All MRO news – Page 7
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NewsAsia Digital Engineering to focus on regional expansion: CEO
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) will expand its line maintenance in the region in the new year, as it looks to continue its profitability streak.
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In depth‘Crown jewel’: Asia Digital Engineering opens Johor hangar amid strong demand
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), the MRO arm of AirAsia Aviation parent Capital A, has opened a base maintenance facility at Senai airport in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, as it hopes to tap into a resurgence in travel demand following two years of the pandemic.
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NewsHAECO Xiamen completes first A321-200PCF conversion
HAECO Xiamen has rolled out its first A321-200PCF freighter conversion, in cooperation with 321 Precision Conversions, which holds the supplemental type certificate for the converted type.
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NewsKenya Airways sees aircraft availability improving amid spare parts pressures
Kenya Airways is reporting some progress in its aircraft availability after recently flagging the risk of service disruptions resulting from supply chain-related maintenance delays.
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NewsGMF AeroAsia optimistic on near-term prospects; targets swing to profit
A bullish GMF AeroAsia is targeting a return to profitability this year on the back of strong MRO demand, though it has warned of supply chain challenges.
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NewsKenya Airways warns flights could be cut if MRO supply chain woes persist
Kenya Airways has warned it may have to temporarily cut some frequencies if supply chain challenges continue to delay the return of its aircraft from scheduled maintenance.
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NewsHAECO plans move to vast new MRO hangar
HAECO is to expand its Xiamen aircraft MRO facility, in what it calls its largest single investment to date.
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NewsIndia’s Alliance Air renews support pact with ATR
India’s Alliance Air has extended its support pact with ATR for another five years, with the deal covering a range of components.
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NewsHAECO Xiamen renews deal for Lufthansa 747 C checks
HAECO Xiamen has been re-contracted by Lufthansa to provide C checks for the carrier’s fleet of Boeing 747s.
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NewsCollins bullish on India as it expands local presence
Collins Aerospace has opened new engineering and global operations centres in India, as it eyes opportunities in the country’s growing manufacturing sector.
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NewsWrongly-refitted trim switch left pilots fighting to keep E175’s nose down
US investigators have determined that an Embraer 175 pitch-trim switch, inadvertently fitted upside-down, resulted in the crew’s experienced a serious flight-control incident on departure from Atlanta. The captain had already flown the American Eagle jet from Detroit to New York LaGuardia earlier in the day, but the crew noted a ...
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NewsNippon Cargo Airlines extends GEnx support agreement
Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has extended its support agreement for the GE Aerospace GEnx-2B engines that power its Boeing 747-8F fleet.
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NewsST Engineering aerospace unit says no full recovery yet, despite steady revenue rise
ST Engineering’s commercial aerospace unit has acknowledged that it has yet to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, despite reporting a steady increase in revenue this year.
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NewsChina Eastern picks R-R for Trent 700 engine support
China Eastern has signed for Rolls-Royce’s engine support package for its Trent 700 engines, which power its Airbus A330 fleet.
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NewsMENA Aerospace partners on new MRO and air freight ventures
The region’s flurry of airline start-ups and burgeoning single-aisle fleet has spurred MENA Aerospace to launch Bahrain’s first maintenance, repair and overhaul business in partnership with US specialist Aviance Global.
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NewsHAECO joins CF34 global engine MRO network
HAECO and GE have signed an agreement for MRO services for the CF34-10A turbofans, which power Comac’s ARJ21 regional jets.
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NewsCollins talks up China aerospace work at Zhuhai
Collins Aerospace has been awarded a contract for seven additional avionics shipsets for helicopters from Avic’s Harbin Aircraft Industries Corporation (HAIG).
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NewsChina’s Ameco to begin A330P2F conversion work under EFW agreement
China’s Ameco is to undertake Airbus A330 passenger-to-freighter (A330P2F) conversions, becoming the programme’s first third party conversion provider in Asia.
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NewsChinese majors sign engine, component MRO agreements
Two of China’s largest carriers – China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines – have signed maintenance support contracts, covering engine and component MRO.
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NewsGreater consideration of risks might have averted BA 787 nose-gear collapse
UK investigators believe a British Airways Boeing 787-8 nose-gear retraction accident at London Heathrow might have been prevented if health and safety risks in an airworthiness directive had been given greater attention by the operator. The accident occurred when a nose-gear locking pin was inserted in the wrong location on ...