All MRO articles – Page 237
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NewsSouthwest now eyeing 2013 for completion of Row 44 installs
Installation of Row 44's high-speed Internet equipment on Southwest Airlines' fleet is taking longer than the carrier had hoped, but chief executive Gary...
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Russia aims high with all-new MS-21 single-aisle
Russia's next generation airliner, the MS-21, made a high-profile debut at the Farnborough air show with a partial cabin mock-up displayed and more details...
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Working Week Dave Bohonis
All parts of the service Dave Bohonis started his working life as a sheet metal mechanic. Now president of RotorLink Technical Services, he scours...
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ANA inks service agreement with Honeywell
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a 10-year integrated service agreement with Honeywell to support the Japanese carrier's 50 new 787 aircraft. ANA...
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Airbus takes relaxed view about Boeing’s production surge
Airbus is sanguine about the prospect of being overhauled by its US rival after at least eight straight years of being the world's top producer of airliners. After...
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FAA proposes fine against Continental
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aims to levy a $230,000 fine against Continental Airlines for operating a single Boeing 767 that was not in...
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TAM wins Brazilian certification for ATR-42 overhaul
Brazilian authorities have certified TAM's maintenance, repair and overhaul centre to maintain ATR-42 turboprops following TAM's acquisition of ATR operator...
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Crashed Lufthansa MD-11F was carrying 80t of freight
Eighty tonnes of freight were on board the Lufthansa Cargo Boeing MD-11F which crashed on landing at the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh today, following a...
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Barbs and bluster as engine makers take aim
As expected, the marketing and rhetoric surrounding the favoured dual-spool turbofan engine for the re-engined and next generation single-aisle commercial...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing 787 makes fly-by over R-R's Derby factory
Boeing's 787 prototype ZA003 made a fly-past over engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce's Derby, UK factory following its departure from the show. R-R supplied...
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ATSB issues safety advisory notice against CFM56-5 and CFM56-7 engines
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has warned operators of CFM International CFM56-5 and CFM56-7 engines to be aware of premature wear that may...
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MS-21 shows its colours
Irkut debuted the interior of its new 150- to 210-seat MS-21 twinjet family at the show, where it racked up orders from Ilyushin Finance, Russian lessor VEB-Lizing and Malaysian investment firm Crecom Burj.
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Working Week: Steve Hull
Steve Hull wanted to be a photographer but fell into an apprenticeship with BEA. After a career at the airline and its successor, BA, he is training and consulting in aviation safety as RTI's safety and investigations director
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Aveos wins airframe and engine business from Air France
Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul supplier Aveos has secured 12-year engine and airframe maintenance agreements with Air France. Starting...
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MTU Hannover adds GE90 to MRO capabilities
Germany's MTU Maintenance Hannover has extended its capabilities to include the General Electric GE90s used on the Boeing 777-200LR and -300ER. The...
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FARNBOROUGH: Composites are sexy, but don't overlook metal
Composites may be the sexy story in aircraft structures - but overlook metallics at your peril, says GKN.
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FARNBOROUGH: Russia, Italy team up on engine research
Russia's Rosoboronexport has signed a four-year research agreement with Italian engine maintenance specialist Avio to evaluate new engine technologies.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson deal boosts SRT toward growth goals
SR Technics has won a five-deal component deal from the UK's Thomson Airways, boosting its campaign to be the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry's third-largest player - and top dog in terms of "capability and reputation" - within three to five years.
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FARNBOROUGH: MS-21 interest hots up
MS-21 racks up orders This year's show has seen a flurry of activity around Irkut's new MS-21 twinjet, which has racked up orders from Ilyushin Finance,...
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SkyExpress threatened with grounding over delays
Russia's federal air transport authority, Rosaviatsia, is threatening to ground budget airline SkyExpress over extensive delays to the carrier's flights.