Global aerospace and defence supply chain service provider Pattonair has secured a new contract with long term customer Parker Aerospace to supply its Fluid Systems Division. The newest win builds on a 20-plus year established relationship with Parker and brings in some 1,500 new parts to the Pattonair supply chain through a consigned inventory program.
ST Engineering Aerospace has secured a component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) contract from Japan Airlines, further growing its component support for operators in the Asia region. Under the multi-year contract, ST Engineering Aerospace will provide integrated component support to Japan Airlines Group’s entire fleet of 62 Boeing 737-800s. This adds to the airframe maintenance services that ST
PPG will supply windshields and cockpit side windows to Dassault Aviation for the new Falcon 6X. This marks the first time PPG will supply flight-deck windows for a Dassault Aviation production program. The Falcon 6X jet will be the largest and most advanced business jet ever built by Dassault Aviation and the first ultra-widebody business
West Star Aviation is pleased to announce that it has acquired hangars at Perryville Regional Airport, (KPCD) in Perryville, MO, and will quickly bring capabilities online as its fourth full-service maintenance facility. The company closed on its fourth hangar on the airport in late June, expanding their KPCD footprint to over 120,000 ft² in hangar
Liebherr-Aerospace will include Used Serviceable Materials (USM) as part of its services to customers. USM by Liebherr will be available across the worldwide network of the company and will be centrally managed from Liebherr-Aerospace’s Dubai Service Center. Liebherr-Aerospace will source Liebherr systems and equipment from aircraft destined for dismantling. The company’s worldwide network of service
GKN Aerospace has developed a new hydrophobic coating for cockpit windows in its transparencies centre of excellence in Garden Grove, USA. The permanent surface treatment delivers in-flight / ground operation rain shedding and significantly enhances resistance to surface abrasion. The technology is being flight trialled in the USA and is now undergoing performance assessment with
The first pre-serial H160 has been fitted with its rear fuselage, the first major component assembly having been pre-assembled in Albacete, Spain according to the site specialisation strategy implemented in Airbus Helicopters. The main fuselage of the first pre-serial aircraft arrived from the company’s facilities in Donauwörth, Germany earlier in the year. A total of
Lufthansa Technik has developed a unique procedure to wash engines with dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide (CO2). The company has filed several patent applications, which means it can now develop an actual product, which will be called Cyclean Dry Ice. As of 2019, the system will be used alongside the water-based Cyclean®
MTU Maintenance Canada has re-delivered the first V2500 engine for customer IAE International Aero Engines (IAE) in Vancouver at the end of June. The engine falls under the contract between IAE and MTU last year that sees MTU Maintenance Canada serving V2500 aftermarket customers. The V2500 is the engine that powers the A320ceo family. “MTU
AAR’s OEM Aftermarket Solutions group has signed an agreement with LORD Corporation to be its channel to the Americas market for LORD Flight Control Equipment repairs. The LORD products covered by this agreement are cockpit controls for systems on Airbus commercial fixed-wing aircraft. LORD acquired LORD Electromechanical Solutions (formerly Fly-by-Wire Systems France) from SKF in
