British Airways is planning further investment in its call center in Gurugram, Delhi, India with a new office with a modernized telephone system. The airline has already doubled the size of its existing call centre since 2019. The new facility will accommodate the...
MRO News Archive
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ST Engineering signs LOI with Vaayu Group to provide expandable cabin lavatory solutions
ST Engineering signed a letter of Intent (LOI) with Vaayu Group to provide the expandable cabin lavatory solution, named ACCESS. Under the agreement, ST Engineering will provide 20 units of ACCESS for installation on Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft, making Vaayu...
Aena reports €900 million profit for 2022
Spanish state airport operator Aena recorded a net profit of €901.5 million in 2022, a near-€1.5bn rebound from the €475 million loss reported for 2021. The return to profit should mean the distribution of a gross dividend of €4.75 per share, Aena announced in a...
IAG Cargo to charge for paper waybills
International Airlines Group (IAG) Cargo will from April 3 charge customers £10 for using paper air waybills while keeping digital equivalents free of charge. The use of paper documents has led to around 7,800 tonnes, or the equivalent to 80 Boeing 747s full of paper...
London Stansted marks decade of ownership by Manchester Airports Group
London Stansted said it has become the UK's main entry point to Europe in the ten years since it was acquired by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) for £1.5bn. Since then, "millions of pounds have been invested in revamping facilities, Jet2 and Emirates have been added...
Embraer and Ocean Explorer agree terms for use of Beacon
Embraer and fellow Brazilian company Ocean Explorer have put pen to paper on the latter's use of Beacon, Embraer's "maintenance coordination digital platform". Ocean Explorer is to be the first helicopter operator to use Beacon, a system Embraer said helps "bring...
Universal Avionics gets official rubber-stamp for video-based flight safety system
Arizona-based Universal Avionics (UA) has obtained a Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorisation from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Aperture visual data management platform. The official green light "clears the way for initial delivery of the...
Plusgrade unveils partnership with AirAsia
Canadian company Plusgrade, which describes itself as "the leading provider of ancillary revenue solutions for the global travel industry", has announced a partnership with AirAsia. The deal will allow the South-east Asian budget carrier's customers to bid for...
Operations start at ecube’s US base
Killick Aerospace has commissioned UK-headquartered ecube to do a first teardown at the latter's US base at Coolidge Municipal Airport. “A great deal of work and effort has been invested to have a facility and team in place in the US that offers the same quality EOL...
Emerald Airlines to link Cork with Bristol and Belfast with the Isle of Man
Emerald Airlines is to fly from Belfast to the Isle of Man from April 24 and from Cork to Bristol starting four days later. The Aer Lingus regional operator flies to 17 destinations across Ireland and the UK after adding to its Belfast route network in the aftermath...
ST Engineering opens hangar at Pensacola airport
Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering has "marked a significant milestone in its continued growth and expansion" with the inauguration of a new aircraft maintenance hangar at Pensacola International Airport, The event, which was attended by Florida's deputy...
Norse Atlantic aiming for seven US routes from London
In what it said was "an important day for the UK aviation industry", Norse Atlantic Airways announced on February 28 it would by late 2023 be flying to seven US destinations from London Gatwick. Flights to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco will launch...