Donecle has announced that its drone is now listed in the Airbus Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) with a task dedicated to lightning strike inspections. This new task is valid worldwide and applicable to all A320-family aircraft. This breakthrough comes after a three-year-long qualification program including theoretical analysis, lab testing on representative panels with multiple paint schemes,
Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) have announced plans to create additional capacity for the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) to help meet continued strong market demand. The agreement, revealed by the two companies during a signing ceremony at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, will expand freighter conversion capacity
Meggitt PLC, a leading international company specializing in high-performance components for the aerospace, defense and selected energy markets, has signed a three-year warehousing and logistics agreement with China Southern Airlines Group Import & Export Trading Co., to support Aircraft on Ground (AOG) activities on the LEAP 1C engine in the China region. Under the agreement
GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co.), a leading MRO in the Chinese aviation aftermarket, has signed a contract with Satair extending its long-term agreement for the Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) service. The new agreement extends the contract for a multi-year period to secure long-term flexibility and reliability to GAMECO’s inventory management. Five years ago, GAMECO
Flying Colours Corp., the maintenance, refurbishment, and completion specialist, continues solidifying its reputation for complex special-mission expertise across a range of aircraft types having completed two significant projects in the last quarter. Having undergone interior completions work at Flying Colours Corp. Peterborough headquarters in Ontario, a fifth Saab GlobalEye platform was delivered from Bombardier’s Toronto
Volo Aero MRO has passed its audit and is now an AS9110:C certified repair facility. This audit was completed over multiple days by an independent DNV auditor with zero nonconformances. This is a continuation of the drive by Volo Aero MRO to be a supplier of the highest quality to the aerospace military and civil
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has signed an agreement with Hawaiian Airlines to expand airframe maintenance services for its Airbus A330-200 fleet. SIAEC currently has existing airframe maintenance services agreements with Hawaiian Airlines for its A330 aircraft, covering heavy checks and painting. Under the new agreement, SIAEC will be performing 12-year checks commencing in March 2022.
Direct Maintenance, a certified line maintenance service provider, part of Magnetic MRO, has announced the recent expansion within Germany with scheduled opening of two new line maintenance stations in Frankfurt and Munich airports. Two new stations in Germany are the latest developments since the company began operating at Cologne-Bonn airport in July 1, 2021. Line
EirTrade Aviation, the aviation technical asset services and trading company, has been appointed as an agent to act on behalf of joint liquidators Ken Fennell and Mark Degnan of Deloitte Ireland to broker the sale of Stobart Air inventories following the collapse of the company. “This is a new undertaking for EirTrade and we are
Mammoth Freighters (Mammoth) has announced a strategic investment in a world-class wide-body maintenance and modification facility to support its Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion programs. Through its investment, Mammoth is embarking on a long-term partnership with GDC Technics (GDC), a global aerospace company with extensive expertise in engineeringand technical services, modifications, electronic systems,
