Independent aircraft maintenance providers are increasingly outperforming airline- and government-run maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations as demand for aircraft servicing surges worldwide, according to FL Technics. With the global commercial fleet forecast to grow by 28% to more than ...

Slovakian carrier AirExplore has signed a strategic agreement with FL Technics Wheels & Brakes for the maintenance of landing gear components. The long-term contract will cover part of AirExplore’s fleet, which grew from nine to 16 Boeing 737-800 aircraft in 2024. Both companies are part...

Lufthansa Technik has expanded its presence in India by strengthening its partnership with one of the leading players in the Indian aviation industry. IndiGo has appointed the provider of technical aircraft services to deliver comprehensive lease return support as part of long-term agreements cov...

Wizz Air has opened an aircraft maintenance centre at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Băneasa, Romania, with aerospace and defence company Romaero. With new aircraft already announced to join the Bucharest Băneasa, Sibiu, Suceava and Timisoara bases until the end of this year alone, Wizz...

Aircraft Academy, a Vallair Group company and a leading provider of aviation training solutions, has announced that it has received formal approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to offer EASA Part 66 training and examinations. This prestigious certification enables Aircraf...

A cutting-edge engineering system that uses real-time data to predict aircraft maintenance issues is helping British Airways reduce delays and save the use of more than 900,000 pieces of paper a year. The E-Logs platform will provide live performance information about all of the airline’s 270 j...

Approximately $6 billion is lost per year in the airline industry due to an AOG situation. Every minute an aircraft is idle on the ground awaiting repairs, it's haemorrhaging money for its owner or operator and causing a serious back-up of passengers across the world missing important meetings, f...

Sourcing and delivering component parts for aircraft takes skill and organisation. Aircraft maintenance engineers know only too well how time consuming it can be to find the right part, in the right place, at the right time while dealing with the complexities of managing numerous parts providers....