Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AFI KLM E&M and Xiamen Airlines have finalized an agreement organizing support for the GEnx-1B74/75 engines equipping the Chinese airline’s fleet of Boeing 787-9s, which will ultimately cover a total of six aircraft. AFI KLM E&M already provides Component and...
Marana Aerospace Solutions (MAS) and Ascent Aviation Services ("Ascent") have announced a definitive merger agreement to create one of the leading aircraft MRO for both wide body and narrow body aircraft in North America. The combined company will provide...
Norway-based Engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS has been granted approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This follows a detailed audit from the Chinese regulatory authority in September. The engine MRO centre is now multi-release FAA, EASA, TCCA and...
Lufthansa Technik has now opened a new warehouse in the USA, close to the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. The Fort Lauderdale site serves as a connecting point for North, Central and South America. It was therefore chosen as the primary storage facility for the...
Azman Air, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing airlines, has selected VD Gulf to perform maintenance work on one of its Boeing 737CL fleet. Founded in 2010, Azman Air is a wholly-owned Nigerian airline operating scheduled passenger services from its main base in Kano,...
Safi Airways flight 4Q502 from Herat, was damaged in a hard landing accident on runway 29 at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The right hand main gear separated and the aircraft came to rest with the second touching the runway. An evacuation was carried out on the left...
AirAsia and AFI KLM E&M have inked a component support agreement for the airline's fleet of Airbus A320neo passenger jets, ultimately scheduled to number 304 aircraft. AirAsia took delivery of its first A320neo on 7 September this year in Hamburg. Signed in the...
Air India and Lufthansa Technik have entered into an agreement for the maintenance and repair of the carrier's Boeing 777-200/300 landing gears. The four-year contract covers a total of 15 shipsets. The maintenance and overhaul work will be performed by Lufthansa...
FL Technics has officially opened its MRO hangar at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia. FL Technics Indonesia has also reached cooperation agreements with ten Asian airlines. The newly opened 9 000 sq. m. facility accommodates up to three...
AFI KLM E&M has inaugurated its new Kuala Lumpur Materials and Logistics Service Center. The facility is designed to better serve the MRO’s client airlines throughout the region. A first warehouse had been deployed in 2011 as part of the Boeing Next-Generation 737...
United Airlines Flight 837 bound for Japan took off from San Francisco last night only to turn back shortly after when it experienced an engine malfunction. Eye witnesses report flames coming from one of the engines. The 747 aircraft landed safely. A stalled...
American Airlines Flight 1693 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico due to an engine failure. The A321 had departed from DFW International Airport on Sunday night but experienced an engine failure on the right side of the aircraft. There were 178...