Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
328 Support Services has signed a two-year agreement for AOG support with SkyWork Airlines based in Bern, Switzerland. The arrangement will support the regional carrier’s five Dornier 328 turboprops. The contract follows the successful completion of maintenance work...
Commsoft has announced that moreJet, has signed a five concurrent users, five-year contract for the use of OASES. Founded in 2013 and based in Hampshire, moreJet offers turnkey solutions from initial aircraft acquisition through to the complete management and...
AJW Engines, a division of the integrated aviation support specialists - AJW Group, has purchased another CFM56-5B/P engine for teardown. The engine will be dismantled to support AJW’s worldwide network of airline and MRO customers. It will provide inventory for piece...
Somon Air, a private airline based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, has selected OASES, the MRO IT system from engineering and maintenance systems expert Commsoft, for its airline CAMO activities. OASES will control the airline's six-strong fleet of Boeing 737 'Classic' and...
The EBRD is supporting the growth programme of Kazakhstan’s national airline, Air Astana, with a loan of up to US$ 14 million equivalent in Kazakh tenge. The loan will finance the construction of the first aircraft maintenance facility in the country, and in the...
Fitch Ratings says that maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) remains a supportive factor for aerospace and defence (A&D) companies' ratings due to the diversification and higher margins it provides, and generally less cyclical cash flows. In particular, the...
In a Grand Opening ceremony Lufthansa Technik and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have celebrated the achievement of the operational status of Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR). On the occasion of the arrival of the first A320 from JetBlue Airways, the second...
MTU Maintenance continues to be the exclusive MRO provider for Royal Jordanian’s V2500 engines on its fleet of A320 family of aircraft. As such, the company has signed a Total Engine Care (TEC) agreement with Jordan’s flag carrier which includes traditional MRO...
JetBlue has become the launch customer for Airbus’ "Maintenance Mobility" offering following a contract recently signed with Airbus. Maintenance Mobility allows the airline mechanics to have all the technical information they need on iPads. Maintenance Mobility is one...
GoAir has substantially expanded its business relationship with Lufthansa Technik. In April 2014 GoAir had already signed an initial Total Engine Support TES contract, covering a total of 16 CFM56-5B engine overhaul events. The airline has now extended the contract by...
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has signed a partnership with Ramco Systems, which specializes in business software systems, especially in the MRO sector, to set up a joint innovation center in Singapore. A team of around ten...
AFI KLM E&M Components China, a wholly owned AIR FRANCE KLM subsidiary, was established in Shanghai in 2013 to repair avionics components and was CAAC-certified in November of that year. Recently in 2015, EASA, the European Aviation Safety Agency also awarded the...