Delta Air Lines will perform maintenance on regional aircraft engines owned by two of its Delta Connection subsidiaries, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and Comair. The Delta TechOps unit values the CF34 "in-sourcing" work, which had been performed by GE, at $1 billion over 10 years. ASA and Comair chose the non-union TechOps after a competitive cost evaluation, said Delta.
Source: Airline Business
Investigators believe a damaged retaining pin within the overhead fire-control panel on a TAP Portugal Airbus A321neo led to an uncommanded in-flight engine shutdown, when it released a fire push-button during turbulence. Portuguese investigation authority GPIAAF says the aircraft (CS-TJL) had been cruising at 37,000ft en route from Milan to ...
Russian operator Utair’s management is to bring its specialised maintenance arm for foreign-built aircraft, TS Technik, directly under its aviation division through a merger of the companies. The decision follows a shareholder vote on 10 December which was overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal. Under the merger plan the company ...
Middle Eastern carrier Saudia is entering a maintenance partnership with Air France-KLM which will focus on engine work. The two sides will explore a joint venture for GE Aerospace GEnx engines which power Boeing 787s. Under the pact Saudia envisions awarding at least 50% of GE Aerospace GE90 work to ...
