All MRO articles – Page 26

  • AERO NORWAY engine maintenance
    Analysis

    How engine shop Aero Norway has adapted to the crisis

    2020-10-19T14:17:00Z

    Engine overhaul specialist Aero Norway has implemented company-wide salary cuts and reduced working time for shop-floor staff in an effort to weather the Covid-19 crisis without losing experienced personnel. Chief executive Glenford Marston tells Cirium that the company has not made redundancies among its approximately 200 employees or received support ...

  • MRO Japan
    Interview

    MRO Japan taps domestic market for growth amid pandemic

    2020-10-14T03:58:00Z

    Travel restrictions stemming from the coronavirus pandemic may have crimped international travel, but for one Japanese MRO company, it has presented an opportunity to look inward. MRO Japan, an All Nippon Airways joint venture based on Okinawa island, had intended to begin line maintenance services to carriers from Asian ...

  • PayaLebar 60
    Interview

    ST Engineering’s new aerospace chief sees opportunity amid pandemic crisis

    2020-10-09T10:40:00Z

    ST Engineering’s aerospace unit saw a leadership change on 1 October, when Jeffrey Lam took the helm. While the industry may be mired in crisis, Lam believes there are still plenty of opportunities for innovative companies.

  • Pratt & Whitney Colombus Engine Centre GTF
    Analysis

    Pressure builds for aftermarket-focused engine makers

    2020-10-08T15:12:00Z

    On 1 October, Rolls-Royce disclosed a plan to raise £3 billion ($3.9 billion) of fresh capital through new shares and a bond offering to help weather the aviation crisis. It was a stark reminder of the predicament all engine manufacturers have faced since the pandemic began.

  • TUI 737
    News

    Separated main wheel overtook landing 737 after bearing failed

    2020-10-05T10:55:00Z

    UK investigators have attributed to bearing failure the detachment of a main landing-gear wheel from a TUI Airways Boeing 737-800 after touchdown at Manchester last year. But the inquiry has been unable to determine the root cause of the failure. It could not rule out a pre-existing fault or the ...

  • SAA Technical-c-SAAT
    News

    SAA maintenance arm lifts service suspension against house carriers

    2020-10-04T16:14:00Z

    South African Airways’ maintenance arm, SAA Technical, has started reinstating its services after suspending them to four customers over outstanding payments. It says it has reached an agreement with two of these customers – SAA itself and sister carrier Mango – but is still holding talks with the other two. ...

  • Dublin Aerospace
    News

    Dublin Aerospace sets up UK operation in former Flybe hangar

    2020-09-29T11:48:00Z

    Maintenance provider Dublin Aerospace has established a UK subsidiary at the hangar facilities of defunct regional carrier Flybe at Exeter airport.

  • HAECO
    News

    HAECO completes first 787 landing gear overhaul

    2020-09-29T02:52:00Z

    HAECO has completed its first Boeing 787 landing gear overhaul, about six months after it added the widebody type to its overhaul capabilities. HAECO Landing Gear Services says the landing gear, which came from an undisclosed operator, was released under the authority of US, European and Japanese civil aviation agencies. ...

  • Omni 767 gear collapse 3-c-AIAS
    News

    Touchdown normal before Omni 767’s main-gear collapse

    2020-09-28T18:17:00Z

    Romanian investigators have disclosed that the Boeing 767-300ER which suffered a landing-gear collapse at Bucharest Baneasa airport did not touch down abnormally before the accident. It had been inbound from Kabul on 28 August, and the ILS approach to runway 07 was stable, with checklists and call-outs performed as normal, ...

  • Dash 8-400-c-De Havilland Aircraft
    News

    Dash 8-400 service update aims to stem cowl-door losses

    2020-09-28T08:31:00Z

    Operators of De Havilland Aircraft Dash 8-400 turboprops are being urged to pay attention to a new maintenance task intended to avoid incidents of engine cowl doors separating from the aircraft on take-off. De Havilland Aircraft has taken over the production of the aircraft, which was formerly known as the ...

