Maintenance & Training

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East (AME), will be appointed senior vice president for customer, financial and digital services (CFDS), based in Geneva.

Retirements sped up, deliveries stretched out as American, Delta, Southwest, United ponder post-pandemic operations.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

The Thai State Enterprise Policy Committee (SEPC) has approved a THB58 billion ($1.8 billion) loan for Thai Airways as the debt laden flag-carrier grapples with prolonged travel disruption from the COVID-19 outbreak.

Women are making an increasing contribution to the aviation industry worldwide and are also directly supporting global exchanges in diverse areas facilitated by aviation such as international trade. On the occasion of International Women's Day, Emirates is highlighting one aspect of how women in aviation are supporting economies and touching lives across the world.

Sales of the MRO arm, its frequent flyer programme and its in-flight catering service could net the flag carrier around $2.4 billion.

American Airlines is seizing on the downturn posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to streamline its fleet structure, announcing plans to retire five separate fleet types spanning 99 airliners.

Some airlines in Europe, now bolstered by hefty state aid packages, are trying to assess how their businesses will fare after the crisis.

Boeing’s company-wide target of reducing its staff by 16,000 will hit its Global Services (BGS) even harder, with cuts in the company’s support

China Southern Airlines has officially opened what it calls “Daxing China Southern City” at Beijing Daxing Airport (PKX) as China’s largest carrier begins to shift operations to the new airport.

A change in repair service priorities during the downturn could benefit lessors.

Southwest Airlines remains committed to the Boeing 737 MAX but will stretch out planned deliveries and accelerate retirements of an undetermined

The Jambojet has appointed Karanja Ndegwa as its acting managing director, with effect from May 1, 2020.

Ask the Editors: Chief Editor-MRO Lee Ann Shay answers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Sebastian Mikosz will join IATA as the Association’s senior vice president for Member and External Relations, effective 1 June 2020.

A growing number of airlines are asking for payment deferrals in an effort to preserve liquidity.

ILS and Component Control plan to release a product on April 28 that is designed to integrate workflow between ILS’s marketplace and Component Control’s Quantum ERP customers.

With no end to the COVID-19 crisis in sight, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is flying four of its Airbus A380 and two of LCC subsidiary Scoot’s A320ceo to the Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage (APAS) facility in Alice Springs, Australia for long-term parking.

Lufthansa Technik has launched a new service in response to the surge in demand for cargo services since the COVID-19 crisis has grounded the vast

Fast-growing Asian carriers are not used to grounding jets, and most of the Asia-Pacific region does not have, like the western U.S., vast dry deserts

Boeing has announced key organisation and leadership changes aimed at driving greater cross-company integration and continuous improvement. The changes are effective May 1.

Ask the Editors: Air Transport and Safety Editor Sean Broderick answers.

The commercial aftermarket could see a 50% decline in year-over-year sales during the 2020 second quarter before beginning what will likely be a long

The coming weeks and months will be full of big announcements about business changes. Here are three factors affecting A&D supply chains.

Independent MRO providers and engine lessors have a tougher time in the widebody engine aftermarket than they do with narrowbody powerplants, both