StandardAero has signed two, new, five-year contracts with Mesa Airlines, to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the airline’s APS2300 and RE220 auxiliary power units (APUs). With these new contracts, StandardAero now supports 100% of Mesa Airlines’ APUs. Under the first contract, StandardAero will provide MRO services for the APS2300 APUs equipping a
Leonardo has reached a new, important and historic milestone with the delivery of the 1,500th fuselage to the ATR consortium. The handover ceremony took place on June 6, at the Leonardo’s facility in Pomigliano D’Arco (Naples) with representatives from Leonardo and ATR. The 1,500th ATR’s fuselage will shortly leave Leonardo’s Pomigliano D’Arco production line, where
Spatial, a leading provider of cabin crew training simulators, has been selected by WestJet to manufacture a B787 Door Trainer. Spatial will design and build the Door Trainer at its high-tech manufacturing facility in the UAE before shipping and installing it at WestJet’s crew training centre in Calgary, Canada. The state-of-the-art Door Trainer will enable
As the high demand for jet engines shows no signs of slowing down, one Connecticut manufacturer is rising up to meet the challenge. For over three decades Aero Gear in Windsor has been a key player in complex gearbox assemblies for the global aerospace market. Now the company continues to set a course for success
TAG Aviation Asia is set to operate a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Macau International Airport. The Hong Kong headquartered operator has agreed to a six-year concession agreement with the Macau Airport Authority to provide a full-service facility operation, 24/7, at this International destination. Macau is the first destination FBO for TAG Aviation within the
ST Engineering is undertaking a group-wide branding exercise to firstly, adopt a single brand approach by harmonising all its corporate brands by using “ST Engineering” as a masterbrand, and secondly to align the nomenclature of its subsidiaries’ company legal names with that of “ST Engineering”. The brand harmonisation and alignment of company legal names will
Spring Airlines, China’s leading low-cost airline, has signed a long-term contract with AFI KLM E&M for the exclusive support of many of the components in its A320 fleet. The contract on a “power by the hour” (PBH) basis covers many references mainly in the avionics field. In order to optimize Spring Airlines’ operations, which currently
Magnetic MRO has strengthened its FAA repair station capabilities by gaining IA (Inspection Authorization) rights. Following upon Magnetic MRO‘s strategic expansion into the aviation asset management area and global market expansion to US and Asia, the company has confidently marched towards tactical investments to solidify their planned growth. As an FAA IA holder, the Magnetic
Presorting garbage during the flight to separate recyclables from waste and from liquids with the maximum ease of use is now possible. It happens thanks to the ReTrolley, a new system for on board recycling developed by Iacobucci HF Aerospace. The Italian Manufacturer has crafted the device in exclusive from a concept conceived by Airbus.
MRO service provider SR Technics, has expanded its line maintenance capabilities at its line stations in the United Kingdom to support the latest Airbus A330neo and Airbus A350 types. SR Technics line stations at Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, London-Stansted and Manchester, have now been joined by East Midlands airport, further expanding the MRO’s
