In a multi-million US$ contract program, APOC’s specialist landing gear division has agreed a long-term lease with Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Systems U.K. (LTLGS) for a Boeing 777 landing gear. Karolis Jurkevicius, VP Landing Gear Trading & Leasing – APOC said: “We have worked closely with LTLGS for several years and we are extremely pleased
Pre-employment and on-the-job training of flight attendants provided by Turkish Airlines Flight Training Center are carried out in the classes where the cabin interior of an aircraft is simulated. The training modules were manufactured based on aircraft types of Turkish Airlines’ fleet and designed to serve the flight attendants of other airlines as well. TCI
Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems (Stevens) has obtained Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) enabling the company to manufacture and sell parts for type-certificated aircraft. Parts will be available for onsite or offsite installation and provide the benefit of potentially avoiding long lead times and higher costs. Stevens can both produce universal parts, such as avionics component
Airbus has announced another significant milestone in the building of the first A321XLR: the nose and front fuselage assembly has started in France, following the earlier accomplishment of the completion of the center wing box. Less than two months after the start of structural assembly of the rear and center fuselages in Germany, Airbus teams
With Brexit completed back on January 31 this year, this has led to a number of challenges for Örebro Airport, Sweden-based Täby Air Maintenance (TAM), an independent company, specialized in aircraft maintenance, modifications, repairs, and support, some foreseeable, some not. As U.K. airlines are a very important customer base and with TAM being based in
VoltAero has selected Rochefort Airport in the Charente-Maritime department of France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to produce its family of Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft on a new purpose-built final assembly line. This marks another important milestone in VoltAero’s development plan for its four-to-ten-seat product line of Cassio airplanes, placing the production facility at a strategic location in southwest
FL Technics continues decisive development of the business tailored to current and future demand in the markets. This time it is the company’s DOA team who received an important approval of capabilities to change aircraft interior design by creating cargo carriage capacity on the passenger cabin floor. Such aircraft modification is considered as major and
The aerospace industry in Hamburg is preparing for flying with hydrogen. Therefore, the starting signal has now sounded for the set-up of a new development platform. Over the next two years and with funds provided by the city of Hamburg, Lufthansa Technik, together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Center for Applied Aeronautical Research
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) has announced the signing of a repair management agreement with Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan. The agreement covers repair services for spare parts, components, and tooling in support of the Air Astana fleet, which encompasses Boeing 767, Airbus A320/A321, and Embraer E-190 aircraft types. The agreement is a supplemental
Hardide Coatings, the developer and provider of advanced surface coating technology, has received full approval from Airbus to coat and process its components at the new and larger Longlands Road facility in Bicester, U.K. This approval follows the relocation of the company and its equipment from Wedgwood Road, Bicester to newly built premises at Longlands
