Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
London Gatwick Airport has announced it is "preparing to welcome the return of Air China" ahead of the carrier's resumption of flights to Beijing on April 1. The flight will be the first to China from the south London airport since early 2020. The four-times-a-week...
UK low-cost carrier easyJet has started flying between Paris Orly and Manchester and on April 1 will connect the north-west England airport with Murcia. The launches come as the carrier marks 15 years of flying from Manchester, where it employs around 700 people and...
A 10-day strike by 1,400 security officers at London Heathrow Airport started on March 31 after an eleventh-hour attempt to avert the walk-out failed. The Unite trade union said March 30 negotiations with Heathrow management "failed to resolve the current pay dispute"...
Loganair and Belfast City Airport have marked the 40th anniversary of the Scottish carrier's first flight from the airport, which was then called Belfast Harbour. Passengers arriving on a flight from Aberdeen were welcomed with a "celebratory water cannon display",...
Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) recently welcomed Cebu Pacific’s new route to Naga (WNP). The Cebu to Naga route is the first and only direct service that connects the two destinations. The airline will operate four times weekly on this route. “Cebu Pacific...
South Korea’s PLANA is all set to expand its wings in the US with new branches in Silicon Valley and Irvine, California. This expansion will accelerate the FAA certification process of the Advance Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft and aid PLANA in global expansion. PLANA...
The Irish government is to spend almost €17 million on the country's regional airports, with the bulk of the cash going to Cork, Knock and Shannon. The allocations were announced by Jack Chambers, a junior minister in the transport department, during a visit to...
Air Canada will "resume and extend" its Edinburgh-Toronto service, according to Edinburgh Airport, which announced the route would re-open on June 2 with "up to daily" flights in summer before a thrice-weekly winter schedule is implemented. “We are pleased to announce...
BAE Systems and Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace are pairing up to "define the battery system" for the Heart ES-30 regional aircraft. The battery, the companies said, "will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff...
StandardAero completed a decade of its engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Brisbane, QLD, Australia this March. The 22,000 sq. ft. facility at Brisbane is a Pratt & Whitney Canada-authorized PT6A Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) with...
Dublin Airport Authority has announced an "internal review" after a "trespasser" got through security checks without a boarding pass on March 27. “We never comment on security matters for obvious reasons. We note the speedy apprehension of the individual in this case...
Hong Kong Airport (HKIA) handled 2.1 million passengers in February 2023, marking a year-on-year (Y-O-Y) surge of approximately 24 times as reported by the Airport Authority Hong Kong. The airport recorded 290,000 tonnes of cargo volume with 6.7 % Y-O-Y rise and...