Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Aircraft Propeller Service’s Atibaia, Brazil-based facility (APS Brazil), which this past spring earned its certification as a repair station by Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (COM Nr. 1605-41/ANAC), has successfully completed its first 568F blade major inspection...
With the PurePower Geared Turbofan engine (GTF), MTU Aero Engines is collaborating with Pratt & Whitney on assembling the aircraft engine of the future. The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine family reduces fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 16 percent and cuts noise...
KLM UK Engineering has extended its services to include the Embraer 170/190 Family to meet the growing demands from its customer base. This latest offering compliments the existing portfolio at KLM UK Engineering's facility, where it can maintain five lines of heavy...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and the International EPD System, an environmental declaration program based in Sweden, has published the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Bombardier's CS100 aircraft. The EPD, which is based on verified Life Cycle Analysis...
Lufthansa Technik is strengthening its commitment to the growth market of Asia with the founding of Lufthansa Technik Component Services Asia Pacific. At the same time, a new location for component supply in Hong Kong has been established. The new warehouse offers a...
FL Technics, the global provider of one-stop-shop aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further expanding the range of its Continuous Airworthiness Management (CAMO) capabilities by adding Airbus A330 aircraft type to its EASA Part M approval. The...
JetBlue has become the launch customer for the first module of Airbus’ “Scheduled Maintenance Optimizer”, following a successful prototyping and demonstration of value. This application, focusing on Long Term Planning, is part of the Airbus Smarter Fleet solutions....
TAP Maintenance & Engineering (TAP M&E) has performed the world’s first Sharklet retrofit of an in-service ACJ319 VIP on behalf of Airbus Corporate Jets, as part of the first turn-key project for Comlux The Aviation Group. All the work was carried out by TAP...
Corendon Airlines has signed a new deal with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) to provide Corendon Airlines Turkey and Corendon Dutch Airlines with engine maintenance services for twelve CFM56-7B engines in their fleets. The...
A report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) blames miscommunication between crew and ground staff for causing the collision of a Malaysia Airlines A330 with an aerobridge at Melbourne Airport on March 31. The ATSB report states that the captain had...
Lufthansa Technik has been selected by an undisclosed customer to perform comprehensive cabin engineering services as well as initial parts provisioning for the entry into service on a Boeing BBJ 787-8. The engineering services consist of Service Bulletin (SB) and...
AAR has acquired an aircraft paint stripping and washing business, Sonic Aviation, located at Miami International Airport. Sonic’s strip and wash services, including ground support equipment (GSE), complements AAR’s existing aircraft painting business and will add a...