Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
GP Petroleums (GPPL), a lubricant maker in India and part of UAE-based GP Global, has signed an agreement with MAG Lube, which manufactures lubricants in the Middle East, to manufacture and market IPOL lubricants across the world. According to the agreement,...
Triumph Group’s subsidiary, Triumph Aviation Services Asia, has been selected by Asiana Airlines to provide CF6-80C2 thrust reverser maintenance support and services for its fleet of Boeing 747-400 and 767-300. Triumph Aviation Services Asia is an operating company of...
Spirit Airlines experienced a system-wide network outage for over an hour yesterday morning that caused flight delays since the airline wasn’t able to check in any passengers. The airline announced the problem had been fixed shortly after 9 a.m. on the same...
CTS Engines, which provides mature engine maintenance, has inducted the first PW2000 engine into its engine overhaul facility in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Along with the CF6-80C2, CF6-80A, and CF6-50C2, the PW2000 represents the fourth engine model type serviced by CTS....
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has promoted Lee Burgess to head of maintenance and welcomed Keith Earnden back to the company as interim head of engineering. Chris Dare, managing director of Monarch Aircraft Engineering, says: “Lee and Keith bring a depth and...
Recaro Aircraft Seating is planning a major expansion of its headquarters in Schwaebisch Hall. In view of meeting the company’s steady growth requirements, it has acquired land and buildings valued in the multi-millions. Over the next few years, Recaro will be...
Magnetic MRO has launched another unmanned RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tool Control system, resulting in two advanced Tool Gates and one RFID Kiosk in total throughout its facilities in Tallinn, Estonia. The project is designed and upgraded for fully...
Regional airline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has agreed to acquire Contact Air Technik MRO facility at Saarbrücken Airport. “We are excited to add an experienced workforce and a state of the art maintenance facility to...
Boeing has named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the development and production of avionics and electronics systems. Brendan Curran will lead Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the...
At the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Ruben Santamara of IOActive, claims to have been able to access aircraft from the ground by hacking into the satellite communications network which provides aircraft with passenger Wi-Fi through to weather...
SITAONAIR’s EFB Weather Awareness Solution (eWAS) is the latest application certified by Inmarsat for use across its next-generation SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) communications platform for the flight deck, allowing airlines to now receive the latest weather...
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is seeking comments on three new proposed amendments to the rules for small and large aircraft air transportation operations as well as maintenance. The proposed new rules for larger aeroplane air transport...