The U.S. midterm elections are putting new leaders into key congressional aviation committees—including some of whom have criticized foreign repair stations in the past.
Uptake and Rolls-Royce are about half way through a two-month proof of concept to ascertain whether a different data-science approach will improve Trent engines’ reliability—including detecting problems before they occur.
Wolfgang Mayrhuber led the rehabilitation team charged with engineering Lufthansa’s recovery in the early 1990s. Subsequently, he was elected chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik when it became an independent entity in 1994. He is credited evolving LHT into a global supplier of MRO services.
Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners said Dec. 3 it bought Aircraft Performance Group (APG), which offers proprietary flight operations software targeted at the aerospace aftermarket.
Passenger-door seal damage caused by a catering truck created an unnerving onboard noise that led a Qantas AirbusA380 to return to Sydney 2 hr. into a scheduled flight to the U.S., an Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) report found.
Aviation Week speaks with Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon to find out more about how the new Auckland to Chicago route will be serviced and what the airline’s expansion plans entail.
To support its growing fleet, the airline is offering accelerated A&P training and employment opportunities along with a perks package valued at up to $11,000.
The company says Bed Bug Killer, which is the first product of its kind approved for aviation, provides a quicker, cheaper alternative to the industry’s current bed bug treatments.
Aviation Week caught up with the CEOs of Donecle and MRO Drone at MRO Europe to find out more about where the use of drones for maintenance is headed and what is still standing in the way of its full potential.
From the exhibition floor at MRO Europe 2018, David Lefebvre, mechanical engineer for Gastops, demonstrates the company's ChipCHECK analyzer. Through the same technology the Mars rover uses to analyze rocks, ChipCHECK allows rapid on-site identification of turbine particles to monitor equipment degradation.
Industry experts from Airbus, Boeing, Lilium and Pratt & Whitney share their views on the future of MRO, data ownership and what MRO issues keep them up at night.
Norman Baker, senior vice president, digital services for Airbus, talks Skywise and the digital solutions Airbus has on display at MRO Europe this year.
MRO students had the chance to attend this year's MRO Europe. Find out more about their experience at the show and what they are most excited about in the industry.
