Maureva has signed Air Belgium and the Japanese carrier Star Flyer as new clients of its EDGAR Passenger Revenue Accounting Solution and Managed Services. Headquartered in the municipality of Mont-Saint-Guibert, Air Belgium is a new carrier initially operating...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
EasyJet signs Skywise Predictive Maintenance agreement with Airbus for its entire fleet
easyJet has signed a five year agreement with Airbus to provide Predictive Maintenance services for its entire fleet approaching 300 aircraft. The technology relies on Airbus’ Skywise data platform which will allow easyJet’s engineers to intervene early and replace...
Maintenance company EME Aero acquires building site in Jasionka in Poland
Starting in May 2018, a new maintenance facility will be erected in Jasionka (province of Sub-carpathia) in the south-east of Poland. EME Aero (Engine Maintenance Europe), a joint venture of Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines, has officially acquired the building...
AFI KLM E&M and Vietnam Airlines Sign GEnx support contract
AFI KLM E&M and Vietnam Airlines have signed a long term flight hour support contract covering the GEnx engines equipping the Vietnamese flag carrier's fleet of Boeing 787s, which will grow to 19 aircraft by 2021. Under this contract, AFM KLM E&M will...
Bombardier closes Cdn$638.4 million equity offering
Bombardier has closed its previously announced offering of 168,000,000 Class B shares (subordinate voting) at a purchase price of Cdn$3.80 per share (the Offering), for aggregate gross proceeds of Cdn$638.4 million. The Offering was underwritten by a syndicate of...
Rhinestahl CTS selected as the exclusive LEAP Tooling Provider for Sunwing Airlines
Rhinestahl Customer Tooling Solutions (CTS) has been selected by Sunwing Airlines to be its exclusive LEAP-1B engine stand and tooling provider to support the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes. This agreement marks 42 out of 51 LEAP Entry Into Service...
LHT has expanded component maintenance for Jet Airways fleet
Lufthansa Technik and the Indian international carrier Jet Airways have expanded their cooperation. Representatives of both companies signed a Total Component Maintenance (TCM) contract for Jet Airways' narrowbody fleet of 80 Boeing 737NG, with single components...
Rolls-Royce breaks ground on a new test bed in Derby
Rolls-Royce has welcomed Business Secretary, Greg Clark to Derby to celebrate the start of work on its new testbed facility. The plans for the testbed were announced in June 2017 as part of a wider £150m investment in UK aerospace facilities. The new testbed, which is...
Rolls-Royce Lean-Burn Combustion Engine starts icing tests
Rolls-Royce’s demonstrator engine, featuring a new lean-burn and low-emissions combustion system for future jet engine programmes, has started icing tests. The ALECSys (Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System) demonstrator successfully started the tests in Manitoba,...
FLYdocs sets new performance standards
FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management solution provider that also manages the lease transfer of aircraft and assets, has announced its most productive month to date, with February concluding the largest volume of successful transitions to date – comprising...
Aftermarket services
Boeing has now included commercial aviation services into its latest Current Market Outlook, which comprises ground and cargo operations, engineering and maintenance services, flight operations, as well as marketing and customer services. Revenue for aviation...
MTU Power: New brand for gas turbine business
MTU Aero Engines has launched a new brand to improve transparency in services for gas turbine customers, called MTU Power, which consolidates the existing gas turbine engineering, manufacturing and aftermarket expertise and services from the business units Aero...