Etihad Airways has expanded its existing partnership with China’s SF Airlines to strengthen ties and further cooperation to increase cargo capacity between China and the rest of the world via Etihad hub in Abu Dhabi. The new agreement includes expanding cooperated...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Astral Aviation partners with Airlink for disaster relief shipments
Astral Aviation has signed its first formal partnership agreement (MOU) with disaster response nonprofit Airlink. As a part of the agreement, Astral Aviation will transport 50 tons of humanitarian aid over the next year. Astral Aviation operates a network that...
Ferrovial partners with Milligan to develop UK’s first vertiports
Ferrovial, through its Airports division, has partnered with Milligan to identify and develop sites to launch urban air mobility operations in the United Kingdom. The collaboration, Ferrovial says, will advance its plan to design, build and operate vertiports in this...
Ostend-Bruges and Antwerp Airport expect 160,000 passengers in summer vacations
The Ostend-Bruges Airport and Antwerp Airport are expecting around 160,000 passengers in the coming summer holiday period. The airport claims that this figure is in line with the last summer passenger figure. Commenting on the recovery, Airport Chief Executive Eric...
Copenhagen Airport launches AIRHART platform
Copenhagen Airport has partnered with Netcompany for new real-time data platform called AIRHART. The platform will replace and connect over 100 digital systems across the airport. With this integration airport employees will benefit from the platform thus reducing...
London Southend Airport up for sale
London’s Southend Airport is up for sale with the parent company, Esken looking at the right buyer. The buyer would need to support the growth prospects of the airport over the long term and benefit airline partners, customers and stakeholders. The company had...
Air Niugini in a technical tangle as both B767 grounds in Brisbane
Air Niugini is facing a technical nightmare with both its Boeing 767 grounded in Brisbane. The airline is putting in all the efforts to restore its two widebody aircraft to full operational capacity. After the aid of a team of engineers and technicians, one of the...
Sydney Airport records 85.7% recovery in May as compared to pre-pandemic level
Sydney Airport is on its way to recovery with about 3,010,000 passengers crossing the airport in May 2023, with 85.7% recovery compared to pre-pandemic May 2019. Sydney Airport’s T1 international terminal saw 1,076,000 passengers pass through in May, which is an 83.1%...
Croatia Airlines sign Swiss-AS AMOS software for optimizing maintenance and engineering needs
Croatia Airlines has signed Swiss-AS for the implementation of AMOS, a comprehensive software solution. The solution is designed to optimize and streamline the airline's maintenance and engineering operations. By leveraging the advanced features and functionalities of...
AFI KLM E&M inducts its first Pratt & Whitney GTF engine
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has inducted its first Pratt & Whitney GTF engine marking the 13th active location of the GTF MRO network. "With the induction of our first GTF engine, we're growing our capabilities with today's most...
Flights in US East Coast face disruptions due to thunderstorm
The flights in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, and Atlanta are severely affected due to thunderstorm and bad weather forcing the airports in the region to halt most of the incoming flights. Besides the issues with communication systems in the Washington DC have...
Recaro unveils new seating solutions allowing increased capacity on A320
Recaro Aircraft Seating has unveiled a new seating solution for Airbus that will allow increased passenger capacity from 190 to 194 passengers while meeting the 13-inch passageway requirement for emergency exits. Recaro claims that the X-Tend Seat product will...