Rhinestahl Customer Tooling Solutions (CTS), the aircraft engine tooling and ground support equipment provider, has been selected by GE to become one of its authorized engine tooling licensees for the GE9X engine program. This agreement further solidifies the strong...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AAR Signs Component Repair, License & Parts Supply Agreements with Honeywell
AAR has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License agreement along with a Parts Supply agreement with Honeywell Aerospace. AAR will be providing repairs of over 1,800 Honeywell base part number and line replacements unit (LRU) repair items in AAR’s New York and...
Bombardier and PSA Airlines extend heavy maintenance agreement for the airline’s fleet of CRJ Series Aircraft
Bombardier Services Corporation and PSA Airlines of Vandalia, Ohio have signed a three-year extension to the parties' heavy maintenance agreement. Under this contract, heavy maintenance tasks for the airline's fleet of Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700 and CRJ900...
ST Aerospace secures interior reconfiguration contract from Air Canada for its A330-300 Fleet
ST Aerospace has secured a letter of intent for a contract from Air Canada to perform interior reconfiguration on part of the airline’s A330-300 fleet. The new cabin interiors for Air Canada’s A330-300 fleet will be harmonised with its Boeing 787 aircraft. Air...
MTU Maintenance Canada signs CF6-50 and accessory repair contract with Lockheed Martin
MTU Maintenance Canada and Lockheed Martin have signed two contracts covering the maintenance, repair and overhaul of CF6-50C2 engines as well as accessory repair for the engines. MTU Maintenance Canada is the MTU Maintenance group’s center of excellence for engine...
Panasonic Avionics announces B787 deal with EgyptAir
Panasonic Avionics will provide inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems for six Boeing 787-9 aircraft for EgyptAir. Hideo Nakano, Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic Avionics Corporation, says: “We are honored to partner with EGYPTAIR to install...
flynas signs agreement with CFM International for LEAP-1A engines
flynas has ordered LEAP-1A engines to power the incoming fleet of 80, A320-neo aircraft ordered by flynas, scheduled to be delivered starting from 2018. The agreement also comprises an associated long-term maintenance and service agreement for the A320 new...
Senior management team enhanced at Aero Norway
Engine MRO specialist, Aero Norway, has appointed two new members of its senior management team. Neil Russell will undertake the role of Chief Operating Officer and Rune Veenstra as the new Chief Business Officer. These appointments are part of Aero Norway’s refreshed...
Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace enter into a partnership for a new lower-deck passenger sleeping facilities
Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace have partnered to develop and market lower-deck modules with passenger sleeping berths. The modules, which would fit inside the aircraft’s cargo compartments, offer new opportunities for additional services to passengers, improving their...
Airbus announces Skywise contracts
Allegiant Air, WOW air and Small Planet Airlines have signed for Airbus Skywise Predictive Maintenance services. In addition, Primera Air is also officially joining the group of airlines connecting to Airbus open data platform Skywise. When including the recently...
Rolls-Royce Introduces Intelligent Insights – part of its Intelligentengine Vision
Rolls-Royce has introduced Intelligent Insights, part of its IntelligentEngine vision. Intelligent Insights will develop into a suite of tools which will bring new pace and agility to decision making and improving the quality of data harnessed for customers. It...
Rolls-Royce provides an update on its TRENT 1000 PACKAGE C
In its 2017 Full Year results published on March 7, 2018 Rolls-Royce outlined certain Trent 1000 engine in-service issues and the estimated costs relating to the implementation of the solutions to address those issues. As part of its ongoing inspection and testing of...