Airlines look to create partnerships with specialists

The formation of partnerships between airlines and aircraft manufacturers with maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) and supply chain specialists is a growing trend in the industry, writes Stuart Flitton. Where an airline owns its aircraft, maintenance will involve use of its own spare parts in its own storage facilities and be performed by its own […]

ST Aerospace lands 5 year MD-11 maintenance deal with Lufthansa

ST Aerospace has secured a five year exclusive MD-11 Heavy Maintenance Support contract from Lufthansa Cargo worth 39 million Singapore dollars ($30 million). Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will become the sole service provider supporting the airline’s MD-11 fleet in both light and heavy C-checks starting from 2019. The aerospace arm of ST Engineering has […]

Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F becomes a film star

Lufthansa Cargo’s Boeing 777 Freighter, registration code D-ALFE, has starred in a film directed by Thomas Aigner, following its manufacture, being sold and first flight to Frankfurt Airport. The aircraft, which Lufthansa took delivery of in February 2015, was followed for three months by Aigner’s film team, and is now a star of a DVD […]