Avion Express has selected AJ Walter Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour (PBH) support services to its fleet of three Airbus A320s.
The Lithuanian airline will add two more A320s later this year, which will also be covered by the maintenance contract.
AJW describes the deal as an "important breakthrough" in the Baltic market, noting that it also includes a lease for the provision of a local main base kit.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
HAECO has extended a series of MRO contracts with long-time customer China Airlines, covering the Taiwanese carrier’s fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft.
Delta Air Lines executives flag the role that its MRO business has played in ensuring the reliability of older aircraft in its own fleet, but note the focus will start to switch toward managing aircraft retirements and developing third party business.
One of Southwest Airlines’ Boeing 737-800s has returned to Denver, its departure airport, after one engine suffered an apparent cowl-door detachment. The aircraft had been operating the WN3695 service to Houston on 7 March. It had taken off from Denver’s runway 25. But air-ground communications indicate that the crew sought ...
