MRO & Production

StandardAero has signed an exclusive five-year time-and-material contract with Air Tanzania to provide maintenance and engineering services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW150A engines powering the flag carrier’s fleet of three Q400 regional turboprops. This new contract extends StandardAero’s relationship with Air Tanzania, the company having previously provided engine support for the airline’s

After almost eight years of cooperation, ATR and the Brazilian carrier Azul have renewed their Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). This contract covers the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line- Replaceable Units, along with propeller availability and maintenance, plus an on-site stock support. Covering Azul’s whole ATR fleet, currently made up of 33 aircraft, this

Dowty Propellers have extended its support contract for propeller systems on SpiceJet’s Bombardier Q400 regional airliner fleet, which the Indian carrier is expanding with the purchase of 25 additional twin-engine aircraft. The new seven-year Dowty Propellers agreement with SpiceJet, signed at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, culminates a joint process of developing a comprehensive support package

MRO service provider SR Technics has signed a new line maintenance contract for the station London Gatwick with Air China. The agreement expands an ongoing collaboration with China’s flagship carrier that dates back to 2013. The new maintenance agreement, which took effect on 1 June 2018, covers transit checks and preflight checks including trouble rectification

South Africa’s private domestic airline operator, JSE-listed Comair Limited, has signed an eight-year Rate Per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement to support is fleet of 16 CFM56-7B engines. The agreement is valued at $160 million U.S. at list price. RPFH agreements are part of CFM Services flexible support offering. Under the terms of the agreement, CFM

Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding have signed a Letter of Intent with GE Aviation for 29 GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777 Freighters and five GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8 Freighters. The engine order is valued at more than US$2.5 billion list price. LEVEL, International Airlines Group’s (IAG) low-cost long-haul airline, has placed an order for CF6-80E engines with GE Aviation

Rotorcraft turbine manufacturer, Safran Helicopter Engines (SHE), has awarded a global OEM and MRO parts support contract to Pattonair until 2025. Incumbent supplier, Pattonair, won the competitively bid contract to support 16 Safran sites globally and deliver over 6,000 C class parts to 180 locations worldwide through to 2025. The contract also encompasses a combination

Farsound Aviation, the aero engine MRO component supplier of choice, is pleased to announce that it has retained its contract with TEXL to supply C-Class parts for GE90 engine overhaul. A customer of Farsound Aviation’s since 2014, TEXL is based in Xiamen, China and specialises in the repair, overhaul and test of GE90 series engines