Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Around 6.4 million passengers travelled via London Heathrow Airport in April 2023, a 25% increase that took the hub to 94% of April 2019. The airport's management said that growth in passenger numbers could be levelling off, however, after the expected 2022 surge...
Taking a step forward in terms of digitisation and paperless travel, Emirates has replaced the printed paper version of boarding pass with mobile boarding pass. Passengers checking in at Terminal 3, Dubai will receive their mobile boarding pass via email or SMS....
Virgin Australia is all set to become Australia’s first airline to offer baggage tracking for passengers through a smartphone app. The facility will be available on select routes and progressively roll out across the airline’s network. The service is available in the...
Manchester Airport handled 2.2 million passengers in April 2023, up 15% compared to April 2022. The airport said Dubai was the most popular destination but that Alicante had started to catch up ahead of the summer holiday season. Belfast and Antalya saw big jumps in...
Spanish airport operator Aena recorded around 77.4 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023, up 32.7% year-on-year and almost 2% more than in Q1 2019. The Q1 2023 period saw 695,549 aircraft movements at Aena-run airports, up 1.5% on Q1 2019, while 336,909...
Swissport has signed a deal to provide passenger services and ramp handling in Sofia for three Lufthansa Group airlines. The deal covers Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines operations at Sofia International Airport where Swissport has since...
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation has completed final assembly of its first Midnight aircraft. The aircraft was shipped from Archer’s Palo Alto facility to its flight test facility in Salinas, California and reassembled...
Air Zimbabwe is planning to bring one of its Boeing 767-200 from storage and covert it into a freighter. The aircraft is expected to enter service by the end of September 2023. Speaking to the Zimbabwe Independent, Edmund Makona, CEO, Air Zimbabwe said: “The move will...
Air New Zealand is all set to introduce the latest baggage tracking feature after a successful trail run. The airline will offer the service to 25% of its app users for domestic and 5% for international short-haul travel. “The feature will allow passengers to view the...
The outgoing president of the Irish Airline Pilots' Association said a third terminal is needed at Dublin Airport. Evan Cullen, who will be succeeded in mid-May by Aer Lingus pilot Mark Tighe, a former head of the association, told the Irish Independent newspaper any...
Rolls-Royce's financial performance is improving, the company announced on May 11, ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) taking place the same day. The company said the improvement has been "driven by our transformation programme workstreams and good end market...
German company MTU Aero Engines has published a report it described as giving "information on its goals, progress and achievements in the six fields of action covered by its sustainability strategy". "In addition to products, production and maintenance, the six...