in Maintenance Posted 22 July 2021
United Engine Corporation of Rostec has started a programme to develop hydrogen-powered engines for both aviation and ground applications.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 14 July 2021
Aviation is taking its lead from medical science with the introduction of sanitizing technologies designed and tested against viral and bacterial pathogens.
in Maintenance Posted 13 July 2021
Jewers Doors, which has offices in the Middle East, has moved to a new larger purpose-built factory and office building in Stratton Business Park in the UK.
in Maintenance Posted 13 July 2021
Following its investments at Istanbul Airport, Turkish Technic has started to evaluate investment opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region that are aligned with its international expansion
in Maintenance Posted 1 July 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Rolls-Royce plc have signed a joint statement that clarifies the engine manufacturer’s ongoing commitment to an open and competitive approach to its
in Maintenance Posted 30 June 2021
Shell and Rolls-Royce today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which aims to support the decarbonisation of the aviation industry and their progress towards net zero emissions.
in Maintenance Posted 30 June 2021
The Middle East South Asia (MESA) operation of Hellmann Worldwide, one of the largest global logistics service providers has become the first in the region to join the Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP
in Maintenance Posted 30 June 2021
Lufthansa Technik Middle East (LTME) and Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), have signed an MoU to provide technical expertise and several MRO solutions to Joramco.
in Maintenance Posted 29 June 2021
AerinX in cooperation with VD Gulf, a independent MRO company in the Middle East region, will apply mixed reality-based system following a successful pilot.
in Maintenance Posted 29 June 2021
Turkish Technic has received base maintenance authorisation for its Istanbul Airport C/D Hangars which were opened in October 2020 as one of the biggest hangars in the world.
in Maintenance Posted 28 June 2021
Stelia Aerospace has just delivered to Airbus the first fuselage sections it has been assigned for the A321XLR (Extra Long Range) programme, the brand new member of the Airbus single- aisle family.
in Maintenance Posted 24 June 2021
Satair, an Airbus Services company, and SR Technics, an MRO service provider for the civil aviation sector which has offices in the Middle East, have signed a multi-year agreement covering the supply of a diverse scope of more than 1,000
in Maintenance Posted 24 June 2021
Turkish Aerospace has earned a spot in the Boeing Premier Bidder Programme.
in Maintenance Posted 17 June 2021
Rolls-Royce is entering new aviation markets to pioneer sustainable power and as part of that mission we will be developing energy storage systems (ESS) that will enable aircraft to undertake zero emissions flights of over 100
in Maintenance / Features Posted 16 June 2021
Tough engine cleaning jobs used to be tackled with ground up walnut shells and apricot pits. Not unreasonably, a foaming agent that does the same job is particularly welcome.
in Maintenance Posted 16 June 2021
Semmco DWC has been awarded a three-year contract by Dnata.The partnership will see Semmco provide Dnata with spares for ground support equipment.
in Maintenance Posted 15 June 2021
An East-West framework agreement signed at MRO Middle East between two leading independent organisations may be a taste of things to come in the region’s MRO community.
in Maintenance Posted 15 June 2021
Boeing and Turkish Technic have renewed a tailored parts package agreement, extending the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider’s current contract by three years.
in Maintenance Posted 10 June 2021
GE Aviation has awarded Royal Jordanian Airlines a technical license to use GE’s patented 360 Foam Wash system on its GEnx-1B aircraft engines.
in Maintenance Posted 9 June 2021
Airbus Helicopters is bringing the industry together to drive the deployment of biofuels, through the creation of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) User Group dedicated to the rotary-wing community.
in Maintenance Posted 3 June 2021
Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed.
in Maintenance Posted 1 June 2021
Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80, the world’s largest and smartest indoor aerospace testbed, in a ceremony with the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for the Department of Business Energy &
in Maintenance Posted 27 May 2021
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Teledyne Controls, a provider in aircraft data management, have joined forces to deliver enhanced engine health management services to their customers.
in Maintenance Posted 25 May 2021
Global air and travel services provider, Dnata has partnered with Global Jet Technic (GJT) to provide line maintenance support to airlines in Dubai, reports Jill Stockbridge.
in Maintenance Posted 19 May 2021
Rolls-Royce is strengthening its commitment to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by launching a new service – SAFinity, which will initially cater for business aviation customers.
