Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The first flight from London's Gatwick Airport to Nice took off on March 25, the Hungarian budget airline has announced. The route is the latest to get off the ground from the south London hub, from where Wizz flies to around 90 destinations. “We are happy to...
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) said 2022 passenger numbers through its airports "significantly increased" compared to 2021. The 181% year-on-year increase took traffic to 35.6 million passengers, or 70% of 2019, and was down "easing of pandemic-related...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) concluded the first flight of its cargo converted B777-300ER passenger aircraft for AerCap, paving way for its final certification. The B777-300ER is also known as the Big Twin. IAI’s cargo conversion program for the Big Twin is...
SriLankan Airlines recently signed Swiss-AS, AMOS software as a next step towards paperless maintenance. The airline has also opted for AMOSmobile/EXEC which is a touch-optimised add-on to AMOS. This new feature will enable SriLankan Airlines to perform all line and...
Menzies Aviation is adding to its ground and air cargo services in Costa Rica and Chile. The company announced on March 24 that it has been granted licenses to operate ground services at Juan Santamaría International, Costa Rica's largest airport, and at Liberia...
ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium recently received approval from European regulators to provide line maintenance in other European countries. The Belgium Civil Aviation Authority granted the approval and the European Aviation Safety Agency validated it, paving the way...
A total of 2,732,000 passengers passed through Sydney Airport in February 2023, representing an 80.4% recovery compared to pre-COVID February 2019. The airport recently announced the passenger traffic figures for February 2023. Domestic passenger traffic was 82.9%...
Airports of Thailand is planning to invest $1.08 bn to expand the terminal at Bangkok’s Don Meuang Airport (DMK). This announcement for expansion comes in the wake of increasing passenger demand and emerging new start-up airlines in Southeast Asia. The construction of...
Aviation industry information services and software business ATP has been named a winner in the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards for its ChronicX platform. ChronicX, which ATP said is used on 25% of the world's commercial fleet, is based on "natural language...
UK-headquartered cargo business Europa Air & Sea has opened an office in Delhi after doing likewise in Shanghai and Dubai in 2022. Part of the Europa Worldwide Group, which in 2022 reported a record turnover of £316 million, the company "is setting the pace in the...
British regional carrier Eastern Airways has announced the launch of three Paris routes services "in cooperation with Air France", with the daily services to Paris Orly from East Midlands, Cardiff and Southampton airports to Paris Orly to start in April 2023. “We are...
LYTE Aviation has announced it is developing a 40-seat hybrid electric-hydrogen vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) SkyBus aircraft and an eVTOL SkyTruck variant. LYTE, which is based in London and Hamburg and describes itself as the "world’s newest advanced air...