HAECO Xiamen, a member of the HAECO Group, has participated in a ground-breaking ceremony to commence the construction of its new aircraft maintenance facility at Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport. Established in 1993, HAECO Xiamen has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 30 years to become a leading provider of aircraft maintenance and modification
PTS Aviation has marked its first year under StandardAero ownership with a flurry of new CFM56-7B and -5B engine transactions. PTS Aviation’s latest engine transactions, all completed during the month of December, include the sale of one CFM56-7B26 engine to a third-party North American maintenance, repair and overhaul provider (MRO), the sale of one CFM56-7B26
The Av8 Group has reported that it added a second CMMS (Coordinate Measuring Machine System) to its manufacturing process of PMA parts, providing a more efficient measure of larger parts which will increase the efficiency and value of the company’s landing gear overhaul process. The new CMMS measures with an accuracy of up to one
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) has announced the disassembly of an additional three CFM56-5B engines, one CF6-80C2 and one PW4056-3 engine. The engines are part of a lease return pool sourced from the company’s Asset Transaction Group and will be managed by GAT’s Flight Solutions Group (FSG) for disassembly and redistribution. Following the dismantling and repair
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (GAMECO) has completed the first Airbus A350 IL-check for Lufthansa at GAMECO’s main base in Guangzhou, China. This first Airbus A350 IL-check is part of a multi-year contract which covers various aircraft types and extends the cooperation between Lufthansa and GAMECO. Previously, GAMECO has provided multiple levels of base maintenance
West Star Aviation now offers STC for Latitude Technologies Corporation DL150 Satellite Data Unit (SDU) and Iridium Antenna on Bombardier Global Express (BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11) aircraft. The DL150, a TSO-159b approval unit, is a high-performance ARINC 741 Satellite Data Unit (SDU) for the Iridium network that meets AC20-140B guidance as an SDU for any aircraft needing
AviaAM Leasing, a global aviation holding company engaged in tailored aircraft leasing and trading services, has announced the purchase of two more Boeing 737-800 aircraft for Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion. The aircraft, bearing serial numbers 29769 and 28225, are the fifth and sixth Boeing 737-800s, respectively, inducted to cargo conversion, with the previous three already delivered
Alliance Air, India’s national carrier, and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR, have extended their global maintenance agreement (GMA) for another five years. This year marks 20 years of partnership since the airline signed its first ATR pay-by-hour maintenance contract in December 2002. Through this package, the airline will continue to benefit from the repair, overhaul and
APOC Component Repair Shop B.V. (APOC-CRS), Europe’s newest component repair shop, has secured EASA Part 145 approval for Airbus and Boeing narrow-body NiCd battery MRO. Located between Schiphol and Rotterdam airports, APOC-CRS is part of the APOC Aviation group of companies. As an approved repair facility for SAFT NiCd Batteries, APOC-CRS has the potential to quickly
AAR CORP., has announced an extension of its distribution relationship with Leach International (Leach). AAR will continue to stock, promote and sell electromechanical and solid-state switch gears, such as relays, switches, relay panels, and power distribution units, to OEMs for new production, commercial airlines, and MRO providers, as well as to the military aftermarket, on
