Monarch Aircraft Engineering has made significant progress in construction of its new 110,000 sq ft maintenance facility at Birmingham Airport.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA have approved a Fokker Services component repair shop, which will include avionics, hydraulics and limited structure components in Singapore.

Thomson Airways has selected Airline Services Components to provide wheels-and-brakes support on new Boeing 787s under a 12-year contract.