the aircraft may spend up to four weeks in the shop, costing several million dollars. The D check, also known as the heavy maintenance check, involves further teardown of the aircraft. D checks ...

The issue involves tiny gaps that could be present in the plane's dome-shaped forward-pressure bulkhead, which is located at ...

the acquisition will enable it to carry out minor maintenance checks on Boeing 777 aircraft while the increased capacity will give it the ability to in-source some heavy checks on Airbus A320 and ...