MRO & Production

Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility in Geneva has received approval from the Russian Federation Civil Aviation Administration (RFCAA). Theapproval permits the company to support aircraft that are registered in Russia to the full extent of its maintenance approvals. Jet Aviation Geneva offers full heavy maintenance services for the Bombardier Global Express series, Gulfstream aircraft, and Boeing

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airline Company limited, has announced plans to establish a second facility in the neighboring Jinwan district. The facility is to be called MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co., Ltd. The Jinwan facility will have an initial annual capacity of 250 shop visits and expects

Rolls-Royce has officially opened its latest customer support facility in Savannah, Georgia, USA. The new 62,000 ft² (5,800 m²) Savannah Customer Service Center is adjacent to the new Gulfstream Service Center East and is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of this year. It will house an on-site customer support office, an on-wing

Jet Aviation has delivered the first fan case modification on a Falcon 7X in Basel. The company has received MRO authorization from Pratt & Whitney to modify fan cases on PW307A and PW307D engines installed on Falcon 7X and Falcon 8X aircraft and has since completed a dozen on-wing fan case modifications. The fan case

Alaska Air Cargo is introducing a new in-seat package stowage system to allow full use of an Alaska Airlines passenger aircraft in a cargo-only configuration. As the North American launch customer for HAECO Cabin Solutions’ design, the interior package stowage containers allow Alaska Air Cargo to fill the main cabin passenger seats with an additional

At its virtual Capital Market Day, MTU Aero Engines AG provided an initial outlook for 2021. The company expects the clearest recovery from the effects of the coronavirus crisis to be in the commercial maintenance business. The spare parts and military business should also pick up. In 2021, commercial series business is expected to remain

The Av8 Group has received FAA approval to provide complete landing gear overhaul services for Embraer Phenom 100 and 300 aircraft.  The new Embraer program is a result of the company’s deep resources in engineering, PMA parts certification, and experience in redefining landing gear overhaul processes. The Houston, Texas-based Av8 Group provides exceptional value for

EngineStands24, a subsidiary of global provider of Total Technical Care for aircraft operators and lessors, Magnetic MRO, has upgraded the engine stands tracking system, adding new tracking devices to the current stand pool. As the company is responsible for the total care of engine stands, the new tracking devices add convenience to customers as they

Qantas has chosen Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, to deliver a new wide-body Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET). Working in collaboration with the Qantas team, the CEET will be a highly sophisticated device offering training on both A330 and B787 aircraft operations in a combined environment to meet Qantas training requirements. As