  • A380 incident close-up-c-BEA
    News

    A380 fan-hub disintegration traced to misunderstood ‘cold dwell’ fatigue

    2020-09-25T11:13:00Z

    French investigators have traced the serious engine failure involving an Air France Airbus A380 over Greenland to a phenomenon known as ‘cold dwell’ fatigue, which had caused a failure in a fan hub slot which houses the root of the fan blade. The analysis by investigation authority BEA closes a ...

  • 20180511 digital_big
    News

    LHT Shenzhen and CASC in A320 component MRO partnership

    2020-09-25T03:03:00Z

    Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen and China Aviation Supplies Corporation (CASC) have signed an agreement for the maintenance of Airbus A320 components. Source: Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen and China Aviation Supplies Corporation (CASC) have signed an agreement for the maintenance of Airbus A320 components. The agreement will ...

  • PW1100G 640px
    News

    Ameco becomes China’s first PW1100G MRO shop

    2020-09-24T05:26:00Z

    Pratt & Whitney has opened its first PW1100G geared turbofan MRO centre in China, by adding Beijing-based Ameco to its global network of MRO providers. Ameco will also be Asia’s fourth PW1100G MRO centre, after Eagle Services Asia in Singapore, as well as IHI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...

  • CX 777-200
    News

    US rule on early 777 fuel-tank inerting overrides foreign carriers’ objections

    2020-09-22T12:25:00Z

    US safety regulators have adopted a controversial rule aimed at modifying early Boeing 777s to reduce the risk of a centre fuel-tank explosion, having dismissed multiple objections by foreign operators of the type. Part of a long-running FAA effort to reduce the risk of fuel-vapour explosion across a range of ...

  • GAMECO_Hangar
    In depth

    Recovery in China hard to replicate elsewhere: GAMECO chief

    2020-09-22T04:21:00Z

    China’s rapid recovery in domestic air travel — after a battering by the coronavirus pandemic —will be difficult to replicate in other countries and regions, but can set the tone for a wider, global recovery. Chief executive officer and general manager of Chinese MRO GAMECO Norbert Marx says the key ...

  • Boeing 737BCF
    News

    Boeing clinches new 737 freighter orders, opens new conversion lines

    2020-09-21T01:56:00Z

    Boeing has secured orders for two Boeing 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), as it announced an expansion of conversion lines in Asia, amid surging freighter demand. The airframer states the firm order for the pair of freighters came from an undisclosed customer, bringing the total number of orders and ...

  • AirAsia A320neo
    News

    AirAsia Group consolidates MRO operations in new subsidiary

    2020-09-10T06:36:00Z

    Malaysia’s AirAsia Group has established Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), a wholly owned subsidiary “to consolidate engineering personnel across AirAsia’s group airlines”. The entity has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) to start operations from 9 September. Source: AirAsia AirAsia will consolidate MRO operations ...

  • A321P2F
    News

    ST Engineering ramps up A321P2F conversions

    2020-09-09T05:22:00Z

    ST Engineering’s aerospace unit will more than double the number of Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (A321P2F) conversions annually, amid a surge in demand in the freight market during the coronavirus outbreak. The company confirms that it is planning to increase conversion capability from nine a year to 25 a year ...

  • A220 in flight
    News

    A220 operators told to protect avionics against rainfall

    2020-09-07T18:46:00Z

    Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to modify drain tubing after an incident in which rainwater dripped into the avionics bay and tripped a circuit breaker during taxi, causing an engine to shut down. Rain had entered the aircraft through the main cabin entry door while it was open, according ...

  • Satair Warehouse_Copenhagen
    News

    Airbus subsidiary Satair acquires A220 parts service work from Bombardier

    2020-09-03T12:17:00Z

    Airbus subsidiary Satair is taking over A220 materials servicing from Bombardier, a move that comes several years after Bombardier divested the broader A220 programme to Airbus.