Three industry veterans received awards on the opening day of MRO Americas 2025 for their contributions to the industry.
Airlines for Americas presented its 59th Nuts and Bolts Awards to two veteran MRO professionals - Greg Colgan, MRO Holdings CEO, and Paul Schmitz, Southwest Airlines aircraft maintenance technician, on the opening day of MRO Americas 2025 in Atlanta.
Colgan received the award for his “strategic leadership and passion to better deliver long-term value creation and excellent quality” while Schmitz was lauded for for his “exemplary achievement in commercial aviation maintenance, including his expertise, skills and considerable efforts to pass on his knowledge to the next generation.”
Aviation Week Network presented its annual Lifetime Achievement Award in MRO to Bill Collins, who retired from HAECO Americas in January as president.
Aero Norway, CFM56 and LEAP engine repair facility, has achieved AS9110 certification. Auditors from the UK and Sweden conducted an…
FL Technics, MRO provider and a subsidiary of Avia Solutions Group, has adopted 8tree’s dentCHECK technology to revolutionize its aircraft…
LGM Aviation, a specialist provider of materials & logistics support to lessors, airlines and MROs, has successfully acquired a Pratt…
Expliseat highlighted its flagship TiSeat 2X at MRO Americas 2025, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion into the…
Republic Airways is the first airline to implement Collins Aerospace's Ascentia Repeaters, the latest application as part of the Ascentia…
RH Aero Systems, created from the combination of Rhinestahl CTS and HYDRO Aero, has announced its commitment to OEMs and…
Satair and Collins Aerospace have signed a four-year extension of their cabin interior parts distribution agreement, continuing a relationship that…
VSE Corporation has signed a new five-year authorized service center agreement with Eaton. The collaboration supports aftermarket MRO for Eaton…
Fokker Services Group (FSG) and Egyptian carrier Red Sea Airlines have announced the expansion of Red Sea Airlines’ participation in…
Satair and Champion Aerospace have officially signed a multi-year distribution agreement, extending their successful 40-year partnership. The new deal reaffirms…
Fokker Services Group (FSG), a global leader in aircraft maintenance, modifications, completions, and conversions, has completed a major modernization of…
Spirit Airlines and Safran Landing Systems have renewed their long-term agreement for the supply and MRO of wheels and carbon…
Airbus and Thai Airways International (THAI) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to retrofit the airline's A350s. The retrofit…
ITP Aero is continuing to accelerate its growth in the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sector, setting a target to…
On the opening day of MRO Americas 2025 in Atlanta, Delta TechOps celebrated a century of flight and 25-years of…
IAE International Aero Engines' (IAE's) V2500 engine has surpassed 300 million engine flight hours of operational experience. IAE is a…
RH Aero Systems has signed a new strategic training agreement with Safran Aircraft Engine Services Brussels as it undergoes a…
Trax, a provider of paperless aviation maintenance and engineering software products, will enable the fully digital MRO platform of SIA…
xCelle Americas, a joint venture (JV) between AAR and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), is…
Pratt & Whitney has developed a new additive manufacturing repair for critical GTF engine components that will reduce process time…
Pratt & Whitney and MTU Aero Engines will expand GTF overhaul capacity across all of MTU's facilities in support of…
Pratt & Whitney and Delta Air Lines have signed an agreement to expand GTF overhaul capacity at Delta TechOps' Atlanta…
Airbus has welcomed Collins Aerospace as a new member of the Digital Alliance for Aviation. Collins joins the existing Digital…
Satair, an Airbus Services company, and HAECO Group announced the signing of a new strategic supply agreement on the opening…
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