All MRO articles – Page 201
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SIA, Airbus sign support agreement for 15 A330s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a new Flight Hour Services (FHS) support contract with Airbus for its 15 additional A330 aircraft ordered in September. The...
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Dublin Aerospace opens new landing gear MRO shop
Irish maintenance provider Dublin Aerospace has officially opened a new €4.5 million ($6.2 million) landing gear overhaul facility. The 3,700m² (40,000ft²)...
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Fuel bites into Singapore Airlines first half profits
Singapore Airlines is citing higher fuel costs as the prime factor for a sharp decline in group profitability in the first half, as operating profit fell...
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NewsEmbraer delivers 100th aircraft to China
Embraer has delivered its 100th aircraft to China, an Embraer E190, operated by China Southern Airlines. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer delivered...
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FL Technics becomes Boeing GoldCare partner
Lithuanian maintenance provider FL Technics has become a partner in Boeing's GoldCare support programme. The Vilnius-based company will offer line...
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NewsScoot to launch services by mid-2012
Singapore Airlines' (SIA) new long-haul low-cost carrier Scoot will launch services by the first half of 2012. The carrier will start operations with...
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Southwest progresses with Row 44 in-flight Wi-Fi installs
Southwest Airlines has fitted 105 Boeing 737-700s with Row 44's in-flight connectivity system and estimates the figure "will be well over 100" by year-end. The...
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NewsMRO ASIA: MRO companies need to form partnership networks
In Asia as in other markets, independent maintenance companies are under pressure to build new alliances to retain their competitiveness
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NewsQantas suspends operations after locking out striking employees
Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways has grounded all aircraft and suspended its domestic and international operations indefinitely, dramatically upping...
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NewsComposite repairs raise US government monitor’s concerns
US Federal Aviation Administration regulators are taking action to address four safety-related concerns linked to the repair and maintenance of largely composite aircraft such as the Boeing 787, after the issues were highlighted by a US government monitor.
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NewsEnders: Airframers need radical overhaul to evolve
Airbus chief Tom Enders has stressed that commercial aircraft manufacturing needs to consider a radical overhaul in order to take greater risks and develop new products swiftly.
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Iberia orders Sogerma Solstys seats for A330/A340 fleet
Spanish flag-carrier Iberia is to equip its fleet of Airbus A330/A340 widebodies with EADS Sogerma Solstys business class seats.
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NewsPanasonic taps MRO firm SR Technics to install Internet system
MRO company SR Technics said it has become a turnkey solution provider for the installation of Panasonic Avionics' new Ku-band satellite-supported global...
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IAE will not halt V2500 commercial production in 2016
International Aero Engines and Pratt & Whitney have further clarified comments by the CFO of parent company United Technologies stating V2500 commercial...
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NewsMRO companies need to form partnership networks
As competition with the OEMs becomes tougher, independent maintenance companies need to build new alliances to keep a foothold in the future MRO market.
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Fleet forecast: cargo's big transition
The latest edition of the Commercial Fleet Forecast illustrates the continuing move towards large widebody freighters and increasing shift eastwards.
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NewsAirbus working to keep deadline of final A350-900 assembly
With production of the Boeing 787 properly under way, after the airframer delivered the first example to Japan's All Nippon Airways in September, the pressure of attention will switch to Toulouse where Airbus is trying to keep to its deadline of beginning final A350-900 assembly by the end of this ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Welcome aboard White-Label Airlines
An industry sage once unkindly observed that the airline business is one which has never yet seen a box it cannot think within, so perhaps it is time to...
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Brussels Airlines signs up for LHT Malta maintenance
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines has entered into a maintenance contract with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) Malta for its services on the carrier's fleet of Airbus...
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NewsBoeing plots 787 line ramp up
Opening of second Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston to bring 10-a-month production target within airframer's sights