All MRO articles – Page 243
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Heath Tecna US wins interiors business from China Airlines, BA
China Airlines has contracted aircraft interiors specialist Heath Tecna US to retrofit nine of its Boeing 747-400 aircraft with the firm's 'NuLook' interior.
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Martinair joins Pratt & Whitney maintenance services
Martinair has signed a three-year agreement to provide line maintenance and EcoPower engine wash services for Pratt & Whitney (P&W) in Amsterdam. Under...
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Long-term pilot and mechanic needs forecast to climb dramatically
Long-term forecast demand for airline pilots and mechanics is significantly higher than it was before the global economic recession, according to new figures...
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ILA: New airport breeds optimism at LHT Berlin
The new Berlin Brandenburg International airport will "significantly increase the demand for premium-grade MRO services", predicts the head of Lufthansa Technik's Schönefeld maintenance centre, Thomas Rueckert.
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ILA: Airport's general aviation terminal gets a makeover
Berlin may be building one of the most modern passenger terminals in Europe, but Schönefeld airport's general aviation facilities are also getting a makeover.
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ILA: Hamburg presents winning strategy
Representatives of Hamburg's aviation industry have descended on the capital to present the strategy that brought success in a nationwide "leading-edge cluster"...
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Air China's rising star
Ameco Beijing's executive director says 2010 'will be a good year for third-party MROs'
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ILA: Airbus A320 P2F certification date slips into 2012
Airbus Freighter Conversion (AFC) has pushed back the target certification date for its A320 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme from late in 2011 to mid-2012 to provide more time to complete engineering work on the project.
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Cathay selling its stake in HAECO
Cathay Pacific Airways is selling its stake in Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) to Swire Pacific so the carrier can invest in its airline business.
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Avantair continues Florida expansion
Avantair's newly opened operations control centre at its Clearwater/St Petersburg airport headquarters is taking advantage of proprietary scheduling software...
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IATA AGM: Gulf Air bearing its painful turnaround
Gulf Air's well documented condition may be showing signs of improvement as David Kaminski Morrow discovers
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IATA AGM: Financing climate remains tight
The shackles on airline financing may be loosening but that doesn't mean the price of money is falling.
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Republic expects Frontier 3Q load factor to reach 90%
Republic Airways Holdings expects its Frontier Airlines subsidiary to post load factors of at least 90% this summer as the low-cost carrier starts to benefit...
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Iridium's NEXT plan progresses with Thales Alenia Space deal
Iridium Communications has contracted Thales/Finmeccanica joint venture Thales Alenia Space to design and construct satellites for its second-generation...
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Air crash leads Indian authorities to inspect local airports
India's directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) plans to inspect airports in the country as part of a safety drive, following two recent incidents.
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NewsKa-band connectivity in the fray as Aerosat reveals upgrade path
Aerosat plans to make its Ku-band antenna system upgradeable to support Ka-band satellite-based in-flight connectivity, as industry interest grows for cost-efficient...
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Landing gear mishap spurs NTSB recommendations for maintenance training
A retracted landing gear incident at Air Wisconsin Airlines has led the National Transportation Safety Board to conclude more on-the-job training is necessary...
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Avantair eyes international expansion
Piaggio P180 Avanti fractional operator Avantair is looking to add Dallas and Chicago to its Florida, California and New Jersey bases as it continued to...
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Interview
Working Week - Kathy Hammerson
Preparing letters of engagement, requests for proposals and building contracts to provide aircraft spares are daily challenges for Kathy Hammerson, LJ Walch’s manager of business development - North America
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NewsSystem security is focus for e-enabled A350 XWB
As Airbus works to ensure its A350 XWB is not vulnerable to hackers, it has raised some of the burning questions that must be answered before e-enabled airliners...