Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or ASUR, which operates airports in Colombia, Mexico and the US, reported passenger traffic for January 2023 of 6.3 million, 29.8% above January 2022. Traffic increased by 37.8% in Puerto Rico, 33.6% in Mexico and 16.6% in Colombia,...
Pratt & Whitney on February 7 said it had opened a “new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF engine MRO network”. Described as a 155,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta” for the housing of “disassembly, assembly...
Lufthansa Technik and Avianca have signed a five-year contract for the Colombian carrier to receive instant and real-time information about the configuration and condition of its Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft as well as their engines and components. The deal takes in...
Aireon is to provide “space-based data” to enhance Boeing's Fleet Insight flight tracker. The company said in a statement that it would offer “real-time, streaming space-based ADS-B data through its AireonSTREAM product” and allow Boeing “access to the only...
Universal Hydrogen has been granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. The FAA sign-off “clears the way for the first flight of...
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to fly to a “record” 69 destinations from Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport in summer 2023. Six new destinations — Belfast, Bournemouth, Cornwall, London Stansted, Rhodes and Venice — were announced, along with “increased frequencies” on...
Dublin Airport recorded 2.1 million passengers in January 2023, 2% above the previous record set in 2019 and more than double the number for the same month in 2022. Cork Airport in Ireland’s south, which is also operated by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), reported...
Aviation analytics provider Cirium has said hundreds of thousands of passengers could be affected when UK border officials go on strike for a day on March 15, There are to be 2,125 flights landing at British airports on the day of the industrial action, Cirium...
Nidec Leroy-Somer has signed an agreement with Airbus to develop an electric motor for its hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine prototype. Airbus had earlier tabled plans to bring the first zero-emission commercial aircraft to market by 2035. According to Nidec...
Fabrum recently announced a $23 million Series A financing led by AP Ventures with participation from Australia-based Fortescue Future Industries, Japan-based Obayashi Corporation and New Zealand-based K1W1. With the new funding, Fabrum plans to expand its global...
Lufthansa Technik is to provide parts support to Azerbaijan Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body fleet The five-year total component support (TCS) deal takes effect in May, Lufthansa Technik said, and will give the flag carrier "24/7 access to Lufthansa Technik's...
Porter Airlines has announced its first flights using its new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport. “Today’s flights between Toronto Pearson and Vancouver are the first opportunity for passengers to...