All MRO articles – Page 142
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: P&W reveals new aggressiveness in A320neo orders race
In a little over four years, Airbus has signed firm orders for more than 3,600 A320neo-family aircraft. Forty percent of those tail numbers – representing an astounding roughly 1,450 aircraft – remain up for grabs in the competitive engine duel between CFM International and Pratt & Whitney.
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Monarch engineering unit gains CAMO approval
European regulators have certificated UK maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering as a continuing airworthiness management organisation.
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Bombardier schedules CS300 first flight for 26 February
Bombardier has scheduled first flight for the CS300 for 26 February, pending optimal weather conditions.
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Austrian names head for reorganised Tyrolean MRO unit
Austrian Airlines has appointed Lufthansa Technik Philippines executive Bernd Meyer as managing director of its turboprop maintenance subsidiary in Innsbruck.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IAI to start widebody TaxiBot certification in autumn
Israel Aerospace Industries and Lufthansa Technik's ground services unit LEOS have signed a tentative agreement to jointly conduct certification tests for an in-development widebody version of IAI's pilot-controlled tow tractor TaxiBot with a Boeing 747.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A380 re-engining continues to divide analysts
In a lightly attended Dubai air show press conference about 15 months ago, then-Engine Alliance president Dean Athans delivered an unexpected message. The joint venture between GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney was evaluating a wide range of performance upgrades for the GP7200, including offering an all-new engine to power ...
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News
Bombardier opens window for CS300 first flight
Bombardier has set a three-day window next week to achieve first flight of the 135-160-seat CS300, the largest and most popular version of the CSeries family.
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NewsRolls-Royce predicts dip in civil aerospace profits
Rolls-Royce is forecasting lower pre-tax profits in its civil aerospace division for 2015, as volume growth is offset by adverse effects such as launch pricing.
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NewsBombardier chief steps down, divestitures possible
A reshuffled leadership team has outlined a three-point plan for shoring up Bombardier’s finances as CSeries development continues, and has opened the door to selling more of the company’s businesses.
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Boeing takes back nacelle work to North Charleston
Boeing has expanded its operations in North Charleston, South Carolina, and brought more work in-house previously performed by a supplier.
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Boeing rejects business case for 757 re-engining
Boeing vice-president Randy Tinseth says the company has studied reviving and re-engining the 757 “a couple” of times, but concluded that the economics do not make sense.
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KLM starts GEnx engine maintenance
KLM's engine shop has started maintaining General Electric GEnx powerplants ahead of the planned first Boeing 787 delivery to Air France-KLM later this year.
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Ameco wins engine PBH contract for Shanghai Airlines 767s
Ameco Beijing has signed an engine power-by-the-hour contract with Shanghai Airlines to provide MRO services for 14 Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powerplants from six Boeing 767 aircraft, of which two are spares.
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Bombardier selects GMR for Q400 servicing in India
Bombardier has selected GMR Aero Technic Limited as an Authorised Service Facility (ASF) for its Bombardier Q400 turboprops in India and the region.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India MRO players make the best of a tough hand
Despite booming air travel, skilled workers, and low labour costs, India has yet to become an MRO powerhouse, but two local MRO leaders are bullish about the future.
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News
BAE, TAE win Australian F-35 MRO work
Australia has awarded BAE Systems Australia and Tasman Aviaton Enterprises (TAE) with MRO and upgrade work for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.
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NewsICAO recommends 15min tracking interval for airliners
Less than a year after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, ICAO has recommended adopting a new aircraft tracking standard for airlines with automated position updates every 15min.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US South rises on Airbus, Boeing expansion
What a difference a decade makes in the geography of the US aerospace industry. It was only 2004 when the US Southeast region was known in aerospace circles primarily as a base for NASA in Florida and Alabama and a manufacturing hub for Gulfstream business jets and Lockheed Martin fighters ...
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Ural Airlines opens hangar to support A320 fleet
Russia's Ural Airlines has inaugurated a hangar to maintain its Airbus A320-family fleet.
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Aero Maintenance eyes Latin America with ANAC certification
Precision Electronics, a division of US MRO provider Aero Maintenance Group, has received certification from Brazil’s civil aviation authority ANAC, opening the door for expansion south of the US border, the company announces.