Innovative Solutions & Support has entered into an agreement with Lufthansa Technik to partner as a distributor and installation center for Innovative Solutions & Support's (IS&S) Cockpit/IP Flat Panel Display System (FPDS) for Classic Series Boeing 737...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
MTU Maintenance in 2016
In 2016, MTU Maintenance, the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) arm of MTU Aero Engines, signed independent deals with a contract volume of $2.2 billion with the program families CF34, CFM56, and LM industrial gas turbines (IGTs) enjoying particular success....
IKHANA Aircraft Services announces Trans Maldivian Airways to Re-Life™ one of their DHC-6-300 Twin Otters and receives PMA on the Fuselage
IKHANA Aircraft Services (IKHANA) has announced that Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) has chosen to Re-Life a DHC-6-300 Twin Otter as approved in accordance with IKHANA’s RWMI DHC-6 Re-Life Fuselage Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). “TMA operates the largest...
Bonus Tech Tears Down First CF34 Engines
Bonus Tech recently carried out its first complete teardown of a General Electric CF34 engine to become the first operator in North America with a full in-house capability for removing, disassembling, tagging, and re-packaging the entire array of current aero engines,...
Successful GEnx-1B Correlation Tests in the AFI KLM E&M Test Cell Zephyr
AFI KLM E&M's engine test cell unit at Paris-CDG airport successfully carried out a series of GEnx-1B correlation tests. For almost a week, a stable performance engine, provided by KLM, was used in the test cell for the correlation tests. The correlation consists...
Aero Norway achieves UAE GCAA CAR 145 Maintenance Organisation Approval
Norway-based engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS has been granted UAE GCAA CAR 145 Maintenance Organisation Approval. The engine MRO centre is now multi-release FAA, EASA, TCCA, CAAC and GCAA certified. GCAA certification allows Aero Norway to carry out maintenance of...
Singapore Airlines chooses Mobil Jet Oil 387
ExxonMobil has announced that Mobil JetTM Oil 387, a synthetic High Performance Capability (HPC) turbine engine oil, will be used in all of Singapore Airlines’ aircraft. “Singapore Airlines’ decision to use Mobil Jet Oil 387 across its entire fleet is a powerful...
AEI adds Flightstar Aircraft Services as authorized conversion centre
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has selected Jacksonville, Florida-based Flightstar Aircraft Services, LLC as an authorized conversion centre. The current success of AEI’s passenger-to-freighter conversion products, which include the B737-400SF, MD80SF, CRJ200 SF...
Locatory.com introduces secure online payments for aircraft parts procurement
Locatory.com, an aviation IT company primarily acting as an aircraft parts locator, has launched secure online payments for its spare aircraft parts trading platform. The new service allows all members of Locatory.com’s aircraft parts marketplace not only to search,...
Completed ACJ319 to be redelivered
Lufthansa Technik is about to re-deliver a completed Airbus ACJ319 to its owner, an undisclosed VIP customer from the Greater China region. The completion has been performed by Lufthansa Technik's VIP & Special Mission Aircraft Services Division in exclusive...
AAR Extends Supply Chain Solutions into New Product Line Via Agreement with ASL
AAR has been awarded a multi-year component support contract from ASL Aviation Holdings. The new contract for power-by-the-hour support for ASL Group's airlines includes component support and repair for approximately 100 passenger and cargo aircraft, including ATR...
Lufthansa Technik receives CAAC approval to perform heavy maintenance on Airbus ACJ319
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved Lufthansa Technik as maintenance station for Airbus A319 aircraft. This new approval enables the company to perform line and heavy maintenance services as well as cabin refurbishments on Chinese...