Embraer and Japan Airlines (JAL) have extended their long-standing partnership with a multi-year agreement covering maintenance, repair and spare-parts support for JAL’s fleet of 32 E170 and E190 aircraft. Under Embraer’s Pool Program, the agreement will provide repairable components for the airline’s E-Jet fleet, with an inventory of parts positioned close to JAL’s operations to
The increasing use of composite materials has proven to be one of the most significant developments in modern aircraft design. Offering considerable advantages in terms of weight, strength, corrosion resistance and efficiency, you will now find the use of composites throughout commercial and business aircraft, from fuselage and wing structures to control surfaces, fairings and
GKN Aerospace has begun construction on a US$16 million expansion of its North Charlestown facility in Indiana, increasing capacity for aero-engine components and supporting growth across its engine components business, the company said. The project will add about 57,000 ft² to the site, bringing its total footprint to nearly 97,000 ft². The expanded facility will
Vietnamese airline Vietjet and French technology group Thales have signed a maintenance, repair and overhaul contract covering components for Vietjet’s Airbus A320 and A330 fleets, the companies said. Under the Repair-By-The-Hour agreement, Thales will provide component maintenance services aimed at improving aircraft availability, reducing operating lifecycle costs and speeding up repairs, they said. The deal
Mint Turbines has been named a Pratt & Whitney Canada Designated Overhaul Facility, expanding the independent maintenance provider’s portfolio of original equipment manufacturer authorisations, the company said. The designation allows Mint Turbines to perform Pratt & Whitney Canada-approved overhaul services for PT6A and PT6T series engines, subject to the manufacturer’s requirements for quality systems, technical
Airbus has opened a new delivery centre in Toulouse to support higher production of its A320 family of aircraft, bringing final technical work and customer handovers together at one site. The 35,000 m² facility at Airbus’ Jean-Luc Lagardère site in north-west Toulouse has 16 aircraft positions near the final assembly line and a dedicated hall
Honeywell Aerospace said its engineering team in Brno, the Czech Republic, has successfully integrated the main subsystems of a hydrogen fuel-cell power source capable of generating and supplying electricity for an aircraft, marking progress in a European project aimed at developing low-emission aviation technology. The work is part of Project NEWBORN, launched in 2023 and
TAT Technologies has partnered with French aerospace company Beyond Aero to help define the thermal management architecture for its hydrogen-electric business aircraft programme, the companies said. Beyond Aero is developing the ONE, a clean-sheet aircraft designed around hydrogen-electric propulsion that aims to carry six passengers up to 800 nautical miles (1,500 km), about five times
Dublin-based aircraft maintenance provider Altitude Engineering (Altitude) has signed a long-term agreement with Xiamen Air to provide scheduled line maintenance services for the carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operations at London Heathrow Airport. The contract covers scheduled flight operations beginning in September 2026. Under the agreement, Altitude will carry out routine line maintenance checks and defect
EPCOR, part of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), has signed a five-year agreement with Mexican cargo airline mas to provide long-term support for its Airbus A330 auxiliary power unit (APU) fleet. The agreement covers five A330s equipped with GTCP331-350 APUs and marks the first contract between EPCOR and mas. As
