Category Archives: MRO

Atlas Air Service and Gogo Business Aviation are jointly developing EASA supplemental type certificates to install the Gogo Galileo HDX communications antenna on both the Cessna CitationJet and Embraer Phenom 300. Announcing the plans on Monday, the companies said the STCs will be the first for the broadband system in Europe. Initially, Germany-based Atlas AirRead More

Bombardier Challenger 3500 and Global 7500 operators enrolled in the OEM’s Smart Link Plus health management service could see about 5 percent higher aircraft market valuation, according to Vref Aircraft Value Reference. The aircraft valuation firm has officially started to recognize Smart Link Plus as a value add for Bombardier business jets. Since Smart LinkRead More

FBO Sheltair recently opened a new hangar complex at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) in Colorado. Consisting of three hangar and office space structures, the complex covers 52,000 sq ft of hangar space, large enough to accommodate a Bombardier Global 7500. The project also created another 3,700 sq ft of office space. “We are dedicatedRead More

Ametek MRO AEM is tracking thousands of aircraft medical kit parts using a bespoke kit processing software developed by its Aeromedic division. Essentially, this tracks the expiration date and batch number of every first aid component in the kits. The bespoke system was developed solely by AEM with a specialist IT developer and integrates withRead More

Nigerian carrier Ibom Air is looking to establish itself an MRO provider for the African continent, mirroring the likes of EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways. Ibom Air, which has historically been a Bombardier CRJ900 operator, is a regional-government owned airline that launched operations in June 2019. Late last year, the Uyo-based carrier received theRead More

China’s business jet market may have shrunk, but ExecuJet Haite’s general manager, Paul Desgrosseilliers, foresees a gradual rebound, buoyed by an uptick in overseas visitors at the company’s Tianjin facility. Now, with a second maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) center at Beijing’s mega-hub, Daxing International, Desgrosseilliers is optimistic about the increased potential for growth andRead More

Lufthansa Technik and Air India Express have signed an agreement in the field of Engine Maintenance Services (EMS). The contract includes overhauling a minimum of three CFM56-7B engines for the Boeing 737-800 fleet. The now concluded agreement is the first one ever signed between the international MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) provider and the subsidiary ofRead More

Akasa Air and CFM International have signed an agreement to purchase CFM LEAP-1B engines to power 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The agreement also includes spare engines and a services contract. The Mumbai-based operator launched its operations in August 2022 and had previously ordered a total of 76 LEAP-1B- powered 737-8 aircraft, of which 22Read More

Turkish Technic has embarked on A330P2F conversions in collaboration with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the centre for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. As the first MRO company to operate as a conversion house directly collaborating with EFW for A330P2F, Turkish Technic has recently achieved a key milestone by performing the Upper Frame Shell (UFS) cut-out and successfullyRead More

Rolls-Royce has announced Turkish Airlines will order 100 Trent XWB-84 engines and 40 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines. This will make Turkish Airlines the world’s largest operator of Trent XWB engines. The Trent XWB-84 powered A350-900s, Trent XWB-97 powered A350-1000s and Trent XWB-97 powered A350F will be delivered between 2025 and 2033. The engines’ health andRead More