in Maintenance Posted 10 May 2021
Saudi Rotorcraft Support Company (SRSC), a subsidiary joint venture of Boeing, has been issued a certificate from the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) authorising SRSC to perform
in Maintenance Posted 29 April 2021
MRO and supply chain specialist OEMServices, which has its Middle East base in Dubai, has signed a contract with L3Harris Technologies to provide global AOG logistics support for its commercial avionics products, writes
in Maintenance Posted 22 April 2021
Gulf Air has marked the successful completion of the first scheduled C-Check maintenance event on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 16 April 2021
Digitalisation of the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry is slowly gaining pace, but the haphazard manner of its advance and the shortage of common standards mean the full benefits may remain elusive.
in Maintenance Posted 14 April 2021
The MRO Middle East event is to go ahead in June although the co-located aircraft interiors event AIME will not be happening this year.
in Maintenance Posted 8 April 2021
Qatar Airways has opened a new state-of-the-art Engine Facility as part of the vision to streamline the cost of its Technical Maintenance operations by more than $2.2m per year.
in Maintenance Posted 6 April 2021
Menzies Aviation has renewed and expanded its ground handling contract in Northern Europe with Emirates Airlines.
in Maintenance Posted 30 March 2021
Joramco, the Amman-based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has announced that it has entered into a new maintenance agreement with the Dubai-based airline, Flydubai.
in Maintenance Posted 29 March 2021
Bell Textron will begin incorporating Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into all Bell Training Academy (BTA) and customer demonstration fleet aircraft. Bell will be the first rotorcraft customer to receive SAF supply
in Maintenance Posted 29 March 2021
AMAC Aerospace has opened its doors to welcome the first mid-size jets to its new hangar.
in Maintenance Posted 29 March 2021
Rolls-Royce has officially started building the world’s largest engine, UltraFan, which it says will redefine sustainable travel for decades to come.
in Maintenance Posted 26 March 2021
Jet Aviation announced today that it has received its Part 125 Operator’s Certificate from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
in Maintenance Posted 22 March 2021
DC Aviation Al-Futtaim has received the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 2 certification for its Fixed Base Operations (FBO) located at Dubai South.
in Maintenance Posted 18 March 2021
A partnership of aerospace specialists has launched the world’s first in-flight emissions study using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a commercial passenger aircraft.
in Maintenance Posted 16 March 2021
AJW Group, a specialist in the supply and repair of aircraft spare parts, has entered into a regional partnership agreement with Bahrain-owned aviation service provider, MENA Aerospace to offer enhanced aircraft
in Maintenance Posted 9 March 2021
The crisis in the aviation industry brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has hit Lufthansa Technik AG hard.
in Maintenance Posted 8 March 2021
Embraer has released technical guidance to apply UV-C lights for cockpit sanitisation, as well as disinfectants and coatings for the cabin in the Company’s commercial aircraft. According to these specifications, the
in Defence / Maintenance Posted 24 February 2021
Lockheed Martin and Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) are to develop a new joint venture in Saudi Arabia to produce, maintain and repair both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, as well as missile defence systems.
in Maintenance Posted 23 February 2021
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed long-term lease agreements for seven Airbus A321neo aircraft with IndiGo, India’s largest passenger airline.
in Maintenance Posted 22 February 2021
Spatial, a manufacturer in aviation training equipment, has recently announced its relocation to a bigger facility in RAKEZ.
in Maintenance Posted 15 February 2021
Etihad Airways has partnered with local designers to upcycle obsolete aircraft cabin interiors into pieces of art, as an environmentally friendly alternative of dealing with waste.
in Maintenance Posted 10 February 2021
Rolls-Royce has conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine, as part of its ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors in which we operate reach net zero carbon by
in Maintenance Posted 4 February 2021
Etihad Airways and GE Aviation have partnered to launch GE’s 360 Foam Wash, a groundbreaking jet engine cleaning system, to optimise performance of Etihad’s GE90 and GEnx-1B engines on its Boeing 777 and 787 fleets.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 1 February 2021
Customer benefit underpins the uptake of innovation in MRO, where OEM and regulatory approvals compete with cost as the biggest hurdle to overcome. Chuck Grieve reports.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 29 January 2021
The deferral or cancellation of heavy maintenance on the civil aviation fleet could have serious long-term consequences for the MRO workforce. Chuck Grieve investigates.
