Commercial

StandardAero has welcomed Paul McElhinney as its new chief executive officer. McElhinney brings more than three decades of aerospace and industrial leadership experience to the role, including senior positions leading GE Aviation Services and GE Power Services. He also has served on the StandardAero board of directors since 2019. In a statement on social media…

DHL Express and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have renewed their crew and maintenance agreement for five Boeing 777 freighters based at Singapore Changi Airport. Under the agreement, SIA pilots will continue to operate the five freighters, while SIA engineers will oversee their maintenance. These five freighters support DHL’s intercontinental air network, connecting its South Asia Hub…

Sudden cardiac arrest remains one of the deadliest in-flight medical emergencies, accounting for a significant share of aviation casualties. While federal regulations require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on passenger-carrying airplanes operating under 14 CFR Part 121, the presence of a device alone does not guarantee a lifesaving outcome. Expired batteries or failed self-tests can render…

MedAire announced a strategic investment in GoCrisis, moving the companies’ four-year aviation relationship beyond strategic partnership and toward closer business integration. Through the investment, GoCrisis will leverage MedAire’s IT, finance and back-office business infrastructure, while both organizations retain their identities, organizational capabilities and established operating roles. “When a serious aviation event affects crew or passengers,…

ST Engineering today announced that its Commercial Aerospace business has secured a two-year exclusive agreement with Hebei Airlines to provide Performance Restoration Shop Visit (PRSV) services for CFM56-7B engines starting in September 2026. Under the agreement, ST Engineering will perform PRSV work on the CFM56-7B engines used on Hebei Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 fleet at its…

Lease Management unifies asset traceability and lease economics in a single system, giving lessors oneconnected view of their portfolio and its financial performance. ProvenAir Technologies, a premier provider of cloud-based back-to-birth traceability solutions for the aerospace industry, announced the deployment of its new Lease Management platform. Developed in close collaboration with RESIDCO, a commercial aircraft…

A close look at the fleet, engine backlog and MRO network data behind why CFM56-5A/B stands have become one of the hardest pieces of ground support equipment to find, and what EngineStands.com utilization numbers say about where it goes next. At EngineStands.com, we track utilization across every stand in our fleet month by month. CFM56-5A/B…

AJW Group, an independent global provider of aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions to the commercial, business, and defence aviation sectors, is pleased to announce the signing of a new six-year Power-by-the-Hour (PBH) support agreement with Sun PhuQuoc Airways (SPA). The agreement will support the carrier’s expanding Airbus A330 fleet as it prepares…

Liebherr-Aerospace and China Airlines have reached a commercial agreement for the overhaul of nose landing gear on the airline’s Airbus A350 fleet. The campaign is set to start this year and will continue through 2031. Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by China Airlines, a Taiwan-based carrier, to perform an exchange and overhaul program of the nose…

RTX announced Jill Albertelli has been appointed president of Pratt & Whitney, effective Jan. 1, 2027, and will report to RTX chairman and chief executive officer Chris Calio. Albertelli succeeds Shane Eddy who has decided to retire. “Jill is a seasoned and highly respected leader with over three decades of experience across nearly every corner…

Proven Business Development Leader Joins Team to Advance Strategic Growth, Customer Engagement, and Market Expansion. L2 Aviation, a global provider of avionics integration, engineering, certification, manufacturing, aircraft modification, repair, and field-support solutions, announced today that Jason Marshall, former Director of Business Development of AMETEK and Harvard University graduate, has joined the company as Vice President…

Dublin, Ireland — Altitude Engineering, the Dublin-based aircraft maintenance provider, has signed a long-term agreement with Xiamen Air to deliver scheduled line maintenance services for the carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operations at London Heathrow Airport. The contract covers scheduled flight operations commencing in September 2026. Under the agreement, Altitude will provide routine line maintenance checks…