MRO & Production

Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit) has announced that Belcan International will be onsite as a strategic partner in Spirit’s Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) in Prestwick, Scotland.  Belcan will work directly alongside Spirit engineers when the facility opens. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into a strategic partnership. Belcan, a global supplier of

C&L Aviation Services (C&L) has successfully installed a Bongiovi speaker less cabin audio system into an Embraer 135 aircraft. The system, which uses Bongiovi’s patented Digital Power Station (DPS) signal processing technology, coupled with transducers attached to the backside of aircraft interior panels, is the first such system installed into an Embraer 135 aircraft. The

Complementing the airframes currently being dismantled, Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) has acquired an Airbus A319 (MSN 1086), from Bellinger Aviation. The aircraft, formerly operated by Brussels Airlines, was flown to AELS’ home-base at Twente Airport, the Netherlands and dismantling has meanwhile begun. USM components will become available from September onwards. Since 2006 AELS has been

AeroLogic, the joint freight carrier of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, is continuing its partnership with Lufthansa Technik through a multi-year agreement covering extensive component services (Total Component Support – TCS®). This new contract governs supply for AeroLogic’s entire current fleet of 16 Boeing 777F aircraft over a period of ten years. In conjunction with

Delta TechOps’ aviation maintenance technicians have completed the first comprehensive maintenance visit of a PW1100G-JM engine. This next-generation engine will power Delta’s future A321neo aircraft and is part of Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engine family, covering five aircraft platforms. This PW1100G-JM induction was a heavy maintenance visit where the engine was almost fully disassembled to

Satair, an Airbus services company, has taken the lead on global material support and services for A220 operators, working in close coordination with the A220 program team in Airbus Canada Limited Partnership. Since July, Airbus Canada has officially transferred the overall A220 material management services offer to Satair, as part of the integration of the

AAR subsidiary Airinmar has signed a new services agreement with low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines. Airinmar will provide a full suite of support services covering both aircraft warranty and value engineering. Warranty management services will cover the identification, claim and recovery of the multiple airframe, engine and component warranty entitlements provided by Airbus and its suppliers.

Joramco, the Amman-based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), is heading into the new season and starting maintenance on the new line of aircraft after successfully completing its first-time base-maintenance agreement with the Irish budget airline, Ryanair. The former agreement covered Joramco’s performance of heavy checks on the airline’s Boeing 737