Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Munich Airport's summer schedule features "many new destinations" with Lufthansa adding Osaka and Mexico City to resumed routes to Shanghai and Beijing. Air China will also start flying from Munich to the two Chinese cities, while ANA will offer flights to Tokyo. "In...
AAR has acquired aircraft maintenance and fleet management software business Trax USA. Miami-based Trax's software supports around 5,000 aircraft worldwide with a system for managing aircraft maintenance and fleet management, including materials planning and...
WestJet Cargo has been given the go-ahead by regulator Transport Canada for four 737-800 Boeing converted freighters. The approval means the carrier can, in partnership with GTA, "expeditiously implement three freighters into service, as dedicated aircraft that will...
Over four million passengers passed through the Mumbai International Airport in February 2023, surpassing the pre-pandemic mark. The airport released its passenger figures for February 2023 stressing on robust demand for air travel through Mumbai. The airport hosted...
IAG Cargo is opening new routes in the Americas on a British Airways-operated Boeing to carry "perishables, local produce and oil equipment". On March 20, the the cargo division of International Airlines Group announced it would be "operating a new route to Aruba...
Atlas Air Worldwide has now been acquired by an investor group led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, which manages assets valued at about $548bn, and by investment affiliates of JF Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital. The completion of the previously...
India will spend about $12bn over the next two years on airports to meet the resurgent travel demand. India aims to boost the number of airports to 220 by 2025 from the current 148. As for the airport infrastructure investment, private players will invest about $9bn...
Over 1,400 workers at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 are to go on strike for 10 days in the period up to Easter Sunday. The strike was announced by the Unite trade union, which warned of delays and disruptions to holiday travel at the terminal, which is used by...
A.P. Moller - Maersk's inaugural freight flight between Billund in Denmark and Hangzhou is to take off on March 20, the shipping company has announced. The thrice-weekly flights, the first Denmark-Asia cargo service by air, are to be operated by Maersk's cargo airline...
Bluebird Nordic has added a fifth Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft in what chief executive Audrone Keinyte described as a further strengthening of the Icelandic company's fleet. “These new aircraft have already proven to be excellent assets, providing reliable and...
UK-based ZeroAvia has signed a memorandum of understanding with energy company Fortum to explore developing hydrogen production and refuelling infrastructure at airports in Scandinavia. The companies "will investigate the potential development of on-the-ground...
Corporación América Airports has reported a 35.5% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in February 2023, reaching 88.1% of February 2019 levels. The group, which runs 53 airports in six countries, said the traffic weighed against pre-Covid levels, was down on...