Lufthansa Technik and Asiana Airlines from South Korea, have signed a new, long-term agreement for Total Component Maintenance (TCM). The contract has a term of ten years starting in April 2018 and covers the nine aircraft in Asiana’s Boeing 777-200ER fleet. Component repairs will take place at Lufthansa Technik’s workshops in Hamburg. Lufthansa Technik also
SIA Engineering Company has signed an In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) maintenance agreement with Thales. Singapore Airlines (SIA) had selected Thales’ AVANT IFE system and Ka-band connectivity solution for its fleet of A350 XWB aircraft configured for medium-haul operations. This IFEC maintenance agreement between SIAEC and Thales will support the SIA fleet for an initial
ATR and Mandarin Airlines, a regional subsidiary of Taiwan’s flag carrier China Airlines, have signed a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). This comprehensive support package covers the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line Replaceable Units, along with a door-to-door service through which ATR is providing transportation of spares to the airline’s facilities. This GMA covers
Rolls-Royce has announced Jackson Square Aviation as a new customer for LessorCare, the pioneering new service tailored specifically to the needs of lessors. Jackson Square Aviation will adopt LessorCare across its existing and future fleets of Trent-powered aircraft, drawing together a range of services under one simple, flexible and comprehensive framework. Rolls-Royce launched LessorCare in
Arago, an artificial intelligence (AI) company specializing in intelligent business process automation and AVIATAR, an integrated software platform for digital products and services in the aviation industry, are planning to work together on the progressive automation of the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) process. A pilot project will therefore be launched in the Base Maintenance
GKN Fokker has signed an agreement with Honeywell to provide customers with component maintenance, repair and overhaul services for avionics and mechanical components. Customers will have access to Honeywell’s world-class avionics and mechanical solutions at GKN’s Fokker Services facilities in the Netherlands, U.S. and Singapore. As a long-standing member of the extended Honeywell family, GKN
STG Aerospace has been selected as the supplier for the photoluminescent emergency floor path marking system across Alaska Airlines’ Boeing and Airbus fleets, as the airline begins to streamline the cabins of its Virgin America fleet. Alaska Airlines will install STG Aerospace’s next-generation saf-Tglo® SSUL photoluminescent emergency escape path marking system (EEPMS) on 116 aircraft
VAS Aero Services, a global leader in aviation logistics and aftermarket services, and Satair, an Airbus wholly-owned subsidiary, announced that they are expanding their strategic services agreement covering servicing, certification, warehousing and distribution of OEM excess parts inventory, with the addition of market-critical engine product types. The strategic services for used and surplus parts programs
Av8 PMA, a leader in the reverse engineering, certification and manufacturing of PMA aircraft parts, will expand its current operation by adding a 3,320 ft² facility in Dallas, TX, dedicated to the company’s engineering activities. The new location is scheduled to be operational in April 2018. The facility will act exclusively as an engineering facility,
Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of the Czech Aeroholding Group providing aircraft repair and maintenance services, has received the approval of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to perform Line Maintenance services for Chinese airlines. CSAT’s employees can now verify aircraft post-maintenance airworthiness without having to request the presence of the official
