StandardAero, via its Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), was recently awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for 30 and 42 seat configurations for Embraer EMB 145. The company had previously received an STC for a 30-seat configuration for the Embraer EMB 135. Both 30-seat configurations allow companies to use these
MRO service provider SR Technics, has completed a complex cabin refurbishment on four Airbus 330-200s for partner Virgin Atlantic Airways. In addition to a customized trolley stowage unit, the cabin reconfiguration introduced business class and premium economy seating including IFE. Despite the tight deadline and the fact that the project took place during the busy
Aerospace and defence supply chain provider, Pattonair, has won a new conctract with MRO specialist, TEXL, the Chinese based joint venture between Swire Group and GE. Pattonair is one of the most innovative provider in the MRO sector and this new award with TEXL, supporting the GE90 engine, draws on its track record and experience
StandardAero is to support a new entry into the cargo aircraft market, the Alpine Air Express Beech 1900D Super Freighter. As a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) with Distribution rights for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A family, StandardAero is delivering Alpine Air and its customers with responsive PT6A-67D support for its Super Freighter program. Developed
FAI Technik GmbH, the maintenance division of Germany’s FAI Aviation Group, has received FAA approval for its EASA Part 145 licence. With the certificate in place, the company is fully authorized to perform maintenance, repair and overhaul on US registered business aviation aircraft at its Albrecht Duerer Airport headquarters in Nuremberg. This latest licence follows
RUAG has designed, developed and integrated a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) featuring Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) for the new Airbus Helicopters, H125. RUAG realized the STC on behalf of customers Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB). Approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the STC
American Airlines will open a new Line Maintenance station at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) just in time for the summer peak season. The airline’s 29th Line Maintenance station will provide additional support for the increased maintenance needed to ready American’s aircraft for the busy summer travel season while also improving operational reliability and
Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has signed a 4-year base maintenance agreement with Air Belgium for the first time. Joramco will perform C-checks on the carrier’s A340 fleet, from which the first check was already performed during last month and the rest of the checks are
Manta Air, the new domestic carrier of the Republic of Maldives, has signed a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) with European turboprop manufacturer ATR. This five-year contract covers the Maldivian airline’s full fleet for the repair and overhaul of easily replaceable components (Line Replaceable Units), propeller maintenance and an on-site leased stock of spare parts. This
AVIAA, the expanding group purchasing organization for business aviation, has announced Brunswick Aviation Services as a new communications and IFE MRO supplier in the USA. The East Coast based FAA Part 145 certified business works across Gulfstream series; Bombardier Global family; BBJ and Dassault Falcon Jet aircraft platforms, providing IFE systems, alongside avionics modifications. Its
