Airbus Chief Technology Officer Grazia Vittadini and Airbus Defence and Space CEO Dirk Hoke have officially opened the E-Aircraft Systems House test facility at Airbus’s Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn site alongside Ilse Aigner, President of the Bavarian State Parliament. The test centre will provide a space to research technologies for alternative propulsion systems and energy sources – such
Spairliners, an OEM independent leader for integrated component care for the Embraer E-Jet family in Europe, has agreed to expand its MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) network via collaborating with new partners. The new partnerships with Inflite MRO Services, based in Southend/ UK and Ateliers Bigata, a specialist in the maintenance of pressurized safety components,
Embraer has signed a multiyear Flight Hour Repair Management Program contract with Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (Azul) to provide materials support for the carrier’s fleet of first generation E-Jets of commercial aircraft E190 and E195. Through Embraer’s TechCare portfolio of solutions, the multi-year agreement covers more than 300 repairable part numbers and includes both materials
AAR subsidiary Airinmar, the global independent provider of component repair cycle management and aircraft warranty solutions, has signed a three-year agreement with JetBlue to provide component Value Engineering cost oversight services for the airline’s Airbus and Embraer fleets. The agreement covers the provision of Airinmar’s unique Value Engineering knowledge and expertise, along with in-house support
Aery Aviation is scheduled to complete major upgrades to a fleet of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for the installation of FANS1/A and ADS-B Out for each of the aircraft. The multiple B-777 avionics fleet modifications including FANS 1/A and ADS-B Out are expected to begin during Q4 2019 and finish up in Q1 of 2020, with
AJW Group, the independent specialist in the global management of aircraft spares, has strengthened its long-term partnership with Tigerair in Australia with an extension to its Power-by-the-Hour (PBH) contract. AJW Group has been providing an integrated component pooling, repair and logistics support programme to Tigerair since 2014. During this time, it has delivered improved operational
StandardAero will open the company’s first European-based business aviation parts warehouse to support operators and strengthen the company’s parts support in the EMEA region. The warehouse operations will be located in Amsterdam with a goal for full functionality by January of 2020. The new facility will stock current parts that support Honeywell TFE731, HTF7000, CFE738
The 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas will run between October 22 and 24 this year. Ahead of the world’s largest business jet event, much of the focus of planemakers has been on improvements in maintenance and accessibility of parts for customers as the industry, as a whole, pushes for
Eurowings has chosen Atitech, the independent MRO located in Naples,Italy, as its new partner to take care of airframe maintenance needs. In a meeting held at the MRO Europe in London, the Boards of Eurowings and Atitech signed the contract, starting a long-term cooperation. Furthermore, Atitech has signed a long-term service agreement for airframe maintenance
GKN Aerospace has reached a major milestone in the ‘Wing of Tomorrow’ program after designing, manufacturing, and delivering a mid-scale demonstrator tool to the GKN Aerospace Filton facility. This tool provides a fully functioning automated low pressure RTM system for the Airbus-led programme’s composite wing spar. The spar is considered one of the most challenging
