MRO

Brian Goddard to Sales Manager-Commercial/Regional Aviation Component Repairs of Dallas Aeronautical Services, TX.

AVENTURE AVIATION acquired ex-TUI 737-700 (35140; built in 2008) for part out by KLM UK ENGINEERING in Norwich.

The MRO is reportedly looking to become the latest facility for the Boeing Converted Freighter program for the 737-800.

Kevin Wall, APOC’s senior vice president of business development for the Americas, talks about the company’s growth plans for the region and how it is tackling workforce and supply chain challenges.

The MRO is sharing actual part-transaction prices with ILS so it can improve estimates of fair market values for aircraft parts.

LATAM Airlines Brasil is now using augmented reality glasses to support maintenance at 20 bases in Brazil.

Etihad Engineering has signed a Component Agreement with Touchdown Aviation (TDA), a global specialist in the supply, loan, exchange, and repair of aircraft components.

Ethiopian Airlines MRO, UTD Aviation Solutions and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite MoU to work together on MRO services in pursuance to the The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI).

RELIANCE AIRCRAFT INTERNATIONAL, TX purchased ex-Austrian 767-300 (26417; no engines) for part out at ECUBE SOLUTIONS.

AIRBUS has Flight Hour Services (FHS) agreement with Air Cairo to provide material/component support for 10 A320s.

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI) issued tenders for lease of land and establishment and operation of aircraft MRO facilities at Tirupati Airport

AVAIR expanded its long-term aftermarket agreement with Lufthansa Technik with second large material takeover of another 9,000 aircraft components

SPIRIT AIRLINES is opening 2-bay aircraft maintenance facility at Houston IAH with ramp space for up to four aircraft; it plans to add 24 A320 Family

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts MRO market in the Americas of $271.9b (80,000 MRO service events) over the next 10 years; engines will comprise 44%

BOEING plans to part out BBJ 747-8 (40065) at Marana, AZ; it was to be acquired by Saudi Arabia but never delivered.

Spirit Airlines will open a maintenance hangar at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) that will eventually be staffed with more than 50 workers, the company said April 20.

The reality of today's supply and demand for MRO workforce.

LHT has signed an addendum to its long-term aftermarket sales agreement with AvAir that will offload an additional 9,000 parts.

AIR TRANSPORT COMPONENTS (ATC), AZ opened 60,000 sq ft facility in Tulsa, OK to provide HVOF thermal spray, grind, NDT, and paint services with

Pierre-Emmanuel Wolff to Managing Director-Bordeaux site of Sabena Technics.

The MRO software provider is rolling out several new digital products for paperless maintenance management.

Egypt’s low-fare carrier Air Cairo has selected Airbus’ Flight Hour Services (FHS) for its entire all-Airbus fleet.

An influx of North American airlines and MROs have adopted 8tree’s dentCHECK tool for aircraft damage mapping.

Confusion over the validity of E100 “New Article Inspection” forms are causing headaches for U.S.-based repair stations.

The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.