19 September 2012

Turbomeca (Safran group) has renewed the “MCO” (Global Support Package) contract, entitled MCO 2, with the French Government. Under the terms of this contract, Turbomeca will ensure the availability of the 1,408 turbo-shaft engines equipping French Government helicopters for a 10-year period. These helicopters are used for military and paragovernmental missions of the French Air

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) released that Southwest Airlines will purchase up to 268 additional sets of Blended Winglets for Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft, surpassing its original order placed in 2003. This order will ensure that all of Southwest’s future Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft will be equipped with Blended Winglets until Southwest Airlines transitions

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with wholly owned British Airways subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. With immediate effect MAEL’s engineering team will provide support for the UK based airline’s fleet of Embraer E170 & E190 aircraft operating into Malaga. In addition to the technical services provided, the storing of components

Aviation Partners (API) reported that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 50 series aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of an 18-month development program and exhaustive flight testing,