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DAILY AVIATION NEWS ALERT

April 23rd 2026
This edition is supported by:
Gaël Méheust, President and CEO of CFM International (l) and Marco Sansavini, CEO of Iberia (r) © CFM International

Iberia Maintenance Madrid becomes LEAP Premier MRO shop

CFM International and International Airlines Group (IAG) have signed an agreement granting a CFM Premier MRO licence for both LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines, strengthening support for one of the industry’s fastest-growing engine families. The deal positions Iberia’s long-established engine maintenance facility at La Muñoza, near Madrid-Barajas Airport, as a key European hub within CFM’s global LEAP maintenance, repair and overhaul …
Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 aircraft

Ontic targets parts shortages with proactive teardown programme

Ontic, the OEM and MRO provider for civil and military aircraft, has launched a new teardown procurement initiative aimed at addressing one of the sector’s most persistent challenges: the availability of hard-to-source components for mature platforms. The programme reflects a forward-looking strategy focused on securing critical inventory before supply constraints impact operators. The first aircraft to be processed under the …
Eastar Jet B737-800 aircraft

Magellan and Worldstar secure B737-800 trio for Eastar Jet

Magellan Aviation Group (Magellan), in partnership with Worldstar Aviation (Worldstar), has announced the acquisition of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft currently on lease to Eastar Jet. The transaction enables the airline to secure additional capacity for future operations, while also providing a structured approach to asset and maintenance management. As part of the deal, Magellan and Worldstar have worked jointly to …
Boeing Distribution and Honeywell Sensing Solutions at Aviation Week's MRO Americas

Boeing and Honeywell expand aftermarket parts access

Boeing Distribution and Honeywell Sensing Solutions have entered into a global distribution agreement aimed at improving aftermarket access to Honeywell’s aerospace and defence sensing and switching products. Under the terms of the deal, Boeing Distribution will stock and support a selected range of Honeywell Sensing Solutions components across its global network, with the objective of enhancing availability and streamlining procurement …
A350F main deck cargo door

Airbus advances A350F with cargo door milestone

Airbus has completed the manufacture and assembly of the first main deck cargo door for its A350F freighter at its Illescas facility in Spain, marking a significant step forward in the programme’s development. The component has now been delivered to the final assembly line in Toulouse, where it will be integrated into the fuselage of the first test aircraft ahead …
Jazz becomes the first customer in Canada to adopt Embraer’s Collaborative Inventory Planning (ECIP) programme

Embraer deepens Canadian footprint with Jazz ECIP deal

Embraer has signed a spare parts inventory support agreement with Jazz Aviation, the primary operator of Air Canada Express, covering all E-Jets in the carrier’s fleet. Jazz, which currently operates 25 E175 aircraft, becomes the first customer in Canada to adopt Embraer’s Collaborative Inventory Planning (ECIP) programme, marking a notable expansion of Embraer Services & Support in North America—home to …
Kevin Balys, President of KGB Aviation Solutions (l), Menzo van der Beek, Co-CEO of Fokker Services Group (r)

Fokker widens recorder offering with SkyLog-25 deal

Fokker Services Group has entered into a commercial agreement with KGB Aviation Solutions to integrate the SkyLog-25 flight data and cockpit voice recorder across multiple aircraft platforms. The agreement enables Fokker Services Group to offer a certified, next-generation 25-hour recording solution within its aircraft modification and retrofit programmes. The SkyLog-25 is designed to address increasing obsolescence in legacy recorder systems, …

L2 Aviation buys Advance Aero

LUMINAIR orders nine Citation Latitude jets

Veryon taps Peter Bunce as Board Adviser

JetBlue upgrades A320 cockpits with Airbus' EEIS2 displays

Delta, LATAM launch A320 component repair alliance

Fuel volatility keeps pressure on airline margins

Air India revamp gains pace with RECARO retrofit

GKN lands Rolls-Royce fan blade deal

AerFin boosts engine support with new V2500 capability

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