Pratt & Whitney will establish a technology accelerator in Singapore in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Technologies developed in Singapore will be applied across Pratt & Whitney’s global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) footprint. The facility, serving as a centre of excellence for technology advancement, will help to accelerate the development and
ST Engineering’s Aerospace arm has secured a five-year component maintenance-by-the-hour (MBH) contract to service the Boeing 737-800 fleet of Thai budget carrier, Nok Air. Under the multi-year component MBH contract, ST Engineering will provide a full suite of component support solutions covering component repair management, pool support and dedicated consignment stock in Bangkok for the
Satair, an Airbus services company, and Triumph Aviation Services Asia (TASA) have signed a multi-year agreement extending the long-standing provisioning of repair station services for Airbus proprietary parts powered by Satair. Since 2015, Satair has partnered with TASA – part of Triumph Group of the U.S.A., which has carried out repair services for a wide
With the books closed on the first half of 2022, TAM, Täby Air Maintenance, looks back on a good first half year and has high hopes for an equally good rest of the year. A number of Saab 340 cargo conversions and the new Saab 2000 cargo conversion programme well under way adds to a
Vallair, the mature asset specialist, has purchased an Airbus A321 (MSN 1008) for imminent part-out. The 1999 vintage aircraft was previously operated by AtlasGlobal and managed by TrueAero. The airframe will be fully disassembled at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, under the supervision of Armando Filho, Director of Material Management. “Part of the Group’s strategy is
AMETEK Sensors and Fluid Management Systems has selected Wencor as its exclusive distributor supporting global military and government aftermarkets. The agreement includes aircraft and engine sensors for temperature, pressure, flow, fluid level, acceleration, proximity, speed and position, supporting key military platforms in the aerospace and defence market segments. “We are excited to partner with AMETEK
GE Aviation has opened a new state-of-the-art facility in Australia to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for customers across the Asia-Pacific region. The new US$8 million Asia-Pacific service centre at Brisbane Airport positions GE Aviation to support more customers and expand its presence across the region. The new facility will be the largest GE
Collins Aerospace has opened a new US$18 million (£15.5 million) wind tunnel for its Ram Air Turbine product family at the company’s Electric Power Systems facility in Rockford, Illinois. With fully automated, state-of-the-art technology and enhanced quality via real-time data analytics, the new wind tunnel will streamline the Ram Air Turbine testing and certification process
Czech airline Smartwings and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) have signed a five-year comprehensive Total Component Support (TCS®) contract covering repair and overhaul of components for the airline’s fleet of 30 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Support for the aircraft has already started. With the TCS® agreement, Smartwings benefits from an individual supply concept that enables short and rapid
Emirates has selected the new Thales AVANT Up system for its incoming fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft, scheduled for delivery in 2024. The airline’s investment of over US$350 million will see its 50-strong fleet of A350s equipped with next-generation inflight entertainment solutions that offer a memorable cinematic and personalised passenger experience. Adel al Redha, Emirates’
