The breakthrough came with the borescope boss for the geared turbofan engine powering the A320neo; MTU Aero Engines is stepping up its efforts in the field of additive manufacturing. At the beginning of this year, a separate department, headed up by Dr. Jürgen Kraus, was set up to push this technology forward. “By pulling all
C&L Aviation Group has installed the first Garmin ADS-B Out solution for a Honeywell Primus II-equipped Hawker 800XP. The installation was done in cooperation with Elliot Aviation at C&L’s Bangor, Maine, facility, and it complies with the FAA 2020 ADS-B Mandate and DO-260B standards. As a distributor for Garmin International, C&L offers its customers the
West Star Aviation has reported that their satellite location at Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (CXO), has received FAA Part 145 Repair Station Certification. In operation since 2016, the facility has provided quality maintenance and support services for aircraft at nearby Houston metropolitan airports. As a satellite location for West Star, this location offers 24/7 on-call
Bombardier has unveiled a preview of the revolutionary nice Touch cabin management system, a Bombardier-designed platform developed in collaboration with Lufthansa Technik and found exclusively on the Global 7000 aircraft. The nice Touch CMS will be on display at the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva. The new system brings cabin connectivity
StandardAero has signed an agreement with Beijing Reignwood Star General Aviation Company to provide support to its fleet of Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines powering the company’s Bell 407GX, 206L4, 206B3 and Robinson R66 helicopters. Over the course of this one-year agreement, StandardAero, as a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) certificated maintenance organization, will
Acro Aircraft Seating has delivered the first of their Series 7 Premium Economy Class seat, to launch customer Primera Air. This is the first of eight Airbus A321neo’s due for delivery in 2018 to have the front four rows (16 seats per shipset) installed with Acro’s Series 7 Premium Economy seats and the remaining rows
F. LIST GMBH (also known as F/LIST), an Austrian high-end business jet interior manufacturer, officially inaugurated the new 59,000-ft² production facility of F. LIST CANADA CORP. in the Greater Montréal area and announced plans to hire up to 100 specialists within the next two years. “Investing in Canada is very important to our company’s future
Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES Global), a UK based aerospace design and certification organisation, has obtained a new EASA Supplemental Type Certificate to allow the use of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (T-PED) on all Boeing 777 aircraft models. Following an intense certification effort, AES Global has developed this STC for the operator to ensure their fleet
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) opened its first permanent foreign maintenance base capable of offering a full range line maintenance services in Budapest. The new Budapest base is an equipped and organized foreign branch that will provide comprehensive services to the airlines. The first line maintenance was already carried out on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner
HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has entered into a long-term agreement with Philippine Airlines to provide engine component support. The scope of the agreement includes access to HAECO ITM’s component pool, component exchange, component repair management, component engineering and aircraft-on-ground (AOG) support for PAL’s International Aero Engines IAE V2533 engines on its
