Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Inverness Airport is to make sustainable aviation fuel available to carriers using the hub, operator Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) has announced. Supplied by World Fuel Services, the SAF is to be a 35% blend and will support the Scottish government-owned...
DHL Express has ordered nine converted Boeing 777-200LR freighters from Jetran, the first of which will be delivered in 2024. DHL said the remaining aircraft will be delivered by 2027 as it attempts to modernise its long-haul fleet. "Ordering converted freighters with...
Acumen Aviation has been awarded Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) Airbus A320neo family CAMO approval, including for LEAP-1A and PW1100G engines. "This latest addition of Airbus A320neo CAMO approval is as a direct response to customer demand and further bolsters...
Bhutan Airlines has partnered with booking platform Amadeus Travel as a part of its digitalisation strategy and to gain visibility with travel sellers across the globe. The airline recently launched an in-flight entertainment system that allows passengers the ability...
Security workers at London Heathrow Airport are to go on strike again in May for eight days. The 1,400 workers, who went on strike around Easter, want a pay increase and called on the airport's management to "return to the negotiating table". “Our members have been...
Safran Nacelles and Lufthansa Technik have today signed a license agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for the over 2,500 Airbus A320neo's LEAP-1A nacelles in service The deal means "Lufthansa Technik is becoming a member of Safran Nacelles'...
Barfield, the US-based subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), has announced a two-year component repair agreement with AerFin. "The agreement covers a variety of part-numbers to help support AerFin’s A320 and...
The US-Bangla Airline will be the first international airline to take off from the newly inaugurated terminal at Chennai Airport. The Airport Authority of India is in-charge to launch this operation as a part of the trial run of the new terminal. US-Bangla Airlines...
India’s Lucknow airport is setting a new record every day in terms of passenger traffic. The airport recorded a growth of 64% in 2022-23 as against 3.34 million passengers in 2021-22. The airport witnessed a rise in domestic passenger traffic by 68% to 4.63 million...
Belavia, the Belarusian flag carrier has obtained the approval from Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation regulator to carry out maintenance on Russian aircraft. As per the certification, the MRO can carry out operational work to A checks, C checks, and D checks....
Munich Airport's 2022 passenger traffic hit "around 70% of pre-crisis level" as revenue doubled year-on-year to €1.2bn. Profit was up by over €200 million, the airport reported, largely due to passenger numbers increasing by almost 20 million to 31.6 million. Earnings...
Around 250 security workers at Glasgow Airport voted by 94% to reject what they labelled a "derisory" 5% pay increase. The workers, according to their Unite trade union, "deal with passengers directly in the security search area and process them for flights" and...