Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Lufthansa Technik Shannon has announced a multi-million Euro investment that opens the doors for the Boeing 787 later this year. The Shannon-based aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider will modify existing aircraft hangars to accommodate the...
MTU Maintenance has completed its 1,000th CF34 engine repair and overhaul shop visit. The engine belongs to BA CityFlyer, which has been a customer of MTU Maintenance since 2010. The engine was returned to the airline, whose headquarters are in Manchester, as part of...
Volaris has signed an exclusive five-year contract with MTU Maintenance for the management of the carrier’s V2500 engine accessories. The agreement covers accessory repair and coordination during engine shop visits on a fixed-price basis. Services will be performed at...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch, has gained approval to add the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its MRO capability. The new aircraft type has been added to the EASA Part 145 approval, allowing MAEL to provide line...
A China Southern flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou was delayed for five hours after an elderly passenger threw nine coins into the aircraft’s engine for good luck. One of the coins landed inside the engine of the Airbus A320 aircraft causing staff to undertake a...
Kellstrom Aerospace has acquired Vortex Aviation, a specialist in worldwide AOG on-wing engine maintenance services and quick-turn engine repairs across all major commercial aircraft engine platforms. With repair facilities located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,...
In the spring of 2017, S7 ENGINEERING and Sibir Technics (both part of the ENGINEERING Holding) started providing maintenance services for Embraer ERJ170-100LR (Long Range) operated by S7 Airlines. S7 Airlines is the first operator of E170 aircraft in Russia. Russia’s...
An AirAsia X A330 aircraft bound for Malaysia was forced to return to Perth due to an engine failure on June 26. Passengers on the Sunday flight reported hearing a loud explosion before the Airbus A330 began to shudder. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were...
Southwest Airlines Flight 4519 from Los Angeles to Houston was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas after an agitated woman tried to open an emergency exit during the flight. Eye witnesses said that the women had...
A Thomas Cook aircraft bound for Cuba was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport in the UK on Monday when the tip of its wing was found to be missing. The aircraft was forced to turn back to Manchester when a low oil alert sounded – the missing wing...
AAR has signed a multiyear contract to provide power-by-the-hour component support for Wataniya Airways, one of the national carriers for the state of Kuwait. AAR will support Wataniya’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft through its extensive inventory network, including...
AFI KLM E&M and Sabena technics have announced the signing of a partnership agreement to set up a joint venture to support A320 and ATR component repairs in Singapore's new Seletar aviation cluster. South East Asia is seeing the world's fastest growth in aircraft...