All MRO news – Page 114
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Lufthansa Technik bags CF34 maintenance deal from Austrian
Austrian Airlines has contracted Lufthansa Technik's Aero Alzey regional engine overhaul shop to service General Electric CF34-10E turbofans powering Embraer 195 regional jets.
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SR Technics wins follow-up CFM56 service deal from Airblue
Pakistani carrier Airblue has extended its engine maintenance partnership with SR Technics until 2022.
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Ameco adds A330 landing gear overhaul capability
Ameco Beijing has completed its first Airbus A330 landing gear overhaul at its Beijing facility.
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Lockheed LM-100J taking form in Marietta
Construction of first the commercial derivative of the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules in 24 years has begun in Marietta, Georgia, where fabricators are now assembling the first LM-100J wing.
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EasyJet close to high-density A320 retrofit deal
EasyJet is set to disclose within the next month the winner of a contract to retrofit Airbus A320s with a higher-density seat layout.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Ros Wynne - Engineer with Ryanair
Ros Wynne is a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer with Ryanair. His expertise in this niche profession, saw Wynne crowned gold medalist in the 2015 WorldSkills Competition.
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Embraer delivers 21 commercial jets in first quarter
Embraer delivered 21 commercial aircraft in the three months ended 31 March, one more than during the same period last year.
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Comac plugs away at C919 systems integration
Comac is engaged in the second stage of software integration testing for its C919 narrowbody programme, while the first test aircraft awaits the installation of wiring.
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NewsQatar CEO confident A320neo engine fix coming
A meeting with Pratt & Whitney executives 10 days ago left Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confident his list of complaints about the engine he ordered to power 50 Airbus A320neos will be partly resolved by mid-year.
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NewsBoeing adds four 747-8Fs to backlog
An unidentified customer has ordered four 747-8 Freighters, Boeing confirms on 8 April.
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UTC to support Emirates A380s for 15 years
Emirates Airline has signed an agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems under which UTC will maintain components and systems on many of the carrier’s Airbus A380s for 15 years, UTC announces.
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Superjet manufacturer appears to cut full-year losses
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division cut pre-tax losses by more than three-quarters last year, its newly-released accounts have revealed.
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INTERIORS: Hamburg's crucible of technology development
Testing innovative technologies in a cabin environment has just become much easier – so long as you’re looking to work on Airbus products. Hamburg’s newly opened Zal centre of applied aeronautical research has built a cabin and cargo test rig that adapts to any in service commercial aircraft from any ...
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Xiamen Airlines partners AFI KLM E&M for GEnx support
Xiamen Airlines signed an agreement with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) on the maintenance and repair of General Electric GEnx engines, which powers the Chinese carrier's fleet of Boeing 787s.
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JetBlue and Barfield extend MRO agreement
JetBlue Airways and MRO provider Barfield have extended an agreement under which Barfield will provide JetBlue with component repair on a flight-hour basis, Barfield announces.
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Embraer starts E190-E2 engines on wing
Embraer has started engines for the first time on the wing of an E190-E2.
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NewsBoeing, FAA warn 787 pilots of bad airspeed data
Boeing 787 pilots are being warned not to make sudden control inputs in response to a “sudden, unrealistic” drop in airspeed shown on cockpit displays.
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NewsLockheed venture lifts off with LOI for 12 hybrid airships
Lockheed Martin has bested its British rival, the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10, by signing a launch customer for its LMH-1 airship: Straightline Aviation (SLA).
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Finmeccanica's long road to renaissance
As Mauro Moretti puts it, 2015 marked “the end of an era” at Finmeccanica, and so a new age begins, appropriately, with a new identity. The fact Italy’s resurgent national aerospace champion will adopt the name of one of the country's greatest sons – no less than Leonardo, as in ...
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FIDAE: Boeing stresses market penetration at Chile show
Boeing is marking its 100th birthday at FIDAE with a chalet resembling the red barn that Bill Boeing used as his original workshop. But the world’s biggest aircraft manufacturer is also stressing the strength of its market presence in Latin America, from airliners to military aircraft, and from research facilities ...