Maintenance
Russian emergencies ministry Superjet restored to fleet
United Aircraft has restored to service a Yakovlev Superjet 100 operated by the Russian emergency situations ministry.
Aerospace
Air Baltic writes off A220 badly damaged during APU test incident
One of Latvian carrier Air Baltic’s early Airbus A220-300s has been confirmed by the carrier as having been written off after a maintenance incident last year. The airline had taken delivery of the twinjet (YL-AAO) in March 2019, an arrival which took its fleet of the type to 15. But the airframe underwent heavy maintenance…
Aerospace
Strong aftermarket drives up Rolls-Royce aerospace profits despite dip in engine deliveries
While supply-chain issues dragged engine deliveries down last year, Rolls-Royce’s financial performance in civil aerospace reflected a strong large-engine aftermarket, contractual margin improvements, and higher spare-engine profitability. The manufacturer handed over 259 Trent engines, down from 278 last year, and lower than the 262 achieve in 2023. This dip spanned almost the entire Trent range.…
Aerospace
Fraudulent UK spares firm generated nearly £7m from unapproved CFM56 parts
UK fraud investigators have disclosed that a small company generated £6.9 million ($9.3 million) in revenues from selling unapproved engine parts, mainly for CFM International CFM56s. The Serious Fraud Office has detailed the figures after the director of the company, AOG Technics, was sentenced following a conviction for forging authorised release certificates for spares. Over…
Aerospace
GTF shop visits continue to drive commercial maintenance revenues at MTU
MTU Aero Engines is expecting continuing strong demand for powerplant maintenance, with the persisting Pratt & Whitney GTF problems having a significant influence on the company’s financial performance. GTF servicing accounted for around 40% of MTU’s commercial maintenance last year, and helped drive an 18% rise – to nearly €6 billion ($7 billion) – in…
Aerospace
Ex-GTLK Europe 777-300ERs sold for engine and spares recovery
Joint liquidators of the Russian-linked leasing firm GTLK Europe have sold three Boeing 777-300ERs to MTU’s Amsterdam-based leasing company. The airframes are set to be broken up for parts and materials while the engines – GE Aerospace GE90 powerplants – are in “full-life condition” and will be leased out, liquidator Teneo Restructuring Ireland states. Two…
Aerospace
Airbus not supporting Ural’s A320-family life-extension effort
While Ural Airlines has disclosed plans to extend the service life of Airbus A320-family aircraft, the airframer states that it is not supporting any such efforts by Russian operators. Ural Airlines recently revealed that it is planning to undertake work to extend the life of A320-family jets to more than 96,000h. Airbus has a programme…
Aerospace
Ex-Spirit A320neos become youngest to be broken up for spares
Two Airbus A320neos which were only produced in the last four years are already being broken up for spares at a facility in Arizona. The aircraft have been acquired by Irish-based asset management company EirTrade Aviation. It identifies the airframes as MSNs 10769 and 10921, both of which were delivered new to US budget carrier…
Aerospace
Russia’s Ural sets up programme to extend life of A320-family jets
Russian carrier Ural Airlines is embarking on a programme to extend the operational life of Airbus A320-family jets – claiming a first for the country. Ural Airlines operates an all-Airbus single-aisle fleet which includes a few A321neos and A320neos but primarily features older variants. The carrier says its “ambitious” programme aims to take the operational…
Aerospace
Philippine Airlines, Thai extend Airbus component support agreements
Airbus has extended its flight-hour services (FHS) component support provision for two Asian operators.
Aerospace
Xiamen Airlines expands engine MRO agreement with ST Engineering
ST Engineering has extended its engine MRO services with long-time customer Xiamen Airlines.
Aerospace
SIA extends contract with Collins Aerospace for component maintenance support on 777 fleet
Singapore Airlines has extended its component services contract with Collins Aerospace for its Boeing 777 fleet for another five years.