Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that it is cancelling the public-private SpaceJet project that would have seen Japan launch its first domestically produced passenger jet, despite having received orders over time for over 450 of the aircraft. The project had been supported by the Japanese government and domestic firms including Toyota, but has been beset
Delta TechOps and Pratt & Whitney have unveiled a new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine MRO network. The 155,000-ft² facility in Atlanta will house disassembly, assembly and test capability for engines powering Airbus A220 and A320neo-family aircraft. Leadership from Delta and Pratt & Whitney were in
Azerbaijan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a comprehensive five-year contract regarding a total component support (TCS) for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body long-range fleet of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s national air carrier. The carrier’s first TCS contract, which comes into effect on May 1, will significantly strengthen Azerbaijan Airlines’ technical operations. It will
Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), competence centre for Airbus aircraft conversions (P2F) and for light-weight components, has signed a supplier contract with Euro-Composites S.A (EC), amounting to more than US$80 million (£66 million). This has secured EFW’s supply for honeycomb products from EC as a long-term partner and supplier. EFW uses this material in the production
Joramco, the Amman-based MRO facility and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has appointed Lambros Stasi as the new Vice President of Operations. Stasi has gained over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the maintenance field in both wide-, and narrow-body airframes from a wide range of operations. In addition to his
German MRO service provider FAI Technik, a 100 % subsidiary of Germany´s special mission operator FAI rent-a-jet, has expanded its presence in Germany with the opening of a maintenance base at the all-new “Willy Brandt” Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), in the country’s capital. At BER, FAI will offer line and base maintenance for the full
StandardAero has achieved a number of milestones associated with the introduction of a service centre for the CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan engine at its DFW Centre of Excellence at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. StandardAero’s CFM56-7B service centre will significantly expand the engine support options available at DFW to operators of the Boeing 737NG-family of aircraft. The
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia have agreed to deepen and formalise cooperation with the aim of strengthening the economic and social benefits of aviation in Somalia. Under an agreement signed by Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s Regional Vice President, Africa and the Middle East, and H.E. Fardowsa
MTU Maintenance Dallas, will relocate from Grapevine, Texas to a larger facility at nearby Fort Worth Alliance Airport. This will create significantly more capacity. The new climate-controlled shop will have 430,000 ft² of space – an increase of 400% compared to the previous location. The new facility will not only accommodate increasing space requirements and
Kellstrom Aerospace has been appointed as worldwide aviation commercial aftermarket distributor for Global Filtration for commercial aerospace filtration products eligible for installation on a broad range of aircraft. This commercial aftermarket partnership will allow Kellstrom Aerospace to provide an even greater number of high-quality savings solutions for airlines and MRO customers with factory-new air filters
