Having recently made investments in a number of overseas airlines including a pending stake in Virgin Australia, Chinese conglomerate HNA Group’s aviation arm added an MRO to its growing portfolio at the end of last week by buying a majority stake in SR Technics subject to regulatory approval.

On Sunday (July 17), the world remembered those who lost their lives two years ago on board the tragic Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, again mourning…

GE Aviation has developed four apps that are taking its TrueChoice services offerings and related maintenance to the next level of efficiency.

United has closed one of the most bizarre legal sagas in recent airline history by agreeing to pay a $2.25m fine in exchange for a non-prosecution agreement from the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO). Thus the US major will face no further action over its Newark, New Jersey-Columbia, South Carolina flights, which it allegedly re-instated as a favor to the then chairman of the Ports Authority of New Jersey, David Samson, who had a holiday home in South Carolina.

With the trade side of this year’s Farnborough International Airshow drawing to a close, the lion’s share of the week’s headlines were given to the debuting of Lockheed Martin’s F-35, the Boeing-Airbus order battle and fears that the UK’s exit from the European Union would cast a long shadow over proceedings. While traditionally the quieter of the two airshows for MRO activity, with Paris bringing a higher volume of agreements, Farnborough nevertheless saw a raft of multi-billion dollar aftermarket deals signed and sealed.

A Fast 5 interview with Jonas Butautis, CEO of Magnetic MRO in Estonia.

The opening days of Farnborough 2016 have underlined the power of large engine manufacturers in the aftermarket, though choice remains for narrowbody maintenance.

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, in partnership with Astra Aircraft Corporation, has signed an exclusive five year contract with ARMSCOR for material support of the C-130B aircraft, operated by the South African Air Force (SAAF).