MRO & Production

ST Engineering has reported that its Commercial Aerospace business has secured a component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) contract from Virgin Australia Airlines. Under the five-year contract, ST Engineering will provide full integrated component support to Virgin Australia’s growing fleet of Boeing B737NG aircraft starting this month. The suite of comprehensive component MRO services includes repair management, pool

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a five-year contract for the supply of consumable and expendable parts for Vueling’s A320ceo/neo fleet. The contract includes planning, forecasting, transportation and logistics services. The contract also comprises a consignment stock at Vueling’s base at Barcelona International Airport. A dedicated account team and on-site customer

Satair, an Airbus Services company and one of the leaders in the commercial aerospace aftermarket, and AEGEAN Airlines (AEGEAN) have signed a service agreement for Satair’s Expedited Routine Ordering (ERO) solution. ERO is one of Satair’s latest service offerings that provides an end-to-end routine replenishment service. It guarantees specific delivery lead times from order entry

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that it will construct a new aircraft service centre at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, its first facility in Arizona. The new 225,000-ft² facility, a more than US$70 million (£51.5 million) investment, is expected to achieve LEED Silver certification and will expand Gulfstream’s maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities in the Western United

Spairliners and Fokker Services have finalised a long-term agreement during MRO Europe 2021 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Fokker Services team will perform maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for a variety of line replaceable units (LRUs) related to power generation, bleed air valves, starters and avionics for the Embraer E-Jet family. Menzo van der

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Aviation Group has signed an agreement with World Star Aviation to convert ten B737-800 passenger aircraft to cargo configuration, with an option for an additional ten conversions. The cargo conversions will take place at IAI’s partially owned subsidiary, Bedek Lingyun (Yichang) Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Belinco) in Yichang, Hubei Province, China and

J&C Aero, an international aviation design and production company and SmartLynx Airlines, an EU full-service ACMI aircraft lease provider, have signed an agreement under which J&C Aero’s engineers will manage the certification process for the air carrier to receive a permanent EASA STC for cargo transportation inside Airbus A330 cabins. Previously, J&C Aero had provided

Direct Maintenance, a certified line maintenance service provider, part of Magnetic Group, has announced the restart of its line maintenance activities in Africa with the recent re-opening of its line maintenance station in Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania. The line maintenance station was launched as a consequence of the maintenance service agreement between Direct Maintenance

Safran Landing Systems has signed a five-year contract with Chinese airline China Eastern to carry out maintenance operations on the landing gear of 31 Airbus A330 aircraft. These operations will take place at its Singapore workshop. The Singapore workshop is a joint venture with SIAec (Singapore Airlines Engineering Company), which has over 300 employees specialising