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NewsSafran to support Leap ramp-up with new Moroccan engine production line
French aerospace firm Safran is to establish a new CFM International Leap engine production facility in Morocco, to support ramp-up plans for the powerplant. Located in Casablanca, it will complement the French manufacturing site at Villaroche, and have the capacity to build up to 350 engines annually. Safran is a ...
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NewsAirbus services forecast illustrates rise of digital and connectivity technology
Airbus expects a four-fold increase in the number of digitally-connected aircraft in the next two decades, and forecasts that digital and connectivity will be the fastest-growing sector of its services business over the period. The sector is currently worth $9 billion but Airbus – in its latest services outlook – ...
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NewsTarmac Aerosave expects more AerFin arrivals after dismantling batch of A320neos
French-based aircraft storage specialist Tarmac Aerosave has dismantled four Airbus A320neos, sourced from owner AerFin, and is expecting further aircraft to undergo recycling by the end of this year.
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NewsPrime Air 767 underwent actuator maintenance a month before stabiliser jam
US investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 767-300 freighter, which experienced a jammed horizontal stabiliser en route to Hawaii, had undergone maintenance on the stabiliser trim actuator a month earlier. The incident occurred on 25 April as the Amazon Prime Air aircraft was operating a service from Ontario, California, to ...
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Airline BusinessGetJet founder targets €1bn revenues by 2030 through ACMI, asset management and MRO expansion
GetJet Aviation founder and chairman Alex Celiadin has quietly built a highly profitable ACMI and charter business for which he is targeting €1 billion revenues by 2030.
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Airline BusinessMRO Japan eyes steady growth amid near-term opportunities
As it turns 10, MRO Japan – majority owned by ANA Holdings – eyes opportunities in freighter conversions and end-of-lease checks, but intends to grow slow and steady.
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NewsThales signs largest avionics maintenance deal in India with IndiGo
Thales has signed an avionics support contract with India’s IndiGo, covering its current and future fleet of Airbus narrowbodies.
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NewsST Engineering doubles engine MRO capacity in Singapore
ST Engineering has expanded its engine MRO operations in Singapore with the opening of a new facility that will service CFM International’s CFM56 and Leap family engines.
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NewsRussian authorities cancel Siberian carrier Angara’s training certificate
Siberian regional carrier Angara Airlines’ aviation training centre approval has been withdrawn by the Russian federal regulator, a further sanction on the airline’s activities. Angara has already had its maintenance certificate revoked following unscheduled inspections by transport supervisory authority Rostransnadzor. But federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia says compliance inspections on ...
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NewsVietjet begins construction for new MRO facility
Vietjet has broken ground for its new MRO facility at the in-development Long Thanh international airport.
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NewsLufthansa Technik extends drag-reduction film coating to Airbus aircraft
Germany’s Lufthansa Technik is to extend its fuel-saving fuselage and nacelle film coating to Airbus aircraft, commencing certification of the ‘AeroShark’ surface for older A330 variants.
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NewsCrew chided for flying A220 despite being told of door damage
Czech investigators have disclosed that the crew of an Airbus A220-300 twice ignored incidents of damage to separate doors on the same day before operating services to Prague.
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NewsST Engineering opens new MRO facility in Ezhou, China
New facility will initially support SF Airlines’ fleet of over 80 Boeing freighters, with capacity for future expansion to serve additional operators.
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NewsAngara maintenance certificate revoked following inspection after An-24 crash
Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has revoked the maintenance certificate of Siberia’s Angara Airlines, days after the carrier suffered a fatal Antonov An-24 accident. The decision follows an unscheduled inspection of the Irkutsk-based airline’s facilities by transport supervisory authority Rostransnadzor. Rosaviatsia says the inspection turned up “violations” in Angara’s ...
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NewsCrashed Superjet’s erroneous angle-of-attack readings traced to swapped overlay plates
Swapping the angle-of-attack sensor overlay plates on a Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100 led to last year’s fatal accident as the jet was being ferried from Lukhovitsy to Moscow after a maintenance visit. Investigators from the Interstate Aviation Committee carried out several experiments and analyses in a bid to understand why ...
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NewsRussian legislation seeks to establish regulated market for PMA spares
Russian aerospace firm Yakovlev is highlighting legislative measures aimed at averting development of a market for unapproved spare parts as a result of shortages driven by sanctions. New legislation progressing through parliament is intended to address the need for design and manufacture of authentic spares – known as Parts Manufacturer ...
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NewsWrongly-maintained Superjet’s behaviour misled crew before overspeed and fatal dive
Russian investigators believe the crew of a Yakovlev Superjet 100 thought the aircraft was experiencing an air-data system fault relating to airspeed, rather than a highly-improbable angle-of-attack discrepancy, before the jet fatally dived into a forest about 6min after take-off. Simulations of the flight have led test pilots to conclude ...
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NewsCAAC validation gives Chinese A320-family operators access to EFW freighter conversion
China’s civil aviation regulator has approved Airbus A320 and A321 freighters converted under the cargo modification programme of specialist EFW. EFW is a joint venture majority-owned by Singapore’s ST Engineering with Airbus as its partner. It operates across eight conversion facilities including four located in China for A320-family and A330 ...
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NewsAntonov Airlines flies An-124 out of Kyiv after long modernisation effort
Ukrainian aerospace firm Antonov has flown a modified An-124-100 out of Kyiv, following a long-term modernisation to replace Russian-built on-board equipment. The aircraft (UR-82073) flew to Leipzig on 11 July following a programme initiated in 2021 but held up by the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. Ukraine and Russia had previously co-operated in ...
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NewsAirbus to detail A380 slat delamination checks after Emirates and SIA incidents
Airbus is to issue service bulletins to A380 operators early next year detailing checks for leading-edge slat delamination, following an incident involving an Emirates aircraft at Nice. The crew of the aircraft (A6-EOM) had perceived a muffled noise and slight vibrations while configuring the jet to land on 18 August ...