27 September 2023

P&W plans to expand Eagle Services Asia (ESA), its engine centre in Singapore

P&W expands Eagle Services Asia, Singapore to bolster GTF fleet support

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has unveiled its plans to expand Eagle Services Asia (ESA), its engine centre in Singapore. This significant 48,000-ft² expansion will enable ESA to increase its current facility capacity by two-thirds. Shangari Meleschi, Vice President of Aftermarket Operations – Asia Pacific and Turkiye, emphasized, “Pratt & Whitney is making strategic global investments […]

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American Airlines joins Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group

American Airlines teams up with Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group

Embraer, the Brazilian planemaker, has announced that American Airlines has signed an MoU with the company to team up with its Energia Advisory Group, an experienced and knowledgeable team of airlines, lessors, suppliers and additional aviation experts advising Embraer on its future development of sustainable aircraft. The MoU with Embraer will see the companies combine

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VAECO

Spirit AeroSystems, VAECO sign agreement for MRO services in Vietnam

Spirit AeroSystems has signed a maintenance, repair and overhaul service agreement through its subsidiaries with Vietnam Airlines Engineering Limited Company (VAECO) at the MRO Asia-Pacific Exhibition in Singapore. Established in 2009, Vietnam Airlines Engineering Limited Company (VAECO), with 2,500 workers, is the largest and most experienced aircraft maintenance service provider in Vietnam. The company, a

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The Cessna Grand Caravan EX

Surf Air Mobility confirms order for 20 Cessna Grand Caravan EXs

Surf Air Mobility has confirmed its order and paid the deposit for the first 20 Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft, designed and manufactured by Textron Aviation, to be purchased under its previously announced initial fleet order of up to 100 aircraft with options for 50 additional aircraft. Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to begin in the first

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Honeywell and APACS reaffirmed their long-term partnership at MRO Asia-Pacific 2023

Honeywell expands partnership with APACS on repairs and spare parts

At MRO Asia-Pacific 2023, Honeywell and Asia Pacific Aircraft Component Services (APACS), a subsidiary of SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) and joint venture with SR Technics Switzerland, reaffirmed their long-term partnership with the announcement of additional Honeywell licences awarded to APACS. These licenses enable APACS to perform repair activities on Honeywell’s Air Data Inertial Reference Unit

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A U-2 Dragon Lady takes off for the first flight of the Avionics Tech Refresh program in Palmdale, California

Lockheed Martin conducts first flight in U-2 avionics tech refresh

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, has completed the first flight of the U-2 Dragon Lady’s Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) programme. The successful first flight tested the new advanced capabilities aboard the U-2 as part of the ATR contract, including an updated avionics suite (communications, navigation, display, etc.) that modernises

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Contract signing between Quickstep and ST Engineering

ST Engineering and Quickstep form partnership to provide nacelle MRO solutions

ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace business and Quickstep Holdings (Quickstep) have entered into a partnership to bring together their complementary capabilities to service the region out of facilities in Australia. Under the partnership, ST Engineering and Quickstep will establish a regional nacelle pool in Australia that can service a wide range of Airbus and Boeing aircraft

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