Flydubai has awarded Joramco a three-year maintenance contract covering C-checks, service-entry preparations for new aircraft, and lease-return checks.
The Jordanian MRO provider has carried out work for Flydubai since 2013, installing seats and IFE systems on newly delivered Boeing 737s.
Flightglobal's Ascend Fleets database shows the Middle Eastern budget carrier has 43 737-800s in service and another 19 on order.
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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 ...
The US government has cleared nearly $1 billion in potential sales of air-launched weapons to Egypt and Morocco.
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
