Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Engineers at Jet Airways are on a 'go-slow' mode after talks over an increase in wages broke down. The airline has been forced to cancel two flights from Chennai in the morning for engine repairs, but Jet stated that this was not because of lack of engineers. The...
United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union have reached tentative agreements on new contracts covering 32,500 workers. The agreements provide retroactive wage increases, signing bonuses, traditional pension increases...
The US Federal Aviation Administration has extended the original February 11 comment period for comments on its proposed air carrier contract maintenance requirements rules to March 13. The proposed rules would change the maintenance regulations for domestic, flag and...
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has won a contract for its rate-per-flying-hour aircraft spares support service from Eastern Airways, which covers a three-year support deal for the airline’s fleet of 16 Jetstream 41 turboprop airliners. Eastern Airways operates over 800...
A small AN-24 aircraft carrying 45 passengers skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday. Four people were killed, two were injured and the fate of two others remains unknown. The aircraft, which had departed...
Summer 2013 will see talks begin between the EU and the United States on producing a free-trade agreement that would give birth to the largest free trade zone on the planet, significant enough to add 0.5% or €86bn to overall EU GDP and 0.4% or €65bn to the US economy...
United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union have reached tentative agreements on new contracts covering 32,500 workers. The agreements provide retroactive wage increases, signing bonuses, traditional pension increases...
The US Federal Aviation Administration has extended the original February 11 comment period for comments on its proposed air carrier contract maintenance requirements rules to March 13. The proposed rules would change the maintenance regulations for domestic, flag and...
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has won a contract for its rate-per-flying-hour aircraft spares support service from Eastern Airways, which covers a three-year support deal for the airline’s fleet of 16 Jetstream 41 turboprop airliners. Eastern Airways operates over 800...
A small AN-24 aircraft carrying 45 passengers skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday. Four people were killed, two were injured and the fate of two others remains unknown. The aircraft, which had departed...
The agreement includes technical fleet management services, component repair, and availability via dedicated logistics support, access to AFI KLM E&M's dedicated regional A330 spares pool, and the supply of an A330 Main Base Kit on Air Pacific premises. Dave Pflieger,...
Announcing full year revenue of $5.398 billion and an operating Income of $92 million Spirit AeroSystems has revealed that "late-breaking" design changes from Airbus are the reason why it was deemed to be a supply chain risk by Airbus for the A350XWB programme last...