Vietnam Airlines flaming A321 incident prompts FAA emergency AD
On March 18, 2020, Vietnam Airlines flight VN920 from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Phnom Penh (Cambodia)…
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How to establish an MRO foothold in Asia | AeroTime Podcast
In 2016, the Lithuanian MRO provider FL Technics gained a foothold in Asia by opening a hangar in…
First PW1200G engine assembled in Japan enters flight testing
The first Pratt & Whitney GTF™ PW1200G engine assembled in Japan has begun flight testing. The maiden flight…
Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion certified by EASA
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture of Singapore-based ST Engineering and Airbus, announced that its newest product, the…
FAA issues Emergency AD Boeing 777-300ER GE engines
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), warning Boeing 777-300ER powered by GE engines…
DGCA demands IndiGo get rid of unmodified PW engines by mid-2020
IndiGo’s woes with its A320neo engines might soon come to an end. Calling the work that the airline…
JO Aeronautical Systems Capability Growth On The Middle East MRO
PROFILE:Jordan Aeronautical-systems Company (JAC) is an Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) specialized in Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul and…
Boeing 737 MAX: LEAP engine production to slow but not stop
Following Boeing’s decision to suspend the production of the 737 MAX, the joint venture composed of Safran and…
Israel Aerospace Industries advises grounding its Boeing 737Fs
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has reportedly advised customers not to fly some Boeing 737 freighters converted by the…
Introducing Aviadvigatel PD-14: engine to power MC-21
The Irkutsk Aviation Plant has completed assembly of a new MC-21-300 aircraft fuselage. While the fuselage is the…
Lufthansa maintenance goes wrong, three workers injured
Spirit Airlines (S64) (SAVE) 31-strong Airbus A319 fleet appears to have just gotten one airplane short. An A319-100…
EASA issues airworthiness directive for RR Trent 1000 and 7000
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued on November 20, 2019, an airworthiness directive (AD) for…
Qatar turns to LEAP engines, places $4B order for Airbus A321neos
Qatar Airways has chosen CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power its new fleet of 50 Airbus A321neo family…
Pratt & Whitney delivers 100th GTF engine in China
Sichuan Airlines took delivery of an Airbus A321neo. The aircraft is powered by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan…
Canadian authorities restrict A220 engine thrust after incidents
Transport Canada, the Canadian civil aviation authority, has issued an emergency airworthiness directive to reduce the engine thrust of…
What happened to South African Airways planes?
State-owned South African Airways (SAA) and Comair have had to ground some of their aircraft for compliance checks…
MAAS Aviation, FL Technics form partnership
FL Technics, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services provider, and MAAS Aviation, aircraft painting services provider, are forming…
Boeing 737 NG to be inspected after structural cracks found
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) asked operators of certain Boeing 737 NGs to conduct safety inspections after structural…