Heston MRO, an independent MRO organization in Australasia, has gained Japan’s JCAB approval for its Perth line station and extended cooperation with ANA airlines. In addition to the p daily flight between Tokyo (Haneda) and Sydney which has been operating for almost four years, ANA has launched daily flights to Perth. As part of its
Joramco, the Amman-based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has announced that it has obtained EASA Part-145 approval for the Boeing 777. This is the fourth EASA approval obtained by Joramco since its acquisition by DAE, following earlier EASA approvals for the Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and Boeing 787. Joramco
GKN Aerospace has announced details of a worldwide reorganization in order to create a simpler, more competitive, customer-focused business. The business has grown rapidly by acquisition over recent years, increasing in scale from a £600m (US$726m) turnover in 2006 to more than £3.5bn US$4.2bn) at the end of 2018. Today, it is structured with four
In order to better serve its long-standing customer, Air Mauritius, Trenchard Aviation Group has opened a new facility on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Trenchard Aviation Group has long been providing a dry cleaning service for Air Mauritius as well as the cutting and sewing of seat covers from its base in the U.K.
Airbus plans to further develop its industrial presence in Malaysia with three new initiatives. These include the expansion of Airbus’ wholly-owned maintenance facility, Sepang Aircraft Engineering (SAE); the establishment of the Airbus Malaysia Digital Initiative, and an increased participation in the Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC). The projects are covered by a Memorandum of Agreement
Magnetic MRO has marked a new milestone by welcoming a Boeing 737 freighter for the company’s 600th C-Check. The latest symbolic achievement echoes the company’s ever-improving efficiency, as well as the geographical expansion of its clientele. The aircraft under maintenance is a Boeing 737-400 freighter, operated by a Central European airline ASL Airlines Hungary. The
Skyways Technics Asia branch has obtained CAAM (Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia) approval to become an Approved Maintenance Organization. This new certification will enable its ATR-focused composite and leading edges repair shop activities to be in full compliance with Malaysian operator’s quality requirements, and this also constitutes the first step towards other foreign approvals to
TBD, the British manufacturer renowned for professionally engineered ground support equipment and specialist access solutions for the global aviation industry, has delivered eighteen sets of towable passenger stairs to the Ground Handling branch of Silk Way Airlines in Azerbaijan. The total order, worth over £500,000 (US$660,000), was focused on a general upgrade for Heydar Aliyev
Semmco, an innovative engineering company that designs and manufactures a wide range of aviation maintenance solutions, with a U.S. manufacturing base in Arlington, Texas, has signed a contract with JetBlue, a major carrier in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. Semmco will be supplying access platforms and ground support equipment to JetBlue line stations
American Airlines is expanding the work conducted at its maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tech Ops – Tulsa), resulting in the need to hire more than 400 new team members. Over the next few months, additional maintenance work will be sent to Tech Ops — Tulsa, including scheduled maintenance work on the Boeing 787 fleet.
