15 October 2008

The Turkish Engine Center, a Pratt & Whitney and Turkish Airlines Technic joint venture, will support an existing 10-year engine maintenance agreement between Turkish Airlines and Turkish Technic when it opens in mid-2009. The work is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion to the Turkish Engine Center and will extend through 2016. The

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has received its U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station Certification. The certification allows Boeing Shanghai to conduct operations in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations Part 145. Boeing Shanghai initially is conducting heavy maintenance on Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplanes. There are more than 235 Next-Generation 737s flying in the East

Gulfstream has selected Hamilton Sundstrand’s Kidde Aerospace & Defense unit to provide the engine fire detection system for Gulfstream’s new G650 business jet. The engine and nacelle-mounted fire detectors and control unit are designed and manufactured by Kidde Graviner in Colnbrook, England. Kidde Graviner currently supplies Gulfstream the engine fire detection system for its G350,