Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Maureva has chosen Hi-Fly Marketing, the South African company specialising in technical services in the African aviation industry, as its commercial representative for its ALEXIS – Flight Scheduling & Crew Management solution for the Sub-Saharan African...
Philippine Airlines has signed a landmark agreement with Amadeus to deliver an extensive transformation of the airline’s core technology systems. Philippine Airlines will adopt the full Amadeus Altéa Suite, a complete Passenger Service System that aims to...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has redelivered two B737-400SF freighter conversions to Vx Capital Partners (Vx). The first aircraft (MSN 28887) was modified by KF Aerospace and the second aircraft (MSN 25376) was modified by Flightstar Aircraft Services. In...
Tunisair Technics has signed a five year maintenance agreement for the airline’s CFM56-5B/-7B engines with MTU Maintenance. The contract covers maintenance, repair and overhaul, on-site services and spare engine leasing support. Image: Airbus
A Boeing 737-700 owned by Arik Air has suffered major damage only one day after the airline announced the relocation of its Lagos- Port Harcourt operations to the terminal two of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA2). Ground handling equipment belonging to the Skyway...
Private equity has been moving into the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sector at a relatively slow pace but over the past five years, the speed of private equity investment in MRO companies in the USA has increased dramatically. This has...
Lufthansa Technik AG maintained its growth course in 2017 as sales revenue grew significantly, increasing by €260 million from the previous year's €5.144bn to €5.404bn (+5%). The company achieved an adjusted EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) of €415...
IndiGo grounded another A320 neo aircraft yesterday following an incident with its Pratt & Whitney. The aircraft on the Bengaluru-New Delhi morning flight was understood to have been grounded after metal chip particles were detected in the jet's engine...
Lithuania based FL Technics has posted a net profit of €5.6m ($7m) for 2017 – an increase of €3 million compared to the year-ago period. The rise has been attributed to the lean strategies the company has adopted across the business. In 2015, FL Technics...
The main sections of the first A380 for Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) have arrived at the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse via a special convoy, with six subassemblies - the nose, central and aft fuselage sections, the tailplane, and the two wings. ANA...
HAECO ITM has reached an agreement with ASL Airlines to provide inventory technical management support for the company’s three Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (PTF) aircraft operating out of Hong Kong. The scope of the agreement includes access to HAECO...
The GE9XTM engine lifted off on March 13 under wing of GE Aviation's 747 flying testbed in Victorville, California, for its first flight test. The engine that will power Boeing's new 777X aircraft took to the air around 10:40 a.m. Pacific standard time and flew...