JetSmart has signed an eight-year service agreement, with optional extension to 10 years, with IAE International Aero Engines to maintain its current fleet of V2500-powered A320ceos. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines , a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation, Pratt…

A Southwest Airlines flight skidded off the runway after it landed and could not stop Thursday morning, December 6, 2018. The airport is equipped with a system precisely for the purpose of stopping a skidding aircraft called an Engineered Material Arresting System. The system slows the aircraft and hopefully stops it before departing the paved…

Industrial AI and IoT software maker, Uptake, and Rolls-Royce have joined forces to extend Rolls-Royce’s digital ecosystem. Complimenting the company’s in-house data science expertise in its R2Data Labs, an acceleration hub for data innovation, Uptake will demonstrate how its capabilities can help Rolls-Royce implement a data-science-first approach to optimizing the performance of its Trent engine…

One hundred and sixty-six passengers got a fright Friday morning when a cowling came loose on an engine in flight. The cowling, and thrust reverser covers, shredded. The flight was headed to Tampa, Fla. from Las Vegas, Nevada when the incident occurred and returned to Las Vegas without further incident. All passengers and crew on…

GA Telesis has acquired an Airbus A330-200 (MSN 255) for disassembly and support of its increase in demand for inventory. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and U. S.-based distribution facilities. The inventory will be used in support of the GA Telesis’…