MRO & Production

Sine Draco Aviation Development (Sine Draco) has reported that its prototype A321-200 SDF has been inducted for a six-year heavy-maintenance check at Ascent Aviation Services in Tucson, Arizona.  Conversion of the prototype airplane to the all-cargo configuration is planned to occur immediately following the heavy maintenance check. The Sine Draco A321-200 SDF passenger-to-freighter conversion offers

All nations’ airlines rely on professional maintenance technicians to ensure airplanes safely and compliantly travel across the country, but demand for qualified airline maintenance technicians (AMT) will outpace supply as early as 2022. Over the next 20 years, Boeing forecasts 739,000 technicians will be needed globally, and 192,000 needed in North America alone. To fill

HAECO Group has leveraged its new remote inspection technology to complete the on-wing modification of nacelles in close collaboration with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The modification was conducted by Base Maintenance’s 24/7 On-wing Structure Support (OSS) team at HAECO Hong Kong’s maintenance hangar in Chek Lap Kok. Both the airline customer and the OEM

Embraer has signed a long-term pool program agreement with CommutAir, a United Express carrier, to support the airline’s ERJ 145 jet fleet. This new contract includes full repair coverage for components and parts, as well as access to a large stock of components at Embraer’s distribution center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Currently, the pool program

Russian airline Smartavia is continuing its trustful partnership with Lufthansa Technik through a multi-year agreement covering extensive component services (Total Component Support – TCS®). This new contract governs supply for Smartavia’s latest fleet of Airbus A320neo aircraft over a period of six years. Service began in May 2021; the contract includes up to ten aircraft

MTU Maintenance and new customer Sunclass Airlines have signed an exclusive five-year contract for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of the carriers CFM56-5B engines. The agreement covers comprehensive MRO support, AOG, and on-site services as well as spare engine leasing. Sunclass Airlines operates sixteen CFM56-5B engines powering a fleet of eight A321 aircraft. “We

Southeast Aerospace, a leading Aerospace solutions company, has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), number SA01055DE, for the installation of its sensor mount in the Cessna 206 aircraft.  Designed by Southeast Aerospace for the Cessna 206 aircraft, the sensor mount simplifies installation, which can be completed in less than one day

Direct Maintenance, a certified line maintenance service provider, part of Magnetic MRO, has opened its latest line maintenance station at Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN), Germany. The new station began operations on July 1. The newly opened line-maintenance station, which is the fourth Direct Maintenance station in Germany alongside stations in Dusseldorf (DUS), Berlin (BER) and Hamburg