Virgin Atlantic's 2018 saw highly publicized issues with its Boeing 787 fleet. Phil Wardlaw, vice president of engineering and maintenance services at the UK airline, talks to James Pozzi about how it has addressed these problems while updating on plans to grow its day-to-day operation.
The company’s special missions interior team created multi-purpose cabins to provide a functional and comfortable environment for patients and medical staff.
The maintenance and engineering division of All Nippon Airways is the driver of the new venture, which is supposed to begin operating in January 2019 performing airframe heavy maintenance in Okinawa.
Leo Koppers, MTU’s senior vice president of MRO programs, will retire at year-end following a 3.5-decade career in aviation, most of it in the aftermarket sector. For the last 16 years, he has held various management positions at MTU. Koppers and Martin Friis-Petersen, who heads up MTU Maintenance Lease Services and will replace Koppers after he retires, speak with Lee Ann Shay and James Pozzi about the transition