Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
At its latest meeting, the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik early appointed Constanze Hufenbecher as Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa Technik for further five years until the end of January 2024. The extension will be effective from February 1, 2019....
Inmarsat has entered commercial service with SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S). The next-generation satellite IP platform is designed to meet the needs of aviation data communications in the digital age and offers airlines game-changing visibility into their airline...
FL Technics has signed the agreement with WOW Air for base maintenance services. WOW Air came to FL Technics facilities for the base maintenance projects of the first two Airbus A321.
STG Aerospace has been selected as the supplier for the photoluminescent emergency floor path marking system across Alaska Airlines’ Boeing and Airbus fleets, as the airline begins to streamline the cabins of its Virgin America fleet. Alaska Airlines will...
Boeing has announced that on March 7, 2018, two previously signed integrated Boeing Global Fleet Care agreements for Singapore Airlines' fleet of 27 777-300ERs (Extended Range) and Scoot's fleet of 20 787 Dreamliners were transferred to Boeing Asia Pacific...
Panasonic has debuted its new airline onboard loyalty platform, called NEXT Loyalty, with Singapore Airlines as launch customer. NEXT Loyalty allows passengers to login using a variety of credentials chosen by the airline, or to pair their mobile device at the...
On March 28, 2018, HT (Haotong) AeroTech concluded an aircraft re-delivery project management agreement for an A330-300 lease return and interior modification project with an Ireland-based international aircraft lessor. The project involves both EASA and FAA dual...
HAECO Cabin Solutions has received Technical Standard Orders (TSO)-C127b authorisation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its Vector Premium seat platform. TSO-C127b is an FAA requirement for aircraft seat original equipment manufacturers of new...
StandardAero was recently awarded an exclusive, three-year agreement to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW127M engine maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Vietnam Airlines’ fully owned subsidiary, Vietnam Air Service Company (VASCO). Under...
Singapore Technologies Engineering’s aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has secured new contracts worth about S$510m in the first quarter (1Q) of 2018 for services ranging from heavy maintenance to engine wash. The heavy maintenance...
The main runway of Mumbai airport was shut down for about 30 minutes on April 15 after a Swissair Airbus 330-343 aircraft suffered an engine failure on takeoff. The pilots were forced to abort the takeoff roll and with the aircraft stranded on the operational runway...
As part of the efficiency-boosting A380 cabin enablers, Airbus has developed a new option: “A380 Cabin-Flex”. This solution consists in a new cabin door area arrangement on the upper-deck, suitable for premium configuration with lower density seat counts, allowing...