Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...The Belfast facilities, which are part of the historic Short Brothers factory, also do maintenance and repair work for other aviation customers....
...A shortage of new planes caused by supply chain issues and a jump in labour costs has led to airlines spending more on maintenance and repairs than ever before as they keep their existing aircraft in the...
...More than half of the costs were linked to repairs, maintenance and upkeep of the outdoor spaces. Total electricity costs in 2022 amounted to €1.3mn....
...Black Metal is the listed supplier in the customs documents of $2.1mn of items to the 275th Aviation Repair Plant, a Russian installation in Krasnodar that repairs military aircraft....
...They are common features and have been used on both Boeing and Airbus aircraft for decades....
...“Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections,” said Ben Minicucci, the airline’s chief executive, in a statement....
...The incident prompted an emergency landing and the grounding of some aircraft....
...Card Factory shares rose by 7 per cent after the greetings cards and gifts retailer resumed dividend payments on the back of annual revenue and profit progress....
...Motor-vehicle maintenance and repair costs, which feed into insurance costs for obvious reasons, are up 6.5 per cent in a year, and 0.8 per cent for January....
...“Maintenance challenges negatively affect F-35 aircraft readiness”, with the poor level “due in part to challenges with depot and organisational maintenance”, the GAO said....
...Meanwhile, car insurance and auto repair shot up 2 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively, in March....
...Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Saturday that as there were no UK-registered 737 Max 9 aircraft, “the impact on UK-operated aircraft and consumers is minimal”....
...Earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortisation rose 11.7 per cent to $5.5bn....
...Industry experts said that while many costs, including fuel and aircraft ownership, do not substantially differ by region, labour costs, including maintenance, can vary significantly....
...The door panel arrived at Boeing’s factory in Washington with damaged adjacent rivets, forcing workers to open it for repairs by a team from Spirit....
...Repair and maintenance spending rose to £7.7bn in the year to March 2023, according to the latest government figures, a 20 per cent increase on record spending the year before, on top of £6bn spent on building...
...Average electric car insurance costs rose 72 per cent in the year to September, compared with 29 per cent for petrol and diesel models, according to Confused.com....
...fuselage breach of an Alaska Airlines aircraft earlier this month....
...The FTSE 100 company, whose engines power large civil aircraft as well as submarines and military jets, is in the middle of a revamp under chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic, who took the helm in January...
...Calio warned that the engine inspections and any replacements “will create more congestion” in the company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul network, which have already delayed turnaround times because...
...While neither renders the aircraft unsafe, redoing the work delays Boeing’s deliveries to customers at a time when airlines are eager for planes....
...Together with too few spare engines and packed repair schedules, “that affected the availability of the aircraft, that affected the integrity of the operations”....
...Interim chief David is a longtime associate of Gibson, having served on the board of UK home repairs and emergency services group HomeServe when Gibson was chair....
...The boom also means good business for the $110bn a year aircraft repair and maintenance market....
...Since taking over, Erginbilgic has shaken up senior management, including the heads of its civil and defence businesses, cut spending on non-core projects and is renegotiating some of its sales and maintenance...
International Edition