Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Etihad Airways has signed contrail management contract with SATAVIA to enable contrail prevention across daily flight schedules thereby accelerating the airline’s progress towards climate neutral operations. The partnership will build on a previous proof-of-concept...
Amazon has started air freighter services in India, Amazon Air, will have two dedicated cargo aircraft with a capacity of 20,000 packages. Akhil Saxena, Vice President, Customer Fulfilment, Amazon Air said: “Amazon Air comes to India at an important time. Our...
A total of 3,093,000 passengers passed through Sydney Airport in December 2022, down 21.7% compared to pre-COVID December 2019. Domestic passenger traffic totalled 1,937,000 in December 2022, which is more than double the number of passengers in same month last year...
Swissport staff at Ireland's Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports are to vote in late January 2023 on a 10% salary increase offered by the ground-handler. “This will be the biggest pay increase in Swissport UK & Ireland’s history, and is a testament to your...
Dozens of flights out of Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow in London, were cancelled early on January 23 due to freezing fog. As temperatures overnight plunged to near -10 celsius, airlines were told by air traffic controllers to thin out their Monday schedules....
Shannon Airport in Ireland's south-west reported 1.51 million passengers in 2022, a recovery to 88% of the pre-lockdown number and a 300% jump on 2021. “The accelerated pace of the rebound in air travel from Shannon has exceeded our expectations and shows the pent-up...
Vistara has partnered with WorldTicket to provide customers with connections to Germany's Deutsche Bahn train network. The interline agreement will allow the airline to provide multimodal itineraries to its customers. The customers will be able to book air and rail...
IndiGo has introduced sensor technology on the aircraft for faster and accurate scanning of life vests. Manual inspection of vests takes 90-120 minutes depending on the aircraft type, but with the introduction of sensor tech the time is cut down to 3-4 minutes per...
Buenos Aires was the worst-ranked airport for lost and delayed luggage around Christmas, according to analysis by sostravel.com, an online and app-based service for travel technologies. Reports of lost or late-arriving luggage were up 101% annually for the period...
Manufacturer ZeroAvia has claimed a "giant step forward" for "zero-emission flight" with a six-minute test run of what it said is the largest aircraft to be powered by a hydrogen-electric engine The flight, using a 19-seat Dornier 228 testbed plane, took place at...
Pratt & Whitney recently inaugurated its $36million new India Engineering Centre (IEC) in Bengaluru, India. The new facility is co-located with India Capability Centre (ICC) and recently-inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centre. The...
Nippon Express signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Silk Way West Airlines to develop and promote cooperation in air cargo transport. As a part of the agreement Nippon Express Group plans to provide solutions that optimize its customers' complexly changing...