Aviation Week MRO

The maintenance provider says it may expand heavy-check facilities in two years.

The new, tentative deal is the latest development in talks between the airline and its mechanics that started back in 2012.

The new GE Aviation and Lufthansa Technik joint venture plans to induct its first engine in April.

The fledgling carrier has revealed some of its aftermarket choices.

Providers in North America and Europe will lead the way for regional MRO supply while specifically, the U.S. will rely heavily on independent domestic maintenance shops.

Technical log solution should add several new customers in 2019 with airlines anticipated to go live over the next nine months.

The company’s new U.S. hub in Arlington, Texas will develop, manufacture and repair ground support equipment and aviation access platform products for North American customers.

Narrowbodies have more work to do in regions with later deadlines.

Margins narrowed and expenses rose in 2018 but the German MRO is targeting capacity growth across its global network.

The low-cost carrier says it is counting on its Dubai hub to attract new mechanics.

Mohamad Arif Faisal, VP marketing and business development for GMF AeroAsia in Indonesia, talks with Lee Ann Shay about the MRO’s global expansion plans, which include the Middle East and other Asian locations.

Located in Thompson, Manitoba Canada, the Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) tests Rolls-Royce engines’ resilience to cold conditions.

Engineers at Rolls-Royce in Derby, UK, have successfully tested key components of the UltraFan® engine design.

However challenges exist for the company around asset prices which have made trading difficult.

Three days of groundings by regulators across the world has now left the global MAX fleet grounded.

Beep Analytics’ predictive sales and market mapping platform will be integrated into the e-commerce marketplace to help suppliers make better inventory and pricing decisions.

The changes stemming from the October 2018 Lion Air Flight JT610 accident are being fast-tracked and rolled out on Boeing MAX family aircraft in the coming weeks.

Currently, SAE only performs heavy maintenance on narrowbody aircraft at its hangars at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Both parties will advise the U.S. Force on how it can modernize its maintenance and reliability processes.

The company is adding square footage, staff and new capabilities for battery servicing, painting and a host of other MRO services for business aircraft.

Groundings started less than 24 hours after Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, a three-month-old 737 MAX 8 crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa in clear weather March 10.

The U.S. line maintenance provider is the latest business to be divested by the Triumph Group.

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The aircraft, operating as flight ET302 to Nairobi, departed Bole International Airport at 08.38 a.m. local time with 149 passengers and eight crew members onboard.

Industry veteran believes growing concerns may prompt smaller carriers to cooperate more to establish MRO networks.