Engineering greater efficiency: British Airways moves to predictive automated maintenance reporting system
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 jets, allowing the airline to immediately spot potential problems […]
Pratt & Whitney y Air France Engineering & Maintenance presentan el primer motor de inducción GTF
Pratt & Whitney y Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance han presentado su primer motor Pratt & Whitney GTF. AFI KLM E&M se unió a la red Pratt & Whitney GTF MRO en 2022 con capacidad de desmontaje, montaje y prueba para motores modelo PW1500G para la familia Airbus A220. En 2021, Air France […]
Air France-KLM and Apollo sign a definitive agreement for a EUR 500 million investment into an ad hoc operating affiliate of Air France owning spare engines
Air France-KLM and Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Apollo-managed funds and entities to make a EUR 500 million investment into an ad hoc operating affiliate of Air France that will own a pool of spare engines dedicated to the airline’s Engineering and Maintenance activities. Under this agreement, […]
Mexico, Canada to sign aircraft maintenance agreement
Mexico will sign an agreement with Canada this month to provide maintenance for Canadian planes, an air force general announced. Rodolfo Rodríguez Quezada said the agreement will create new jobs in Mexico and bring a significant amount of foreign investment into the country. The deal will be inked during the Mexico Aerospace Fair (Famex), which […]
Delta teams up with Airbus on predictive analytics
Delta Air Lines entered a partnership with Airbus to use the jet manufacturer’s Skywise platform to track data on its aircraft operations and component parts, Airbus announced Monday. The airline will use Skywise’s predictive analytics capabilities to anticipate maintenance needs. «Skywise Predictive Maintenance enables them to turn unscheduled maintenance into scheduled maintenance,» Airbus said. Airbus […]
American Airlines is eliminating U.S. jobs, say hundreds of protesters at MIA
About 400 demonstrators picketed in front of American Airline"™s Terminal D at Miami International Airport Thursday afternoon, marking the second time the airline"™s workers have protested job outsourcing this summer. The protest, organized by the Transport Workers Union, is the latest in the ongoing saga to settle a new contract between American and its aircraft […]
Cranfield To Host UK Digital Aviation Research Center
The UK plans to build a £65 million ($85 million) center at Cranfield University aimed at researching the application of digital technologies across aviation, in areas of aircraft, airports, manufacturing and maintenance. Funding for the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Center (DARTeC) will be provided by a consortium of aerospace and aviation companies, the university […]
AJW Group to assist TECHNIC ONE in the set-up of a technical/maintenance centre in Russia for SSJ and MC-21 aircraft
AJW Group is to help TECHNIC ONE, the Russian repair and spare components business, to set up a spare parts pool for Sukhoi Super Jet (SSJ) and MS-21 aircraft, a component repair service, and a spare parts centre for CFM56 engines. The new technical/maintenance facility will be established in in the special economic zone in […]
