28 January 2013

Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services (AMES) completed the replacement of the aft pressure bulkhead of a Boeing 767-200 freighter aircraft for customer ABX Air. Boeing selected the candidate aircraft and worked closely with the AMES team to ensure the accuracy and applicability of the Service Bulletin. The aft pressure bulkhead is an integral, dome-shaped section

Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS), a unit of Alcoa (AA), signed a strategic technology and commercial cooperation agreement with Commercial Aircraft of China (COMAC). This agreement deepens Alcoa’s existing partnership with COMAC, the main manufacturer of large passenger aircraft programs in China, and reinforces Alcoa’s presence in one of the world’s fastest growing aerospace markets. AFS

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is extending its cooperation with the Polish carrier Enter Air, by signing a three-year PBH-support agreement for the carrier’s Boeing 737 NG fleet. According to the newly signed agreement FL Technics will provide Power-by-the-hour (PBH) component support for the carrier’s four Boeing