in Maintenance Posted 28 January 2021
Satair and Honeywell Aerospace have signed a multi-year commercial agreement covering the exclusive worldwide distribution for mechanical and air thermal components for use on Airbus A320, A330, A340, and A380 aircraft.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 22 January 2021
Every problem offers potential opportunities and even the pandemic is no exception, as Alan Dron found out when he spoke to Etihad’s Engineering division.
in Maintenance Posted 19 January 2021
Following the purchase of 80,000 tonnes of Carbon Offsets in November, Etihad Airways is expanding its offset programme in collaboration with Shell. Separately, the airline is also setting up a guest programme to allow guests to purchase
in Maintenance Posted 15 December 2020
Strata Manufacturing (Strata) has delivered its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner vertical fin shipset to Boeing during an official ceremony held following the UAE’s 49th National Day.
in Maintenance Posted 10 December 2020
Jet Aviation is celebrating 15 years of successful operations in Dubai.
in Maintenance Posted 16 November 2020
Rolls-Royce is to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel for the first time in engine ground tests on next-generation engine technology, as part of its ongoing decarbonization strategy.
in Maintenance Posted 13 November 2020
Rolls-Royce has said its Trent engine, housing ALECSys technology, that will be used for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel tests ground tests with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to demonstrate Rolls-Royce engines, can unlock SAF’s
in Maintenance / Features Posted 11 November 2020
A ‘new normal’ for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is inevitable in the aftermath of Covid-19, but what exactly does that mean?
in Maintenance Posted 10 November 2020
Etihad Engineering, the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has accepted an order for 1.3 million facemasks to be manufactured at its newly established in-house face mask production facility.
in Maintenance Posted 9 November 2020
Sanad has successfully completed the maintenance of 100 GEnx engines on behalf of GE Aviation (GE).
in Maintenance Posted 2 November 2020
A new version of the versatile SmartUE1 inspection tool – tagged the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of non-destructive testing (NDT) – has been released by Airbus company Testia.
in Maintenance Posted 15 October 2020
FL Technics, a provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and part of Avia Solutions Group, has signed a long-term contract to support international low-cost carrier Wizz Air Abu Dhabi with
in Maintenance Posted 8 October 2020
Rolls-Royce is introducing a new SelectCare option, SelectCare Repair, to complement its existing range of Care services for airlines that operate Trent 700 powered Airbus A330 aircraft.
in Maintenance Posted 7 October 2020
Etihad Airways is the UAE’s first airline to implement electronic technical logs (eTech logs) for airline operations.
in Maintenance Posted 29 September 2020
EPI, the precision engineering company, is expanding its manufacturing capabilities to support the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
in Maintenance Posted 28 September 2020
Sanad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala, has announced a new one billion dirhams deal with Pratt & Whitney and International Aero Engines (IAE). The new agreement will see Sanad Aerotech providing IAE with
in Maintenance Posted 21 September 2020
Jet Aviation has committed to sustainable aviation in the industry’s first ever (virtual) sustainability summit hosted earlier this week by the Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF Coalition).
in Maintenance / People Posted 16 September 2020
Air Works, India’s largest independent MRO and diversified aviation services provider, which works extensively in the Middle East market, has announced two key appointments to its board of directors.
in Maintenance Posted 7 September 2020
AMAC Aerospace has announced that two Head of State aircraft arrived at the end of July in Basel, Switzerland for completion. The company has also been awarded several new maintenance projects.
in Maintenance Posted 2 September 2020
Rolls-Royce has announced two breakthroughs in artificial intelligence ethics, which it said could help gain society's trust of the technology and accelerate the next generation of industrialisation, known as industry
in Maintenance Posted 31 August 2020
Irish eyes are smiling on Joramco, the Jordanian MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) which kicked off the industry re-start with a new agreement from Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, Ryanair.
in Maintenance Posted 13 August 2020
Rolls-Royce has started its latest phase of testing on its low-emissions technology for its next generation of engines.
in Maintenance Posted 13 August 2020
GECAS has signed an agreement with Boeing converting 11 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter options to firm orders and adding nine additional options to the GECAS Cargo order book.
in Maintenance Posted 12 August 2020
MRO services provider FL Technics has renewed its GCAA Part 21 (Design) certificate for another year.
in Maintenance Posted 11 August 2020
A batch of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines has successfully reached their planned time on wing.
