The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse. The aircraft has now been moved to an outside station where various ground tests will be undertaken in preparation for first flight in the coming weeks. ...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Vallair purchases another A321 and expands cargo conversion portfolio
Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has added a further A321 aircraft (MSN1017) to its portfolio under lease. The aircraft was purchased from Plane Business and it forms part of Vallair’s recent purchase of six A320 family...
MTU Maintenance signs CFM56 engine MRO contract with Jazeera Airways
MTU Maintenance has signed a contract with Jazeera Airways. The three-year contract covers the maintenance repair and overhaul of the CFM56-5B engines that power the airline’s fleet of A320 aircraft. Jazeera Airways is MTU Maintenance’s first airline customer in...
AerFin provides bullish H1 2018 update
AerFin has continued to build upon its achievements of 2017, collecting further accolades for its tremendous growth rate as well as continuing to support its expansive global customer base through the provision of its aftermarket supply-chain solutions. Following H2...
GA Telesis MRO Services Group reports record performance
GA Telesis has reported record LTM performance as well as first-half results for 2018 for the company’s MRO Services Group. Revenue increased by 25% on a year-over-year basis for the first six months of 2018, while new customer growth increased by 9% and existing...
KLM UK Engineering and Alliance Airlines sign long-term heavy maintenance contract
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary, KLM UK Engineering, has signed a long-term heavy maintenance agreement with Alliance Airlines. KLM UK Engineering will be supporting Alliance Airlines with their Fokker 70/100 aircraft, providing heavy maintenance support in Norwich from...
Bombardier appoints Danny Di Perna Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace
Bombardier has announced the appointment of Danny Di Perna as Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace, effective September 15, 2018. In this new position, Danny will report directly to Alain Bellemare, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bombardier and assume...
Nippon Cargo Airlines outlines new measures to prevent grounding of aircraft
Nippon Cargo Airlines has submitted an outline of submitted preventive measures to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) in response to a business improvement order it received in July following a number of issues that caused aircraft...
The Airline Economics Aviation 100 Awards
The Aviation 100 recognises the year’s most outstanding performers in the commercial aviation industry. The Aviation 100 awards ranks the top ten performers in each category with the winner receiving a coveted outstanding achievement award. The categories are:...
United Technologies acquires Predikto
United Technologies has acquired Predikto, an Atlanta-based predictive analytics software company. Predikto is known for its proven cloud-based predictive health maintenance solution, which enables customers to forecast and improve asset reliability with greater...
FAA approves AerTrak for 757-200 series aircraft to comply with ADS-B operations mandate
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of AerSale’s AerTrak system on Boeing 757-200 series aircraft (ST04011NY), to comply with the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Operations...
Air China orders Recaro seats for its A350s
Air China ordered 2500 CL3710 economy class seats from Recaro Aircraft Seating for their ten new Airbus A350 aircrafts. China´s flag carrier is the first operator of the A350 in Mainland China. Air China’s scope of delivery includes a total of 2500 CL3710 economy...