Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
During the 2017 Paris Air Show, AFI KLM E&M is presenting its Prognos product range comprising two dedicated predictive maintenance solutions, Prognos for Engine and Prognos for Aircraft. Developed as part of the Group's "MRO Lab" R&D program, the Prognos...
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A United Airlines 767-300 aircraft was grounded after passengers spotted fuel gushing from the wing immediately before takeoff. The aircraft was flying from Newark Liberty International Airport to Venice but was taken out of service when the leak was detected....
Al-Burhan Airways, Iraq’s only civilian helicopter service, is to work with software firm Ideagen ahead of launching a dedicated commercial airline service. The Baghdad-based organisation will implement Ideagen’s Q-Pulse software as it begins to expand its operations...
The joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and AFI KLM E&M, announced a year ago, now has an official name: Airfoils Advanced Solutions. Located at the Sars-et-Rosières business park in north of France, near Valenciennes, the new company's plant will be...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch, has successfully completed an end of lease C check for Swedish airline Novair. As a new customer to MAEL, the heavy maintenance check for the Airbus A321 aircraft was carried out at...
KLM UK Engineering has announced the addition of CASA Part 145 approval to its portfolio from June 2017. A European leader in the regional jets & narrow body aircraft market and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Embraer 170/190, BAe146/Avro...
An Azores Airlines aircraft scheduled to make a trans-Atlantic flight was damaged when a piece of ground equipment struck an engine in the gate area of Boston's airport, forcing passengers to spend the night on cots in a terminal. A spokeswoman for Logan International...
AAR has expanded its global footprint by signing a multi-year component support agreement with Viva Colombia and Viva Air Peru. AAR will be providing pool support to affiliate airlines within the Viva LatinAmerica group including VivaColombia, Colombia’s first...
Norway-based engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS has been granted Part-145 Approved Maintenance Organization Certificate by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Indonesia. The engine MRO centre is now multi-release FAA, EASA, TCCA, CAAC, GCAA and DGCA...
TAT ENGINEERING, a joint venture, founded by Israeli engineering company TAT Technologies and Russia’s ENGINEERING Holding to offer aircraft heat exchanger repair services in Russia, has received its EASA Part 145 certificate. TAT ENGINEERING is now fully prepared to...
AerFin Ltd (UK) has completed the teardown of Airbus A319-100 MSN 3077. The 2007 narrow-body aircraft was acquired from a Mexican financial Institution, and is believed to be the youngest ever A319 aircraft to be dismantled. With significant commonality across the...