The French Polynesia airline Air Tahiti Nui has entrusted AFI KLM E&M with the maintenance of the APS5000 auxiliary power units (APU) equipping its fleet of four Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The long-term contract includes repair and overhaul support, as well as the leasing of a spare APU when needed. All the work will be carried
Bombardier Business Aircraft has unveiled the Soleil lighting system, the advanced cabin lighting technology, on the Global 7500 business jet. Designed and developed exclusively for the Global 7500 aircraft, the innovative Soleil lighting system is aviation’s first circadian rhythm-based cabin lighting technology fully integrated with the Flight Management System, and it introduces the Dynamic Daylight
S7 Technics’ Mineralnye Vody-based aircraft painting centre has reached its first significant milestone by completing the re-painting of its 100th aircraft. Some 250,000 man-hours, about 30,000 litres of paint and 60,000 litres of accompanying chemicals (solvents, paint removers, etc.), as well as more than 300,000 abrasive disks were required for the aircraft painting centre to
C&L Aviation Services (C&L), a C&L Aviation Group company, has been awarded the contract to provide ADS-B solution for the JetSuiteX Fleet of EMB-135/145 aircraft. The program will see C&L provide Honeywell Primus II, as it is the best option for the JetSuiteX fleet to comply with the FAA Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast-Out (ADS/B-Out) mandate requiring
TAG Aviation’s Maintenance Services Centre in Geneva has completed its first 60-month check on a Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft. The aircraft which is owned by a private customer underwent its first heavy maintenance check which included routine inspections and repairs, as well as a deep clean of the aircraft’s cabin. This important major maintenance milestone
Universal Avionics (UA), an Elbit Systems Company, is partnering with AerSale, to develop an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the ClearVision™ Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) on the Airbus A320 aircraft. FAA certification for the retrofit upgrade is expected by the end of first quarter of 2020, with CAAC and EASA STC validation to
Russian maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider S7 Technics, has enjoyed an increase in workload at its bases last year as the demand for aircraft maintenance in Russia and the CIS grew substantially. The company’s technical specialists completed some 2.153 million standard hours in 2018, a 7.7% improvement year-over-year . The MRO performed 83
Acro’s Series 3 ST+ seat has been selected as part of a fleet-wide cabin refresh on the ATR aircraft that the Finnish airline Norra operates for Finnair in regional traffic. The cabin refresh is a part of continuous efforts to enhance customer experience and comfort of Finnair customers. Acro has been working to deliver the
SR Technics, has reported the ground breaking of the new six-bay hangar including significant back-shop facilities for its center of excellence (CoE) for aircraft maintenance in Malta. The project, as announced in February this year, will enable SR Technics to continuously provide high-quality aircraft maintenance and cabin modification services, now for up to six narrow
SafeDrone by Lufthansa Technik has signed comprehensive contracts with drone manufacturers Matternet and SwissDrones. Both companies will use SafeDrone Health to improve the efficiency of their maintenance programs. SafeDrone Health is a holistic and manufacturer-independent diagnostic solution especially for flight-critical components of drones. The cloud-based service allows manufacturers and operators to monitor the technical condition
