Pratt & Whitney has announced that Royal Jordanian has agreed to a fixed-price repair deal for its fleet of V2500 engines, powering as many as nine aircraft. The agreement represents 15 shop visits over three years, the first of which will be completed this month. The highly reliable and versatile V2500 engine is offered through
Egyptian carrier Air Cairo and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR, have announced the signature of a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). Through this five-year pay-by-the-hour contract, Air Cairo will benefit from the repair, overhaul and pooling services of line replaceable units for its fleet of six ATR 72-600s currently being delivered. This agreement also includes an on-site
Lufthansa Technik has sealed major new long-term contracts for the strategic component support of renowned ultra-low-cost (ULCC) airline brands Wizz Air, Frontier Airlines and Volaris. The new agreements take into account the three carriers’ rapidly growing fleets and thereby offering new levels of synergies and flexibility for further growth. Based on current fleet plans, the
Drayton Aerospace has announced the first planned acquisition of a B737-900 aircraft for disassembly. After teardown, this ex-Jet Airways aircraft will provide a pool of components and parts to support the company’s growing number of customers operating B737s around the world. With a goal of completing an additional six aircraft teardowns in 2023, this is
Klatt Works, manufacturer of ‘SAVED’, the only fully-integrated augmented-reality display inside a commercial aircraft crew oxygen mask, and AMETEK Ameron, a leading manufacturer and overhaul facility for aviation safety products, have announced a new partnership to perform installation of SAVED into customer oxygen masks with full mask overhauls, or as OEM equipment. The SAVED (Smoke
Werner Aero has acquired an Embraer E175 aircraft, msn 355, that was last operated by Flybe airline. This is a young aircraft that operated for about six years only. The aircraft is currently being parted out and all spares will be used to support Werner’s growing E-Jet customer base worldwide. “We are committed to expand
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonics Avionics) has announced that its Dundalk, Ireland maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, operated by company offshoot Panasonic Technical Services (PTS), has been further expanded and now covers 23,000 ft². The MRO facility, when first opened in 2019 covered just 6,000 ft² and this latest expansion has also seen the site’s
Vallair, the mature asset specialist, has completed its first A330-200 twelve-year check for a major lessor at its new wide-body maintenance facility in Châteauroux, France which fully opened for business in August. As the programme of inductions ramps up steadily airline and lessor customers are benefitting from its range of complementary support services on-site, including
FL Technics and Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) have signed a five-year contract as the companies’ identify synergies and growth potential in mutual operations. One of the keys of the successful partnership became an aligned approach towards sustainable and efficient business models, highly focused on reducing impact on the environment. FL Technics has invested in the
Aventure Aviation has acquired its seventh and eighth Boeing 737NG airframes for 2022. MSN 29081, last operated by ASL France, will be dismantled at eCube in St. Athans, Wales, while MSN 32883, last operated by WestJet Airlines, will be dismantled at Jetyard in Marana, Arizona. “These two acquisitions on either side of the Atlantic prove