in Maintenance Posted 4 August 2020
With MRO industry revenues directly related to aircraft utilisation, 2020’s total MRO spend will be less than half of the approximately $90bn forecasted, according to the leading aviation data and advisory company IBA.
in Maintenance Posted 31 July 2020
Boom Supersonic, an aerospace company building the world's fastest civil aircraft, and Rolls-Royce, has announced an engagement agreement to explore the pairing of a Rolls-Royce propulsion system with Boom's flagship supersonic
in Maintenance Posted 27 July 2020
Rolls-Royce has said there are zero Boeing 787 aircraft on the ground (AOG) due to Trent 1000 durability-related issues.
in Maintenance Posted 23 July 2020
Unilode Aviation Solutions, an outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions company, and Dnata have signed an agreement to equip all Dnata warehouses with Unilode's Bluetooth readers.
in Maintenance Posted 23 July 2020
EDGE has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the remaining 40 per cent stake currently held by Lockheed Martin Corporation and Sikorsky, in Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Centre (AMMROC).
in Defence / Maintenance Posted 21 July 2020
The UAE has signed a support and maintenance agreement with Saab for the advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) solution GlobalEye.
in Maintenance Posted 6 July 2020
Al Ain based company Strata Manufacturing (Strata) has successfully delivered 100 shipsets of the assembled A350-900 Inboard Flaps (IBF).
in Maintenance / Features Posted 3 July 2020
The MRO industry is braced for major fall-out from the global pandemic crisis. Will independents be able to weather this perfect storm? Chuck Grieve searches for answers.
in Maintenance Posted 23 June 2020
ExecuJet MRO Services Middle East, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to perform line and base maintenance on the Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy models.
in Business Aviation / Maintenance Posted 18 June 2020
A new partnership in the business and private aviation market has been signed in a bid to stimulate a market that has been affected by the Covid19 pandemic.
in Maintenance Posted 16 June 2020
Strata Manufacturing (Strata) has completed works on the Strata Solvay Advanced Materials (SSAM) high-tech facility in Al Ain, a joint venture with Solvay, Belgium’s materials and chemicals company.
in Maintenance Posted 12 June 2020
Following the news that Bombardier is planning to cut 600 jobs at its Belfast facility manufacturing A220 wings. Nicolas Jouan, Aerospace and Defence Analyst at GlobalData offers his view on
in Maintenance Posted 10 June 2020
Etihad Engineering has been expanding its operations in aircraft maintenance and parking, to meet the new requirements of airline operators as fleets have been grounded due to the COVID-19
in Maintenance / Features Posted 5 June 2020
Engineering access equipment is the basic, yet essential, ingredient of any MRO operation. Though much of it is low tech, these pieces of equipment are anything but out of date in their conception and specification. Chuck Grieve reports.
in Maintenance Posted 20 May 2020
Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, has announced a strategic collaboration between its wholly owned subsidiary, Strata Manufacturing, and Honeywell, to produce N95
in Maintenance Posted 12 May 2020
Teams across the world are providing Rolls-Royce customers with the individual support they need to protect their aircraft engines in readiness for a return to the skies.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 6 May 2020
The engine aftermarket is proving to be a moveable feast as numerous factors – some predictable, others not – converge. Chuck Grieve reports.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 23 April 2020
Saudi Arabia is to fund a new aircraft repairing and maintaining facility at an abandoned air base in Bangladesh. Jon Lake reports.
in Maintenance Posted 20 April 2020
AMAC Aerospace has been awarded several new maintenance projects.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 16 April 2020
The way spares and replacements are located and procured has been transformed by digital technology, with online marketplaces making life easier for buyers and suppliers, writes Chuck Grieve.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 14 April 2020
Older airliners are staying in service longer than anticipated, which, as Alan Dron reports, is good news for maintenance companies such as Sharjah-based VD Gulf.
in Maintenance / Features Posted 8 April 2020
Few scenarios are more time-sensitive than aircraft on the ground (AOG) situations, and it has given rise to ultra-fast delivery of spares. Chuck Grieve looks at how leading players meet the demand.
in Maintenance Posted 18 March 2020
AMAC Aerospace has announced that a Boeing BBJ 747-8 will undergo a re-configuration of the cabin and an update of the whole interior to the latest level.
in Maintenance Posted 16 March 2020
Strata Manufacturing (Strata) has deployed two of the latest generation MTorres Automatic Tape Laying (ATL) machines to support its Airbus A350-900 manufacturing capabilities.
