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FLYdocs revolutionizes cloud-based Asset Management Platform

At MRO Asia-Pasific in Singapore, FLYdocs has announced the next generation of aircraft leasing and financial management with its cloud-based Asset Management Platform. Originally launched at MRO Americas earlier this year, the FLYdocs Asset Management Platform is the first software platform to accurately predict the cost and interval of engine shop visits considering the geographical region of operation, FH:FC […]

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Robinson R66 Turbine surpasses one million flight hours

Robinson Helicopter Company announced that the R66 Turbine fleet has surpassed 1,000,000 flight hours. The R66 with a Rolls-Royce RR300 turbine engine achieved the million-hour mark without a single reported in-flight engine failure. This accomplishment demonstrates a level of reliability that exceeds EASA’s stringent requirements for single-engine helicopters performing commercial operations. Certified in October 2010,

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StandardAero expands Hillsboro, Ohio component repair facility

StandardAero Component Services has officially opened the company’s 30,000 ft² expansion of its Hillsboro, Ohio, engine component manufacturing and engine component repair facility. The additional working space and capital improvements included the building and additional equipment to support aerospace engine low-pressure turbine vane manufacturing.  The expansion also provides additional space for further growth. Kerry O’Sullivan,

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FPG Amentum and LHI arrange acquisition of another Air Baltic A220-300

FPG Amentum, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing / management company and Munich-based asset and lease manager LHI Group have announced the acquisition of an Airbus A220-300. This is the second aircraft in a two-aircraft transaction, following the first delivery during the second quarter of 2019. Both aircraft were acquired new in a sale and leaseback transaction

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Asiana Airlines awards PW4000 maintenance contract to SR Technics

MRO service provider SR Technics has been awarded an exclusive five-year engine maintenance contract by Asiana Airlines effective September 1, 2019. The new contract with Asiana Airlines, South Korea’s second-largest carrier, brings SR Technics an important new customer in the region. The MRO’s Engine Services business unit will perform more than 50 Pratt &Whitney PW4000

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Airbus A400M performs first helicopter air-to-air dry contacts

The Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter has successfully achieved its first helicopter air-to-air refueling contacts with an H225M. Over the course of 4 flights, operated in day conditions over the south of France, the A400M performed 51 dry contacts marking a decisive milestone towards its full capability as a tanker. These tests were performed under the

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Skyways Technics Asia opens ATR radome full repair capabilities at Subang Airport

Skyways Technics Asia Sdn Bhd, the Asia Pacific branch of regional aircraft MRO specialist Skyways Technics, has developed and opened new capability for ATR radome repairs in their 145 approved repair shop based in Subang Airport, Malaysia. After leading edges and radome, Skyways Technics Asia will continue focus on more ATR structure repair capabilities, and

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China Cargo Airlines and LHT sign component support agreement for Boeing 747 freighters

China Cargo Airlines has entrusted Lufthansa Technik with the component support for three Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft. The five-year Total Component Support (TCS®) agreement is the first major collaboration between the two companies – and the first TCS® contract with a direct service provision to a Chinese customer. Lufthansa Technik’s Total Component Support offers operators

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