Safety, Ops & Regulation

The legislation would require carriers to disclose more information about their maintenance activities to the public.

Operators of nearly half of in-service Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be ordered to inspect slat tracks and remove parts that may not meet production requirements.

The IFRS 16 accounting standard affects how airlines account for maintenance of aircraft on operating lease.

Karolis Čepukas, accountable manager for Kaunas Aircraft Maintenance Services, Ryanair’s maintenance base in Lithuania, talks about servicing the Irish carrier’s expanding Boeing 737 fleet, which numbers 455 but is expected to grow to 585 by 2024. He also discusses the interaction between the airline’s bases.

The reach and impact of OEMs in the aftermarket is being increasingly felt but analysts are not seeing many negative implications yet.

Thailand makes progress on one safety audit but needs additional work before seeking another FAA audit.

Thai Airways is expanding MRO facilities as part of a government economic development program to take advantage of airline growth in the region.

EASA is targeting revised Part 21 and Part 145 regulations by 2020.

A new FAA online training resource tackles corporate culture and accountability around failure to follow procedures-related incidents.

Revised language to proposed FAA guidance seeks to better illustrate the breadth of career opportunities in aviation maintenance.

How can businesses manage the hype surrounding advancing technologies?

MRO and logistics providers using evolving technologies to improve reliability of deliveries and forecast real-time inventory needs for parts.

FAA, leveraging similar requirements issued more than a decade ago for the Boeing 787, has issued special conditions that Boeing must follow to demonstrate the 777-9’s composite fuel tanks durability.

Boeing 737 MAX grounding could alter type of spending and boost outlays.

Lufthansa Technik will eventually maintain the entire fleet Boeing 737 family fleet of Comair.

The vote was approved overwhelmingly by a vote of nearly 95%, with close to 94% of the union’s 2,500 members participating.

Lawsuit was filed by the airline against the Transport Workers Union of America and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on May 21.

Given a half year’s perspective since the Lithuanian-based airline’s collapse, the former CEO shares his perspective on what went wrong.

Carrier-owned Industrial Aeronautica should still support third parties in Latin America's aftermarket.

The service was launched in April last year and aims to ship parts quickly in order to minimize aircraft down time and lost revenue.

Singapore Airlines’ technical arm and its airlines are impacted by the Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

Slated for 2020, the new hangar will help the carrier service its fleet at one of its busiest hubs.

The agreement announced this week includes painting, cabin refurbishment and Magnetic's first ever base maintenance work on ATR aircraft.

The company has introduced a mobile application for its Boeing maintenance manuals and is pursuing similar technology for its Airbus fleet.

Transport Canada issued an airworthiness directive mandating inspection of fuel feed tubes that can be chafed by a clamp.