The FAA has ordered inspections of Boeing 787 aircraft after improperly installed fuel line hardware has been discovered on in-service aircraft and on the production line according to the Seattle Times.

Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group is building a new hangar at Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates to expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service capabilities for freighter and passenger aircraft. The new hangar, expected to be fully operational by January, will be run by Volga-Dnepr Technics division through its local subsidiary, Volga-Dnepr Gulf Co.

Lagos-based Evergreen Apple Nigeria (EAN), has achieved Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.

Volga-Dnepr builds a hangar in the UAE to service passenger and cargo airlines.

The jigsaw pieces are coming together for a future “all-electric” commercial airliner by the second half of the 2020s. Seeking higher efficiencies, lower costs and easier maintenance, airframers and equipment manufacturers alike are pushing ahead with development of electrically powered replacements for today's pneumatic, mechanical and hydraulic systems.

Aviation groups are concerned that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will fail to issue foreign repair station certification rules by the year-end deadline the agency once projected.

RwandAir is to send its pair of Bombardier CRJ900s to Madrid for planned maintenance.

Embraer has started negotiations with Kenya Airways to open the airframer’s second authorized service center in Africa.