Airbus’ manufacturing growth in the United States advanced another step on January 16, in Mobile, Alabama, as construction of the company’s A220 Manufacturing Facility officially launched with a groundbreaking ceremony. The assembly line will satisfy the strong and growing U.S. demand for the A220 aircraft, the newest offering in Airbus’ commercial aircraft product line. Tom
Liebherr-Aerospace has begun printing 3D components for Airbus. Following approval from the European aircraft manufacturer, first equipment fit for flight that Liebherr will be supplying will be nose landing gear brackets for the Airbus A350 XWB. Liebherr has collaborated intensively with Airbus over the past few years and development of additive manufacturing is advancing
Yoel Arnoni, founder and principal of aircraft specialty companies Av8 MRO, Av8 PMA and Av8 AOG has announced the consolidation of capabilities and resources between these companies under one overarching brand – The Av8 Group. The organizational move simplifies the relationship between the companies, as well as providing a unified brand for communication as related
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) reported that its Aerospace arm secured new contracts worth about S$450 million in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2018 for services including maintenance and modification for wide-ranging aircraft parts from the airframe to components. A number of new contracts secured in 4Q2018 are for airframe heavy maintenance checks to service
Tallinn based Total Technical Care partner Magnetic MRO completed a teardown project for an Airbus A320 aircraft which will be used for fight against terrorism in Germany by special forces. Magnetic MRO obtained the aircraft after an emergency landing in Tallinn at the start of 2018. In cooperation with a Netherlands partner organization XTRAPartners the airframe found
Airflow Solutions has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part-145 approval. Under the certificate the company is now fully authorized to perform repairs on all items within their Operation Specifications. Airflow Solutions provides expert level services in a wide variety of metal and composite repairs. These include bonding, solid laminate repairs, metal-to-honeycomb repairs, metal-to-metal repairs,
Lufthansa Technik and Japan Airlines (JAL) have expanded their trusted partnership by entering into a long-term agreement on Total Component Support (TCS®) services for the carrier’s Airbus A350 fleet. For a period of ten years the new contract covers the majority of Japan Airlines’ Airbus A350 components. The contracted services include maintenance, programs for reliability
In 2018, Delta TechOps continued to invest in and grow its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul business, resulting in record-breaking financial growth, expanded capabilities, increased work with new partners and continued work with current partners. As the largest aviation maintenance group in North America, Delta TechOps highly skilled workforce of over 10,000 technicians, engineers and other
Eirtech Aviation Services, headquartered in Shannon Airport, Co. Clare has extended its EASA Approved Part 145 Maintenance Organisation Approval Certificate (IE.145.074) to include its Composite Repair Centre at Unit 8-10 Pinebank, Queens Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Eirtech Aviation Services can now perform composites Repair at the Belfast Facility in accordance with capability listing MOE 1.9
C&L Aviation Services, a C&L Aviation Group company, has signed an Aircraft Maintenance Service Agreement with Embraer Netherlands (ENL), who is responsible for the asset management of the Embraer commercial aircraft portfolio, to perform heavy maintenance, interior refurbishment, paint, and other services on the pre-flown ERJ 135/145 aircraft which they refurbish and remarket to their
