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Like many shops across Europe, Iberia Maintenance began ramping up activity last month following a slowing of operations in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the airline MRO says it is now adopting a week-by-week approach when assessing demand increases.

Following a sobering €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) pre-tax loss for the first three months of the year, Lufthansa Group has said that “the sale of

ITS To Perform B737 Teardown ITS will begin tearing down a Boeing 737-800 formerly operated by SAS Scandinavian Airlines. It will take place in Wales

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered a Boeing 777-300ER to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Tel Aviv for the prototype passenger-to-freighter conversion on June 4.

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels have received their first Super Hornet aircraft, which will undergo flight testing and evaluation at Naval Air Station

Bombardier’s exit from commercial aerospace was finalized yesterday with the sale of its CRJ aircraft program to Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in a deal including its maintenance support services.

Fuel microbes thrive in heat and humidity. At a time when thousands of aircraft are parked, and not spending time at altitude where it’s much colder, the chance of contamination is higher than normal.

The company is offering parking services and seeking Federal assistance, but has had to cut back operations and furlough staff dramatically.

Fewer flights are bad news across the aftermarket, but as the response to coronavirus plays out, different types of suppliers will suffer and rebound

European airlines, like others around the world, are caught between a hope for rapid recovery of traffic and an increasing worry about a very slow

United Recycles Uniforms Into Masks United Airlines converted 12,284 lbs. of uniforms into face masks for its employees at its San Francisco

As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the

After burbling the background for several years, talk of a Boeing 777-200 conversion program is set to reach fever pitch as COVID-19 thrusts the cargo

Karolis Matulaitis, director at Kaunas International Airport, talks to James Pozzi about the changes to the operation during the novel coronavirus

Coronavirus has affected the hot, dry nations of the Middle East more gently than most regions, with fatalities from 6-29 per million, versus a global

Integra Aerospace is helping MROs and schools transition training content online in a more innovative, engaging format.

Figuring out how to make passengers comfortable boarding aircraft again, without having to block off middle seats indefinitely, is a problem the

Aviation maintenance industry companies, trade associations and schools have joined forces to launch a new nonprofit organization called Choose

Construction is continuing on its new aircraft maintenance base at Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, which is planned to open in 2022.

U.S. maintenance provider AAR plans to close its facility at Duluth, Minnesota by late July following a decrease in work related to the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Within the past three years, British engine maker Rolls-Royce has been forced to pay almost $1 billion to settle a multinational bribery investigation

A roundup of aviation aftermarket news from the week of May 17-23, 2020.

Neil Russell, chief operating officer at Aero Norway, discusses the engine MRO acquiring more engine models and looking at remote video for inspection work during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

C Cubed Aerospace hopes to receive an FAA supplemental type certificate for its Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter conversion by the end of 2020, and another following not too far behind for its A321 conversion. The timing could be good given changes in the cargo-conversion dynamic.

The COVID-19 pandemic could be the push the industry needs to get the FAA to update outdated aviation maintenance training regulations. The pandemic