Turkish Airlines opened a new, state-of-the-art MRO facility, HABOM, at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport July 1, 2014.

The former head of flight operations at FastJet, Capt Ali Hammoud, has told students at a UK university that Africa is preparing for a “big aviation boom”.

A report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has revealed the locator-beacon battery in the flight data recorder (FDR) had passed its expiration date, an oversight that later triggered a fleet-wide check by the airline.

Etihad Airways has selected 12 Italian trainees to join its engineering division and take part in a training opportunity.

MRO News-March 6, 2015

UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic is launching a trial with Sony Mobile Communications to test how new wearable technology can help improve the airline’s maintenance and engineering processes.

Briefs from the March 4, 2015 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has become the first EASA Part 21 Design Organization Approval (DOA) holder in China.