Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Meggitt, which specialises in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy markets, has reported strong trading during the first quarter of 2018, with organic revenue growth of 6% excluding the effects of foreign exchange and...
The first BelugaXL has rolled out of the paintshop unveiling a special livery making it look like a Beluga Whale. The livery was one of six choices submitted to Airbus employees through a poll in which 20,000 people participated. With 40% votes in favour, the smiley...
On 1 August 2018, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will deploy Bluebox Aviation Systems' portable wireless streaming platform, Bluebox Wow, on its 737-800 fleet for routes across the Caribbean and North and South America. Bluebox Wow will enhance Caribbean Airlines'...
Delta chief executive Ed Bastian has again reiterated the need for a new middle of the market aircraft (NMA) and hinted in a recent speech that the airline would be interested in becoming the launch company for a new Boeing aircraft. Also dubbed the 797, engine...
Ascent Aerospace, which provides aircraft assembly line integration services, has added Exechon Enterprises’ parallel kinematic robots to its portfolio of manufacturing automation solutions. Exechon’s Parallel Kinematic Machine (PKM) technology offers the...
Turkish Technic is reported to have won new contracts from Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and Russia’s NordWind. It will carry out MRO work on the UIA’s two 767 aircraft, and will replace the landing gear on one 777 for NordWind.
Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the company's 2,400 employees in the aircraft mechanics and related workgroup. The agreement gives employees improved compensation, a...
Air Wisconsin Airlines, operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, has announced plans in conjunction with Appleton International Airport and Outagamie County, WI to build a new aircraft maintenance base facility in Appleton. This new facility...
An ongoing investigation into why smoke filled the cabin onboard a Nordic Aviation Group CRJ900 from Tallinn to Amsterdam, which led to an aborted takeoff in June, may have been caused by the burning of washing chemicals left in the engine. "The investigation...
Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company that provides global supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) tools, has been selected to improve Lufthansa Cargo’s production planning at two of its most relevant hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Additional stations will be...
In June, Cathay Pacific Airways shareholder Swire Pacific announced plans to take maintenance unit Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) private for about HK$3 billion ($382 million). “HAECO has not raised any equity funds from the public equity markets for over 30...
Boeing has debuted its first passenger-carrying hypersonic concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Atlanta this week. The passenger concept could have military or commercial applications but Boeing says that this design...