MRO & Production

The Pratt & Whitney GTF™ MRO network this week welcomed its second operational facility in Japan and 11th worldwide, with the addition of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines (MHIAEL), part of Japanese Aero Engine Corporation. MHIAEL, a Pratt & Whitney maintenance partner since the Wasp engine and most recently the PW4000 and V2500 engines, have inducted

Coldstream Helicopters (Coldstream) and Safran Helicopter Engines have signed a Support-By-the-Hour (SBH®) contract for Makila engines that power the former’s AS332L1 Super Puma Fleet. The contract formalizes a long-term maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and services agreement which supports Coldstream’s Makila 1A1 engines. The contract will be overseen by Safran Helicopter Engines Canada, in Mirabel,

GE Aerospace has granted aircraft engine and components manufacturer ITP Aero a service contract extension to conduct MRO services for CT7 engines at its facility in Albacete, Spain.  ITP Aero’s scope of work includes research and development, manufacturing and assembly and testing of aircraft engines, as well as MRO services for a wide range aerospace

Airbus Helicopters has partnered with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation to develop CityAirbus NextGen’s future missions for medical services in Norway. To this end, the parties will jointly measure the added value of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for a selection of medical services use cases across the country to integrate the operational

Romanian aerospace company AEROSTAR has reached an important milestone by completing  base maintenance for the 1,000th aircraft since the opening of the commercial MRO business. The aircraft is a Boeing 737-8 MAX from Czech airline Smartwings. It is undergoing a C-check and is scheduled for delivery on March 6. AEROSTAR has been an EASA Part

C&L Aviation Group has signed a contract repair agreement with APPH Ltd., a subsidiary of Héroux-Devtek to provide factory-authorised repair, overhaul, and warranty services on Héroux-Devtek products on the HS-125, Bae-125, BH-125, Hawker 800 and derivatives. Work will take place at C&L’s 200,000 ft² MRO facility in Bangor, Maine. “We’re thrilled to be able to