All MRO articles – Page 279
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Air freighter fleet forecasted to double through 2028
A doubling of the world's freighter fleet over the next 20 years is being forecasted by the Air Cargo Management Group (ACMG) consultancy even as the industry...
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Inquiry as Ryanair flight lands on taxiway at Cagliari
Italian investigators have opened an inquiry after a Ryanair aircraft touched down on a taxiway while landing at Cagliari today, three days after the airport's...
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Atlas Air readies for EFB usage
Atlas Air is preparing for electronic flight bag (EFB) installation on one Boeing 747-400 purpose-built freighter in July, part of an FAA-funded programme...
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Working Week: A sustainable future at Thomson
Patrick Haller is a fuel manager at Thomson Airways. He is managing the implementation of the emission trading scheme at the airline and is closely involved with performance monitoring at the UK carrier
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Credit crunch may thwart Midway privatization
The consortium set to privatize Chicago Midway airport failed to meet its financing deadline on 6 April, stalling plans to modernize the facility.
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AUDIO: AirTran Boeing 717 engine emergency
An AirTran Boeing 717 will be back in service by tonight after an in-flight engine emergency on Sunday during flight from Baltimore to Atlanta.
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Finnair technical division seals MRO pact for KLM MD-11s
Finnair Technical Services has signed a new maintenance contract with KLM covering work on Boeing MD-11 aircraft during 2009. The Dutch carrier and...
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Mexicana 717s to have Rolls-Royce engine support
Mexicana has reached a long-term maintenance agreement with Rolls-Royce covering the engines on the 25 Boeing 717 aircraft being leased by the carrier's...
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India's Hyderabad aims to be centre for aerospace manufacturing
Indian conglomerate GMR Group, which built and is the major owner of Hyderabad's new airport, is speaking to European and US aerospace companies about establishing...
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JetBlue starts examining heavy maintenance options for E-190s
Embraer E-190 launch customer JetBlue Airways is starting to examine its heavy maintenance strategy for the aircraft as the average age of that fleet type...
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NewsInvestigators seek clues to Cougar S-92 final moments
Canadian safety investigators say the Cougar Helicopters S-92 that crashed off the coast of Newfoundland on 12 March hit the water “belly first” in an upright position with a “tail-low” attitude
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ASA expects to complete engine inspections tomorrow
Delta Connection operator Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) expects to complete re-inspections of GE CF34 engines on 60 Bombardier CRJ200s by mid-day 2 April...
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Aerolineas Argentinas deal draws near
Argentina's government and Spain's Grupo Marsans are on the brink of a deal to settle their differences...
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Lufthansa Technik gets more engine work from PAL
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has signed a 12-year contract with Lufthansa Technik to handle repair and overhaul work on the engines used to power its Airbus...
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SIA Engineering picks $100 million Gulf Air deal
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has emerged as the big beneficiary of Gulf Air's decision to terminate its major MRO contract with SR Technics. The...
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ANZ issues RFI for 737-300 replacements
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has issued a request for information (RFI) for narrowbodies to replace its 16 Boeing 737-300s used on domestic routes.
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ILFC seeks ways to fund aircraft purchase commitments
International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) is exploring a number of avenues to fund its aircraft purchase commitments and future maturing obligations, saying...
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Airbus reveals self-powered landing gear, braking concept
Airbus UK has applied for a US patent for an A320 power system that stores the kinetic energy of rotating wheels in order to help retract deploy the landing...
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European suppliers partner with Bombardier on CSeries
Three European companies have been announced as key suppliers to Bombardier on the CSeries programme, less than two weeks after Germany's Lufthansa placed...
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Air India expands SR Technics engine pact to A320s
Air India is extending its powerplant maintenance agreement with SR Technics to include additional CFM International CFM56 engines. The two sides already...