Mubadala announced at the Singapore Airshow today that it has launched a new business to buy and maintain airlines' spare parts and components, as well as to supply original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Mubadala executive director Homaid Al Shemmari said at Singapore Airshow today that the Abu Dhabi investment firm plans to buy another MRO business within the next year

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation, will officially open the second edition of the successful maintenance, repair and overhaul conference and exhibition, MRO Middle East, presented jointly by F&E Aerospace and Aviation Week magazine.

When issues of maintenance are discussed about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia there is one name that comes to the fore. Jon Lake met with Alsalem Aircraft Company to find out what makes it tick.

The French independent MRO provider Europe Aviation has obtained EASA PART 145 approval to perform Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft line maintenance at Khartoum airport in Sudan. It will soon extend its capabilities to Boeing B737 and B777 aircraft in Khartoum.

Singapore Airlines engineering subsidiary SIAEC Global signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain's sovereign wealth investment organisation, Mumtalakat to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Bahrain under the Gulf Technics brand.

Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Goodrich Corporation to collaboratively promote an advanced aircraft maintenance solution to the worldwide rotary aircraft market which will give Black Hawk operators across the Middle East a new support system.

Associated Air Center, the completions center for transport-category VIP aircraft, and a key business unit of StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Company, has successfully transitioned their Designated Alteration Station (DAS) to Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) at its Dallas, Texas location.