The order announced on Dec. 12 includes an aftermarket agreement with Rolls-Royce for the aircraft's Trent 7000 engines.

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.

Airbus finishes painting an All Nippon Airways A380 that included 520% more stencils that typical designs.

The Portuguese airline maintenance business has entered into a general support license agreement with LEAP engine maker CFM International.

The U.S. carrier is planning to implement further software enhancements and upgraded hardware early next year.

Spare-part logistics is cited as a major challenge by Flybondi.com, an airline operating a fleet of five Boeing 737 aircraft.

Air New Zealand engineers have scheduled a strike Dec. 21 that threatens to disrupt the carrier’s operations on one of its busiest travel days, although further negotiations are planned in an effort to resolve the contract dispute.

A listing of airworthiness directive and bulletins from EASA and FAA.