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MRO Memo: Korean Air’s U.S. Leap Maintenance Begins At Delta TechOps

Delta TechOps has inducted its first CFM Leap-1B engine from a third-party customer. The initial unit from a contract to support the engines of its SkyTeam partner Korean Air’sBoeing737 MAX fleet is now in Delta TechOps’ Atlanta facility. The site is one of six “CFM Premier” MRO providers in the wor...

Namibia’s First MRO School Paves Way For Local Workforce Pipeline

Namibia is poised to begin building its own domestic MRO workforce pipeline through a new training milestone. The first group of aviation maintenance students to be locally trained and tested has graduated from a new Namibian aviation training school set up by aviation services provider Westair Avia...

Nacelle Maintenance JV Wins Asia Clearance

Asia-Pacific’s newest nacelle repair facility has received regulatory approval to offer MRO and rotable support for the nacelles on General Electric GEnx, Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 and CFM Leap-1A engines.Named xCelle Asia, the FAA- and EASA-certified facility in Chonburi, Thailand, is a joint venture...

Rolls-Royce Unveils China MRO Joint Venture

Rolls-Royce has added further capacity to its global aftermarket network after opening its Beijing-based engine maintenance joint venture (JV) with Air China. Beijing Aero Engine Services (BAESL), specializing in Trent 700, Trent XWB-84 and Trent 1000 engines, is the British manufacturer’s first fac...

ASKY, TAAG Latest African Airlines To Develop Independent MROs

LUANDA, Angola—Togo-based ASKY and Angolan flag-carrier TAAG have revealed plans to establish their own MRO operations, with both independently aiming to develop greater self-sufficiency in servicing and maintaining their expanding fleets. “We are planning a joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines to...

Fast 5: Aeroplex Targets Big Engine-Part Growth At Budapest Component Repair Center

One year after Aeroplex opened a designated component repair center close to its Budapest headquarters, Ferenc Hortobagyi, the company’s component repair director, discusses the continuing ramp up of the operation and where it is planning more large-scale investments.Aeroplex opened its component re...