air Mauritius’ development...
Because aircraft engine noise contributes to environmental noise around airports and populated cities, the aerospace industry has been working on new aircraft designs that will emit less noise so they can meet the ever-increasing requirements imposed on the industry...
Ethiopian Airlines Group and Lufthansa Systems have introduced Lufthansa’s Lido/Flight 4D solution in Ethiopian’s flight planning system. This new generation of the proven flight planning solution from Lufthansa Systems offers extensive automation and optimization...