Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The first ACJ320neo has entered final assembly in Hamburg, marking the start of a new era in Airbus corporate jets. Featuring the largest cabin in its class, the ACJ320neo is due to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the last quarter, together with...
Lufthansa Systems has presented new features for the Sirax product family such as the new X1 Tax Module for automatic tax calculation. “Efficient and accurate revenue accounting has to meet requirements that are complex and sometimes change dynamically. Tax...
The People's Bank of China, the Chinese central bank, confirmed on Sunday (June 25) that it was cutting the amount of capital Chinese banks must hold by 50 basis points (bps), which is equivalent to releasing $108 billion in liquidity into the market. This is...
VSE Aviation Singapore, a subsidiary of VSE Aviation (VAI) has been appointed as a BendixKing Distributor for the Asia Pacific region to supply a wide range of avionics, flight controls, display units and installation kits. VAI operations maintains inventory for...
Noodle.ai, which provides enterprise AI applications, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its fundraising total to $51 million. The funds will be used to expand the company’s suite of applications, which help key industries predict the...
A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) flights, which concluded in May, at NASA's...
Norwegian has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with an upgraded cabin of new slimline seats, the RECARO 3710C seat. The new slimmer 189 leather seats have 30” seat pitch and measures 16.8” wide and are designed to add space at knee-level...
Baines Simmons, part of the Consulting & Training division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has recently delivered Part 21 training in Shanghai to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), as it evaluates the European Aviation...
AJW Group has signed a component repair agreement between the US-based leisure carrier Allegiant Air (Allegiant) and the Group’s Montreal-based MRO facility, AJW Technique. Allegiant has outlined growth plans that will see AJW supporting up to 100 aircraft by...
Start-up Vietnamese airline, Bamboo Airways, has committed to purchase 20 787-9 Dreamliners. When finalised, the deal will be worth $5.6B at current list prices. The announcement was made during a signing ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce office,...
The Aeroengines Ircio plant has successfully passed the "SCA SABRe Compliance Assessment" that Rolls Royce uses to certify its supply chain members. This assessment, needed for the manufacturing of detail parts for Rolls Royce, audits all the requirements of...
StandardAero has attained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tank (CRFT) system for the Airbus Helicopters AS350 and EC130 family of light single helicopters. The newly approved CRFT was developed in...