The project plan includes a personnel competency framework and corresponding manual to aid implementation.

Flight Standards Information System guidance incorrectly stated that a person performing a final inspection must hold a mechanic or repairman certificate.

With a fleet of mixed aircraft types, ExpressJet juggles in-house MRO expansion with use of third-party providers for major engine work.

The model continues to hold its own as a versatile and cost-effective running mate in many fleets.

See MRO-Network.com's highlighted fleet changes from airlines this past year.

A rundown of the latest airworthiness directives from Australian, European and Canadian regulators.

Lufthansa Technik's (LHT) central maintenance location is at Frankfurt Airport where the MRO provider services all of Lufthansa's aircraft as well as aircraft for more than 100 other customers. LHT's 4,000 personnel work in three shifts around the clock maintaining aircraft. Frankfurt’s LHT center has four hangars with 90,000 sq m of floor space. Three of the hangars are used for the Lufthansa’s fleet. The Frankfurt maintenance base services more than 700 aircraft, including about 260 aircraft belonging to Deutsche Lufthansa.

EPCOR is to handle maintenance for the APUs equipping Kenya Airways Boeing 737 Next Generation (GTCP131-9B), Boeing 787 (APS5000) and Embraer 190 (APS2300) aircraft under the terms of an exclusive contract signed between the Kenyan carrier and AFI KLM E&M.