Safety, Ops & Regulation

The airline, which commenced operations last year, is continuing to recruit staff and may also add a hangar.

Avianca taking steps to add MRO capabilities in conjunction with service expansion and alliance with United and Copa.

While it’s good that a six-year FAA bill passed in late 2018, the number of MRO-related provisions in it is worth noting—and acting upon.

Expect 2019 to be a good year for airline passenger traffic

Australia’s safety authority seeks feedback on proposed fatigue rules and plans to address maintenance personnel in subsequent revisions.

Drawing future aviation mechanics into schools and the profession—and finding more instructors—needs more work.

Avionics suppliers are ready, but will operators flying in U.S. or European airspace be able to meet the regulatory deadlines for ADS-B Out?

Through a series of component pooling arrangements, the carrier says it has also negated the impact of partially reduced availability of used and surplus parts.

How aircraft maintenance hangars in areas with extreme weather and seismic activity are built to provide safer, more comfortable working environments for MRO staff.

Regulator could re-evaluate its authority to issue monetary penalties for non-compliance with operator manuals, plans and procedures.

One of the measures proposed by the European Commission is extending the validity of type certificates by nine months.

With being compliant critical for airlines, one Swedish company is exploring an easier and better way to update manuals.

Canadian carrier First Air sheds paper for deferred maintenance logbook, will seek paperless docs in future.

The Japanese MRO will open with four hangar bays for aircraft maintenance and painting, with plans for capability expansion.

AirBaltic, based in Latvia, is expanding its in-house maintenance capabilities as it alters its fleet.

Virgin Atlantic's 2018 saw highly publicized issues with its Boeing 787 fleet. Phil Wardlaw, vice president of engineering and maintenance services at the UK airline, talks to James Pozzi about how it has addressed these problems while updating on plans to grow its day-to-day operation.

Smart retirement aircraft policy must take many factors into account.

Most, if not all of the CF6-powered aircraft will likely be converted to freighters with acquisitions set to begin next year.

The order announced on Dec. 12 includes an aftermarket agreement with Rolls-Royce for the aircraft's Trent 7000 engines.

The maintenance and engineering division of All Nippon Airways is the driver of the new venture, which is supposed to begin operating in January 2019 performing airframe heavy maintenance in Okinawa.

Airbus finishes painting an All Nippon Airways A380 that included 520% more stencils that typical designs.

The Portuguese airline maintenance business has entered into a general support license agreement with LEAP engine maker CFM International.

The U.S. carrier is planning to implement further software enhancements and upgraded hardware early next year.

Spare-part logistics is cited as a major challenge by Flybondi.com, an airline operating a fleet of five Boeing 737 aircraft.

Air New Zealand engineers have scheduled a strike Dec. 21 that threatens to disrupt the carrier’s operations on one of its busiest travel days, although further negotiations are planned in an effort to resolve the contract dispute.