All MRO articles – Page 185
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Airbus to install RFID tags on seats and life vests from 2013
Airbus is to introduce radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for seats and life vests on all in-production aircraft models in 2013. The manufacturer...
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NewsSAS to sell Wideroe and ground-handling under last-ditch plan
SAS Group has unveiled a last-ditch effort to restructure the ailing Scandinavian company, warning that union agreement is essential to obtain the support needed for new financing.
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Iberia restructuring to tackle maintenance and handling
Iberia will cut non-profitable aspects of its maintenance and ground handling operations as part of its concentration on core activities under wide-ranging...
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NewsIberia to cut 4,500 staff and reduce fleet by 25 aircraft
Iberia will cut 4,500 staff, reduce its fleet by 25 aircraft - five long-haul and 20 short-haul - and downsize its network by 15%, under a large-scale restructuring...
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NewsCargo Air selects TP Aerospace for wheel and brake MRO
Bulgarian cargo charter operator Cargo Air has contracted Copenhagen-based wheel and brake specialist TP Aerospace to support its fleet of Boeing 737-300Fs. The...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Commonality is key in Bombardier - Comac collaboration
Bombardier and Comac have formed a unique partnership to explore commonalities between the CSeries and the C919.
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NewsIN FOCUS: MRO growth in China
With Chinese airlines' MRO spend expected to more than double by 2012, it is little wonder that investment in new facilities is a key focus in the country
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NewsCHINA CAREERS: Training centres seek to fill pilot shortfall
China may be recruiting airline captains in their thousands from abroad, but it fully expects to provide the next generation of commanders from its own citizens....
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ryanair struggles to spend its growing cash pile
For most airline chief executives the challenge is how to build up a cash pile in the first place. For Ryanair's Michael O'Leary, the problem has been spending...
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Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines consider 'joint management'
German chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly proposed "joint management" of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines (THY) in a meeting with Turkish prime minister Recep...
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IN FOCUS: MRO consolidation leads to different airline supplier environment
Airlines are facing a changing maintenance, repair and overhaul market. The sector has been consolidating for some time and continues to evolve. Various...
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LOT 767 gear-up crash probe advises checklist changes
Polish investigators are recommending amendments to checklists to help pilots cope with alternate undercarriage deployment failure, following the gear-up...
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Ethiopian finalises 787 component MRO deal with LHT
Ethiopian Airlines has contracted Lufthansa Technik (LHT) for component support on its Boeing 787 fleet. The carrier inked a 10-year total support...
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Lufthansa expects 'noticeable' operating loss in 2012
Lufthansa Group plans to introduce new cost-cutting measures after most of its subsidiaries recorded lower year-on-year operating profits for the first nine...
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Airblue signs A319 maintenance deal with Turkish Technic
Turkish Technic and Airblue have signed an agreement covering C check maintenance services for one Airbus A319. The work will be carried out at the...
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Maintenance flaw led to Air Tahiti ATR engine fire
Inadequate maintenance procedures leading to a fuel leak from an injector were behind an 18 November 2011 engine fire on an ATR 72-200 (F-OIQO) in Moorea,...
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NewsRussian leasing firm plans order for 35 737 Max jets
Russian state corporation Rostekhnologii is intending to purchase 35 Boeing 737 Max twinjets, through its leasing division Aviakapital-Servis
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Lion Air invests $200m in Batam MRO facility
Lion Air is investing $200 million to build a 20 acre (8.09ha) MRO facility in Batam, Indonesia. Groundbreaking for the site was held some weeks ago...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Recession woes continue at small end of cargo conversion market
The cargo market is only slowly emerging from the doldrums of the global recession, which has also had a negative effect on the conversion of smaller passenger types into cargo feeder aircraft
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NewsIN FOCUS: Very large airliners
Boeing has passed major 747-8 milestones, with the -8I in service and -8F deliveries beyond 20, while Airbus is sticking to a target of 30 A380 handovers for 2012