The recent early retirement trend which has led to a large number of relatively young aircraft being torn down for parts has resulted in a considerable decrease of certain spare parts’ prices. That, in addition to the positive changes in the lease rates has resulted in significantly prolonged service-life of some types of aircraft. At the same time, the growing [...]
Recently the Kazakh officials have revealed their plans to allow foreign carriers to fly within the borders of Kazakhstan in order to spur up the competition in the domestic air transportation market. Meanwhile, the air traffic of national carriers is also rising, but due to the shortage of specialists within the country, local carriers are increasingly hiring professionals from other [...]
Despite the fact that compared to the previous several years the overall growth of air traffic in Asia-Pacific has slowed down, according to the latest data provided by IATA, this August was particularly good for regional carriers with an increase of 8.6% compared to the same month last year. However, the rise in demand for air travel consequent to the [...]
While the US and Europe remain the largest markets for business aviation, since 2008 the growth of business aircraft fleets in Africa, Latin America and Asia has been the most intense. Naturally, such fast-developing markets are becoming the centre of attention for those seeking to seize new business opportunities and build new MRO facilities to support the rapidly expanding regional [...]
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further extending its cooperation with Asia-Pacific carriers by signing a PBH-support agreement with Jakarta-based cargo operator Cardig Air. Under the agreement FL Technics will provide spare parts supply for the carrier’s Boeing 737-300F fleet. According to the three-year long agreement, FL Technics will provide component, parts [...]
FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for aviation, and NYCO Aeronautics, part of NYCO, have signed a letter of commitment for selling turbine oil TURBONYCOIL 600 in the civil aviation sector. The document was inked during the MRO Europe event in London on 25 September, 2013. According to the letter of commitment FL [...]
The struggle for new flight time limitation (FTL) intensifies as the EU Parliament’s Transport Committee has voted against the EU Commission’s proposal this week. Despite the rejection, EASA’s proposal enters the homestretch, as the final decision of the EU Parliament will be voiced during its Plenary Session later this month. With none of the discussion parties willing to make any [...]
Constant air traffic growth in recent years has led to airport congestion. Naturally, one of the solutions for increasing the capacity of the airports is their expansion. However, the inefficiencies in passenger handling services are also contributing to the problem. Datasets from Airbus A380 ground handling at Emirates indicate that up to 8% of all flight delays are caused by [...]
