MRO & Production

EirTrade Aviation, the aviation technical asset services and trading company, has been awarded an AFRA (Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association) accreditation. The accreditation will see the company taking on the disassembly market as the first AFRA-accredited facility in Ireland and will serve to reassure its clients of the regular review and regulation of all processes.  EirTrade provides

The European Green Deal seeks to achieve a 90% reduction in transport emissions by 2050. This is a huge challenge for aviation requiring cutting-edge new technologies and innovations to make this happen. In enabling aviation’s long-term sustainability,novel propulsion technology and propulsion-airframe integration play a key role. A yet untapped source of further efficiency improvements is

Lufthansa Technik is starting a new year of training the future’s skilled workers: 126 young people will begin their training in 2021 in an aviation-technology, industrial- or logistics-oriented profession. Even in these difficult times, Lufthansa Technik plans to meet its future needs for highly trained specialists. Despite the aviation crisis and structural changes in the

HAECO Xiamen, together with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) partner Aeronautical Engineers, have re-delivered the first Boeing 737-800SF converted freighter to Aviation Holdings. HAECO Xiamen has been an authorized AEI Conversion Center since 2020, and this first Boeing 737-800SF redelivery marked yet another milestone in the continued development of HAECO Xiamen’s capabilities. To minimize downtime, HAECO

Dassault Aviation selects GE for electrical power distribution and control on Falcon 10X Dassault Aviation has selected GE Aviation to provide the primary and solid-state secondary electrical power distribution and control system for the recently launched Dassault Falcon 10X aircraft. GE will utilize its Electric Power Integration Center (EPIC) in Cheltenham, U.K., where it will

Franco-Luxembourgish aviation company Vallair has augmented its MRO capability with the introduction of in-house NDT (non-destructive testing). The capability will not only be available at Vallair’s specialist MRO facility in Montpellier and the Aerostructure repair shop in Châteauroux, both in France, but also away from these locations worldwide, with both Form 1 and 8130 release available. NDT

Lilium has partnered with CUSTOMCELLS, the German manufacturer of customer specific lithium-ion battery cells. CUSTOMCELLS, which supplies international aviation, automotive and military customers, will be one of Lilium’s prime suppliers, manufacturing lithium-ion batteries at scale for the all-electric 7-Seater Lilium Jet. Utilizing Lilium’s licensed technology, CUSTOMCELLS will industrialize battery cells for high-quality series production at

After 17 years of local commitment, easyJet – the capital region’s home base carrier – is continuing to invest in the Berlin-Brandenburg site and is planning a hangar for the maintenance of its European fleet at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). According to current plans, construction of a dedicated easyJet hangar is to begin in autumn

Wright International, a subsidiary of FL Technics, and Flair Airlines have announced the start of a partnership, covering line maintenance services for the fleet of 13 Boeing B737 MAX 8 aircraft at Toronto Pearson Airport and the region of Waterloo International Airport. The services will include transit and overnight services as well as A checks

Liebherr-Aerospace has built up an international service network of partners in order to improve the operational availability of heat transfer equipment. The company has established test and cleaning capabilities as close as possible to flight operations around the globe. Together with Liebherr-Aerospace, those partners assure unique OEM quality with highest product reliability. The HAECO Group