Air New Zealand has grounded its Airbus A320neo narrowbody aircraft due to Pratt & Whitney engine shortage. The impacted aircraft are used for short-haul flights to Australia, the Pacific region, as well as for domestic operations. According to the airline, travel...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Swissport gets seven-year licence for Geneva ground services
Swissport said it has been awarded a licence to provide airport ground services at Geneva International Airport after beating four competitors in a "competitive international tender process" The new license, which Swissport said is "set to start in November 2023", is...
Fraport and CGI ink digital deal
CGI and Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport, are partnering to speed up the airport's "digitisation". Fraport AG, which has "business activities" at 29 airports on four continents, selected CGI as its digital partner "with the aim of further enhancing Frankfurt...
Boeing signs agreement with Korean partners for advance production systems
Boeing, the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), will collaborate on advanced production systems for commercial aircraft manufacturing, urban air mobility, aerospace semiconductors...
Textron delivers 400th Citation CJ4
Textron Aviation has announced the "milestone" delivery of a 400th Citation CJ4 series aircraft to Koch Holdings of Easton, Pennsylvania. The delivery, Textron believes, reinforces the Citation family as "the world’s most popular line of business jets" and shows "the...
STARLUX selects Airbus’ Flight Hour Services for its A330neo fleet
STARLUX has selected Airbus’ Flight Hour Services (FHS) to support its growing A330neo fleet. Airbus’ FHS will help STARLUX secure fleet entry-into-service through an easy maintenance set-up with access to an established industrial infrastructure maximising aircraft...
MTU reports record quarter
MTU Aero Engines’ revenue increased by 31% year-on-year to €1.54bn in the first quarter of 2023, while operating profit increased by 62% from €131 million to €212 million. The adjusted EBIT margin rose from 11.1% in the first quarter of 2022 to 13.7% in the first...
Aena reports Q1 turnaround compared to 2022
Aena made €133.6 million in the first quarter of 2023 and saw commercial sales improve by more than 12% on pre-pandemic levels. In the same period in 2022, the Spanish airport operating business recorded losses of €41.7 million Passengers across the Aena Group (Spain,...
Flyadeal chooses NAVBLUE for optimising operations
flyadeal has chosen NAVBLUE Operations Control Centre (OCC) suite and Mission+, NAVBLUE’s Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications for its all-Airbus aircraft fleet, to optimize its operations and streamline its operational workflows, creating more added-value for its...
SIA signs up for Satair’s Integrated Material Services solution
Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed a long-term agreement for Satair’s Integrated Material Services (IMS) solution. Under this agreement, Satair will provide a wide range of expendable materials customised for SIA. This service will support SIA’s operations in terms...
GE Aerospace revenue up 25% in Q1 2023
GE Aerospace reported a 14% growth in orders to $8.2bn in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1 2023), with revenue up 25% year-on-year to $7bn. Operating profit was up 46% to over $1.3bn, with commercial services growing on the back of "higher internal shop visits and...
Central Airlines maps out cargo flights between New York and Chine, Awaiting DOT approval
Central Airlines has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin operating cargo and mail flights between China and US from November 2023. The airline is planning to deploy its B777 Freighter between Shenzhen and New York six times...