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MRO & Production

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Boom Supersonic kicks off construction of Overture Superfactory in Greensboro

Boom Supersonic has kicked off construction of its Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Overture Superfactory is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located on a 62-acre campus at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. This site will house the final assembly line, as well as test facility and customer delivery centre for Boom’s flagship supersonic airliner,

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Lufthansa Technik to provide base maintenance for FLYR

Lufthansa Technik is to perform extensive base maintenance services for Norway-based airline FLYR AS on Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737-800 aircraft. Starting in January, Lufthansa Technik Budapest will perform scheduled base checks on the start-up airline’s fleet. “Lufthansa Technik has supported us with component service and been a reliable partner since the start in

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SWISS installs new Premium-Economy class on Airbus A340-300 fleet

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) embarked on the Premium-Economy class installation programme for its Airbus A340-300 fleet in December 2022. The first aircraft completed – HB-JMB – departed from Zurich for Johannesburg on January 24, on its first flight with the new seating class installed. All four SWISS Airbus A340s will feature the popular new

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ST Engineering secures CFM56-7B engine maintenance contracts from two airlines

ST Engineering has reported that its Commercial Aerospace business has secured CFM56-7B engine maintenance contracts from two established airlines based in Asia. Under these contracts, ST Engineering will carry out heavy maintenance of CFM56-7B engines for the two airlines at its engine MRO facilities in Singapore and Xiamen, China. Tay Eng Guan, SVP/GM of Engine

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Air France chooses Lufthansa Technik for APU service of Airbus A350 fleet

Lufthansa Technik and Air France have signed a long-term agreement for the technical support of auxiliary power units (APUs) of the French airline’s entire Airbus A350 fleet. Over the next six years Lufthansa Technik will provide extensive MRO services for the Honeywell HGT1700 APUs at its Hamburg site. Lufthansa Technik has long been certified by

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AvAir teams up with Sanad to create global component exchange pool

AvAir, an industry-leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, has completed an agreement with Sanad, a global industrial services leader and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), to provide asset management solutions for a vast array of Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer components. All materials will be made available for exchange to

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Kellstrom Aerospace and AMETEK Aerospace & Defense renew and expand commercial aftermarket distribution agreements

Kellstrom Aerospace, a global commercial aftermarket OEM distribution leader providing a comprehensive range of aircraft lifecycle solutions, has announced the renewal and expansion of its global, exclusive commercial aftermarket distribution agreements with five business units of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense including AMETEK Sensors and Fluid Management Systems (SFMS), Hughes Treitler, Rotron, Airtechnology Group, and FMH

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Avion Systems acquires four A330-300 aircraft for teardown

Avion Systems of Ft. Lauderdale, FL has announced the acquisition of four Airbus A330-300s previously operated by American Airlines. The aircraft formally equipped with PW4168A powerplants have now been sent for teardown in Roswell, NM. This acquisition together with recent teardowns of two additional A330-200s, meets Avion Systems’ strategy to position itself as one of

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Pratt & Whitney officially opens India Engineering Center

Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, has officially opened the doors to its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support and the recently inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centers. The IEC, which

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