Category Archives: MRO

Spirit AeroSystems has completed its first integrated 767 forward fuselage section for Boeing. Spirit previously designed and built four separate forward fuselage end items for the 767 — the cab, lower lobe and two side panels. These were shipped by rail to Boeing for integration. With this new statement of work, Spirit will integrate theRead More

KF Aerospace has signed a contract with Canada’s Air Transat to provide heavy maintenance and modifications on the Montreal-based airline’s fleet of aircraft, including the A321, B737NG and A330 widebody. KF has already invested in the staffing and tooling capability at its YHM Hamilton base to support the unique needs of the A321, the A330Read More

Magnetic MRO and OSM Aviation (OSM) signed a MoU to engage in a strategic partnership by generating an apprenticeship program aimed at OSM recruits and employees. The first group of qualified technical apprentices from Norway and Sweden has been selected and will start their 24 months practical studies program at the Magnetic MRO in Tallinn, Estonia,Read More

US maintenance provider StandardAero has acquired turbine component coating specialist TRS Ireland.TRS is in the business of coating blades, vanes and other hot-section engine components, and itscapabilities span the CFM International CFM56 series.It has more than 180 OEM approvals and ‘unique’ certifications from the US Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency, saysRead More

HAECO ITM has signed an inventory technical support agreement with Thai low-cost carrier NokScoot Airlines, its latest customer. The agreement will cover the carrier’s six Boeing 777-200 aircraft, and includes access to HAECO ITM’s component pool, as well as component exchange, repair management and engineering support. NokScoot deputy chief executive Giam Ming Toh says ofRead More

ST Engineering’s aerospace unit has clinched $1.1 billion ($808 million) worth of new MRO contracts in the quarter that ended 31 December. This brings the total value of the unit’s contracts for 2019 to about S$4.2 billion, nearly twice of S$2.1 billion in 2018. Among the new deals the unit clinched was a heavy maintenanceRead More

Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a subsidiary company of Prague Airport and provider of aircraft repair and maintenance services, has entered into a base maintenance agreement with leading leisure airline Jet2. Under the contract, employees of CSAT provide Boeing 737NG aircraft base maintenance checks for UK carrier in facilities at Václav Havel Airport Prague. Czech AirlinesRead More

KF Aerospace has signed a contract with Canada’s Air Transat to provide heavy maintenance and modifications on the Montreal-based airline’s fleet of aircraft, including the A321, B737NG and A330 widebody. KF has already invested in the staffing and tooling capability at its YHM Hamilton base to support the unique needs of the A321, the A330Read More

Russia has offered to build a maintenance center at Belgrade Airport to support a potential order for Sukhoi Superjets from Air Serbia. “The Russian side offers help in upgrading the aircraft fleet of the Serbian national carrier Air Serbia,“ said president Vladimir Putin in a press conference with his Serbian counterpart. Putin added, “We areRead More

SAS aims to move to a paperless maintenance environment over the next two years, notes Gunnar Andersson, director of technical training at SAS. At present, SAS mechanics use iPads to access to aircraft manuals, but these devices are mainly used on tarmacs, not in hangars. Andersson says SAS plans to launch in the first quarterRead More