After a delay caused in part by maintenance issues, WestJet Airlines has received ETOPS certification for its small used Boeing 767-300 fleet, allowing the airline to operate its own extended-range overwater flights for the first time.

French aviation safety authority BEA has suggested that Embraer consider design changes to portions of the electrical system for its E-Jet regional jets, and that safety upgrades be made at Germany’s Nuremberg Airport.

From Aviation Week’s archive, here are some MRO comics from the 1940s and 1950s.

Avalanche of operating data coming from new-generation aircraft poses a new problem for MROs—how to mine it for the most useful information.

From Aviation Week’s new 100 year archive, here are some aircraft maintenance ads from World War II.

Collection of tweets from the MRO industry. Follow #AVMRO to join the conversation.

Expect to see more engine MRO expenditures in 2016—led by CFM56-7 and V2500-A5 shop visits.

A June 5, 2015, incident involving a CommutAir Dash 8-200 flying as United Express Flight 4776 on the approach to Bradley International Airport resulted in an emergency landing, after which the passengers evacuated on a taxiway.