Startup ZeroAvia has partnered with Mitsubishi’s CRJ support division, MHI RJ Aviation, to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion for regional jets, aiming for market availability in 2028.
The maintenance unit of Iberia and International Airlines Group (IAG) LCC Vueling have reached a long-term agreement for the maintenance and repair of airframes, engines and parts at Iberia’s Barcelona base.
As operators expand their go-green efforts, pushback against the use-and-discard pattern that underpins much of the new spare-parts business could grow.
Pavel Hales, CEO of Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), talks to James Pozzi about the possibility of introducing ATR passenger-to-freighter conversions in Prague next year and why it is adding further MRO capacity at its main base.
European airline fleet activity is showing signs of a sustained recovery, with both the number of in-service aircraft and their time in the air rising in recent months.
Airlines returning aircraft to service should factor supply-chain delays into their planning as issues ranging from logistics slowdowns to problems getting aircraft into foreign repair stations threaten fleet ramp-ups, executives at Aviation Week’s MRO Europe conference said.