Loganair has launched its routes to London Heathrow from Derry, Dundee, Orkney and Shetland. Flights from Derry, the Irish city's first to Heathrow, were switched from London Stansted on May 6, three days before the Dundee route was moved from London City Airport....
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Hainan Airlines to open Beijing-Edinburgh summer route on June 26
Edinburgh Airport is to host the only direct route between China and the UK region of Scotland when Hainan Airlines operates its first summer flight from Beijing on June 26. The twice-weekly flights are to run until October 8, the airport announced, with the route...
Emirates SkyCargo leases two Boeing 747-400Fs
Emirates SkyCargo has added 2 Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet and is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its freighter conversion program. The new aircraft will add immediate capacity along with the expected deliveries of...
Air New Zealand brings back its fourth and last B777 from storage
Air New Zealand’s fourth and final B777 will soon resume service after spending 850 days in Mojave Desert storage. The aircraft will undergo maintenance at Air New Zealand’s hangar and resume operations on the San Francisco route later this week. “The return of all...
Etihad Cargo digitize sales initiatives and enhance customer relations
Etihad Cargo has partnered with Rotate to co-develop a first of its kind sales optimisation tool to identify sales initiatives to add value to customer relations. The Sales Cockpit will analyse data using sophisticated custom-built algorithms and generate...
Lufthansa Technik in MRO deal with Smartlynx
Lufthansa Technik has signed a seven-year "total component support" contract covering SmartLynx Airlines' fleet of over 60 aircraft. Smartlynx, described by Lufthansa Technik as "the leading ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance), cargo and charter services...
CFM to supply 150 engines as part of Ryanair-Boeing deal
CFM International has announced the signing with Ryanar of signed a letter of agreement for the purchase of 150 LEAP-1B engines. The engines are to power the 150 Boeing MAX aircraft the Irish carrier said it would buy from Boeing in a deal announced on May 9....
Triumph announces MRO partnership with Moog for 787 landing gear
Triumph Group and Moog have put pen to paper on a five-year deal to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Boeing 787 landing gear and cargo door actuation control systems for an unnamed airline. The deal covers the Moog Total Support Program (MTS) "for an...
Aersale revenue down in Q1 2023
Aersale reported quarterly revenue of $78.3 million, down on the $122.8 million in the first quarter of 2022. The company reported net income of $5,000 compared to the $17.2 million for the prior-year period, with adjusted net income of $3.3 million versus $22.2...
Air India revamps website highlighting the ‘Tata’ legacy
After a span of decades, Air India has revamped its website, highlighting the legacy of Tatas. The About Us page of the new website displays the history of Tatas, how the airline was started. Its website mentions the chronology of the airline since its launch. JRD...
Etihad Cargo enhances ULD tracking by installing Descartes’ next-generation Bluetooth
Etihad Cargo has teamed up with Descartes Systems Group to enhance the visibility of its air shipments by using Bluetooth technology. The carrier will install Descartes' next-generation Bluetooth tracking devices in its containers, also known as Unit Load Devices...
Air New Zealand’s sleep pods ‘Skynest’ likely to debut in September 2024
Air New Zealand has made some latest announcement on its latest standalone structure, the sleep pods for long-haul flights- ‘The Skynest’. The airline had made the Skynest announcement prior to pandemic and revealed some basic features. According to Air New Zealand,...