All MRO articles – Page 4
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NewsSIA Engineering extends services deal with parent Singapore Airlines
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has renewed and expanded a services agreement with parent company SIA and low-cost operator Scoot.
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NewsPrince steps up MRO capability on back of hangar expansion
Serbian business aviation specialist Prince Aviation is powering up its maintenance capabilities following the opening of a new hangar at Belgrade airport last September.
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NewsST Engineering flags ‘deferral’ in commercial aerospace revenues amid tariff uncertainty
Singapore’s ST Engineering has warned of likely revenue ”deferral” for its commercial aerospace division amid uncertainty surrounding the US government’s tariff policies, even as it stresses that there is likely to be “immaterial financial impact”.
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NewsAvia Solutions Group obtains heavy MRO approval for 737 Max
Wet-lease specialise Avia Solutions Group has secured European approval for heavy maintenance services on Boeing 737 Max jets. The company’s FL Technics division has obtained Part-145 certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. It says this will enable it to carry out heavy maintenance on 737 Max 8s and ...
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NewsAbsent balance weights spur directive to check 747 elevators
Boeing 747 operators are being instructed to carry out prompt elevator checks after a 747-8 freighter was flown without balance weights after maintenance. The US FAA states that the 747-8F was flown with a right-hand outboard elevator which had been received and installed without the weights. It says that this ...
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NewsYakovlev sets up Superjet maintenance station with inflatable hangar
Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev has taken advantage of an inflatable hangar to establish a line maintenance station at Samara Kurumoch airport. The facility will house technical maintenance capabilities for the Superjet 100 and – in the future – the MC-21 twinjet. Kurumoch airport executive director Mikhail Berman claims the hangar ...
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NewsAzorra expects to place some EgyptAir A220s for flights despite part-out of others
US lessor Azorra is reviewing plans for its remaining ex-EgyptAir Airbus A220s, after some of the jets were allocated to serve as a source of spares for the type.
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NewsRussia’s UZGA setting up aftersales system for regional aircraft
Russian aircraft manufacturer UZGA is establishing an aftersales service system covering the company’s domestically-produced regional models. It is intended to provide engineering and design support as well as spares and equipment, along with personnel training. UZGA is developing a twin-engined 44-seat turboprop, the TVRS-44 Ladoga, while continuing to work on ...
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NewsFormer Lufthansa and Malaysia A380s set to be torn down for spares
Three Airbus A380s – two ex-Lufthansa and one ex-Malaysia Airlines aircraft – are to undergo dismantling for spares by Florida-based VAS Aero Services. VAS has identified the former Lufthansa jets as MSN61 and MSN66, and the Malaysia airframe as MSN84. Airbus has selected the company to handle the teardown and ...
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NewsEx-EgyptAir A220 parted out to support Delta Air Lines fleet
Delta Air Lines is to use parted-out components from an ex-EgyptAir Airbus A220-300 to support its own fleet of the type in the face of spares shortages. The US carrier’s Delta Material Services division has reached an agreement with Florida-based lessor Azorra to part-out the airframe. Azorra acquired EgyptAir’s entire ...
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NewsGrounded Transair aims to resume operations after appeal against certificate revocation
Grounded US cargo carrier Transair is aiming to resume flights from Hawaii later this year, after a judging panel apparently dismissed an attempt to revoke the certificate of operator Rhoades Aviation. Rhoades Aviation says the US FAA’s complaint against the company has been “dismissed with prejudice” by National Transportation Safety ...
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NewsEmerald ATR 72 nose-wheel loss inquiry points to improper maintenance
UK investigators believe bearing overheat led to a nose-wheel being shed from an ATR 72-500 on departure from Edinburgh in October 2023, but the reason behind the failure could not be determined. The Emerald Airlines aircraft – with 55 passengers and a crew of four – continued to Belfast City, ...
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NewsA320neos being disassembled for parts as component shortages continue
Aircraft parts supplier Unical Aviation has acquired “a fleet” of used Airbus A320neos that it intends to disassemble and sell for parts, a plan it says marks the “first dedicated disassembly programme for the [A320]neo-family aircraft”. Unical intends to start acquiring the jets this month, it said on 1 April. ...
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NewsAlaskan C-54 in-flight explosion traced to engine power loss and poorly-repaired fuel tank
US investigators believe loss of power in the outboard left-hand engine of a Douglas C-54, and the subsequent feathering of its propeller, initiated a chain reaction of events including a fuel explosion and fatal loss of control. The inquiry into the accident, which occurred in Alaska on 23 April last ...
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NewsLithuania’s GetJet to set up own MRO facility in Vilnius
Lithuanian wet-lease specialist GetJet Airlines is planning to establish a maintenance facility at Vilnius airport to support its in-house technical operations. The company intends the first aircraft at the new €10 million ($10.8 million) facility to enter maintenance by 2028. GetJet operates a fleet of single-aisle types including Airbus A320-family ...
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NewsGE and Lufthansa revive MRO venture XEOS with focus on single-aisle Leap engines
Polish-based engine maintenance venture XEOS – originally established to service widebody powerplants – has been revived with a focus on narrowbody operations, specifically the CFM International Leap engine. GE Aerospace and Lufthansa Technik opened XEOS in 2019 with the intention of servicing GEnx-2B engines for the Boeing 747-8 and, eventually, ...
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NewsRussian federal authority certifies first MRO firm under new unifying maintenance regulation
Russian federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia has issued its first aircraft maintenance certificate under a new unifying regulation with which all servicing organisations will need to comply. Moscow Vnukovo-based firm AviaComplex – which was formerly known as VTS Jets – secured the certificate from Rosaviatsia on 21 March. The FAP-145 ...
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NewsLife extension sought for An-26 as replacements remain under development
Russian civil aviation research institute GosNIIAS has ordered the initiation of work to prolong the life of Antonov An-26 regional aircraft by another 10 years. The Soviet-era An-26 first flew in 1969 and the order – listed in procurement documents, according to news agency Interfax – would extend the type’s ...
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NewsSky Alps grounds several aircraft after maintenance certification concerns emerge
Italian regional carrier Sky Alps has temporarily grounded seven aircraft as a precaution following concerns over maintenance certification which emerged during an audit. Sky Alps is based in Bolzano, in northern Italy, and has around 14 De Havilland Dash 8-400s. Inspectors from Italian civil aviation regulator ENAC conducted the audit ...
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NewsLearjet touched down with misaligned landing-gear before fatal Scottsdale excursion
Investigators have disclosed that the Learjet 35A which veered off the runway and fatally collided with a parked business aircraft at Scottsdale had touched down with a misaligned left-hand main landing-gear. As the aircraft conducted the approach to runway 21 on 10 February, video images captured from a golf course ...