AFI KLM E&M will carry out engine development tests for Snecma of the Safran Group, which is developing the LEAP engine with GE through CFM International.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has developed a robot-supported process for inspecting metallic aircraft fuselage structures.

Spirit Airlines has chosen Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (MBD) wheels, brakes and MRO services for its Airbus narrowbodies.

FL Technics Training will start a new basic technical course in January 2015.

Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has completed expansion of its central European headquarters in Mönchengladbach, Germany, with an enhanced facility, effectively twice the size.

Safran Group’s Aircelle has inaugurated a new building for its Aircelle Europe Services business at Pont-Audemer in Normandy, doubling capacity to perform MRO on jet engine nacelles.

ATR and Austrian regional InterSky have signed a three-year agreement for the exchange, repair and overhaul service for leading edges of wing and control-surface ribs.

Association of European Airlines (AEA) chairman Temel Kotil used a keynote address at MRO Europe in Madrid to warn about the mounting dependency on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for aftermarket support.