All MRO articles – Page 100
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Airbus to use shortened vibration-test method on A330neo
Airbus is planning to use a quicker technique to validate ground-vibration responses on the A330neo, having tested it on the A350-1000.
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Rolls-Royce poised for rise in large-engine output
Rolls-Royce has secured capacity to delivery around 500 large engines this year, having increased output by 15% to some 355 in 2016.
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Monthly Boeing Commercial job cuts hit eight-year peak
Boeing Commercial Airplanes in January notched its largest one-month employment drop since the depths of the 2009 financial crisis, as the division’s total workforce shrank by 1,659 jobs between 28 December and 28 January, show statistics released by the company.
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Brazil opens WTO case against Bombardier financial aid
One day after Bombardier received a $282 million cash injection from the Canadian government, Brazilian trade officials, with the support of Embraer, formally requested consultations with their Canadian counterparts in the World Trade Organization over alleged subsidies supporting the CSeries aircraft programme.
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United Aircraft broke even last year: chief
Russia’s United Aircraft broke even last year despite heavy investment in a number of civil and military programmes, including the Irkut MC-21.
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Airbus strategy chief steps down
Airbus has announced the departure of chief strategist Marwan Lahoud at the end of February.
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Boeing supplier in talks on early 747 wind-up
A major Boeing supplier says discussions have opened over possibly ending 747 production as early as the first half of 2019, but Boeing says there are no plans to close the 50-year-old production line.
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Two A380s among four Airbus testbeds heading to museums
Two of Airbus’s A380 test aircraft are to be transferred to museums, along with two other testbeds including the first A320.
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Airbus to broaden A320neo assembly from mid-year
Airbus is aiming to begin final assembly of A320neos at its Chinese plant in Tianjin around mid-year, with production at its US Mobile line at the end of 2017.
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Air France-KLM's MRO unit wins deal from Cayman Airways
Cayman Airways has contracted Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to provide component support for a Boeing 737.
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AAR to maintain SkyWest's CRJ landing gears
MRO provider AAR has signed an agreement to overhaul landing gears on SkyWest Inc's Bombardier CRJ aircraft, AAR announces.
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Two A320neos and one A350 delivered in January
Airbus’s two main ramp-up efforts had a quiet start to 2017, with only a single A350 and two A320neos being delivered.
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Lufthansa outlines A350 delivery schedule
Lufthansa is set to receive six more Airbus A350s this year.
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Mitsubishi Aircraft appoints new president, CEO
Mitsubishi Aircraft has appointed Hisakazu Mizutani as its new president, effective 1 April.
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AEI to convert two CRJ200s into freighters for Aeronaves
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has landed a contract to modify into freighters two Bombardier CRJ200s for Mexican air cargo provider Aeronaves TSM, AEI announces.
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Etihad and Lufthansa signal closer co-operation
Etihad Airways and Lufthansa have signed agreements to co-operate in the fields of catering and maintenance as a first step of what the two airlines describe as a growing partnership.
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Airbus lists initial weight variants for A330neo
Airbus documentation has detailed five initial weight variants for both the re-engined A330-900 and A330-800.
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Qantas opens new maintenance hangar at Los Angeles
Qantas has opened its new hangar at Los Angeles International airport which will be used for maintenance on its Boeing 747-400s and Airbus A380s.
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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft chief to draw on Western influence
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s new chief is aiming to align some of the company’s practices with those of Western airframers, drawing on his previous experience with Boeing.
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Boeing CEO brushes off 777X pricing question
With less than three years before the 777-9 enters service, Boeing executives say they are feeling no pressure to heavily discount the new aircraft type to increase sales.