TAP Portugal has revealed its future brand new Airbus long-haul A330-900neo aircraft, with a cabin that is exclusively equipped with seats from Recaro. The flagship Portuguese airline presented its new Recaro CL6710 business class seats and CL3710 economy class seats...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Atitech completes A319 check
Atitech and 31st wing command team have completed the 12 year check on A319CJ, MM 62243. The check was on time and with no snags after 5 hours test flight. First flight of A330neo long-haul aircraft with guests
Tarmac Aerosave supports the MRO ramp-up on Leap engines
Following a successful partnership signature in June 2017 with Safran Aircraft Engines and its Part 145 approval extension (rating A) on A320neo aircraft, TARMAC Aerosave demonstrates with the delivery of its 7th LEAP-1A powered aircraft its capability in offering...
FAI grows its fleet with the addition of fifth Global Express
German Special Mission Operator FAI rent-a-jet AG has expanded its fleet of managed aircraft with the addition of a fifth Global Express (S/N 9084). This brings FAI’s total fleet to 25, including its 10 managed aircraft. In addition to the five Bombardier Global...
Connected aircraft boom
Almost all passenger aircraft now offer onboard, high-speed wifi connectivity for passengers but that same technology is being leveraged to benefit airline economics. Honeywell’s new Connected Aircraft report, claims the commercial aviation industry is at the...
Air Partner remarketing market update
Air Partner’s Russ Hubbard comments on the Remarketing division’s recent activity and the current market for aircraft sales and leasing Recent Remarketing activity The first half of 2018 has continued to be busy for Air Partner Remarketing in terms of both...
Cathay Pacific becomes second operator of the A350-1000 widebody
Cathay Pacific Airways has become the second airline to operate the A350-1000. The airline took delivery of the aircraft at a special event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 20 A350-1000s ordered by Cathay Pacific and will join the carrier’s growing...
PSA Airlines suffers computer outage
American Airlines regional carrier, PSA Airlines, experienced a recurring computer problem yesterday (June 18), which grounded flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The problem was traced back to the crew scheduling and tracking system at PSA Airlines...
Barfield to distribute Falgayras components in the US
Barfield, the US bridgehead of AFI KLM E&M’s global MRO network, has announced the signing of a regional distribution agreement with Falgayras, a mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering OEM located at the heart of the aviation cluster around Toulouse in...
Tariffs shake the market
The US-Chinese trade spat is impacting world markets today and has aviation manufacturing companies and traders glued to their respective news outlets to see what other products will be impacted by this ongoing trade war. The tariff war began when US President Trump...
AJW awarded PBH contract by Cambodia Airways
AJW Group has secured a new power-by-the-hour (PBH) contract with Cambodia Airways. Cambodia Airways is due to begin operations later this year, serving all countries within the Southeast Asian region, mainland China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from...
Delta Air Lines becomes launch operator of ATMOSPHÈRE Cabin with new 20 CRJ900 order
Delta Air Lines has signed a firm purchase agreement for 20 CRJ900 aircraft – becoming the launch operator of the new ATMOSPHÈRE cabin for CRJ Series regional jets. Based on the list price for the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$961...