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 $160 million U.S. at list price. RPFH agreements are part of CFM Services flexible support offering. Under the terms of the agreement, CFM
GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce have formalized an agreement for the manufacturing of inner core fairings for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 and 84,000lb-thrust Trent XWB engine programs through 2026. The US$ multi-million, 10-year program contract is another milestone in a long-term business relationship between GKN and Rolls-Royce that currently includes the company providing exotic metals and
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
ST Engineering Aerospace has secured a multi-year component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) contract from Solaseed Air, which will see the company continuing its support in component maintenance for the airline. Under the new agreement, ST Engineering Aerospace will expand its scope of component support services for the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737-800s. ST Engineering Aerospace’s trademarked MBH™
Daher is assuming full warehousing responsibilities for approximately 28,000 handling tools used by Rolls-Royce in the manufacture of jet engines across the company’s UK production network. Under terms of the agreement, Daher is centralizing and stocking the support tooling in a 30,000-m² warehouse at Doncaster in northwest England, as well as packaging and dispatching of
GKN Fokker Elmo and Boeing have agreed to a contract extension, to supply wiring for three of Boeing’s airplane families. GKN Fokker Elmo has supplied electrical wiring and interconnection systems (EWIS) to Boeing airplanes for more than a decade for the 777, 737 and P8A and that contract was extended at the Farnborough International Air
Comlux has launched a new division, ER Solutions by comlux, to propose to airlines an auxiliary fuel tank system increasing the range capability on the Airbus A321ceo. Further to a successful flight test and implementation during Q4 2017, the new system called FACT “Forward Additional Comlux Tank” received its FAA certification in February 2018 and
