Singapore Airlines has chosen Lufthansa Technik’s GuideU 1000-Series emergency floor path marking system to be installed into its new Boeing 787-10 fleet. A total of 49 aircraft of this type are scheduled to be delivered to Singapore’s flag carrier since the first quarter of 2018. Singapore Airlines already relies on GuideU for its Airbus A350
AerSale®, a global supplier of mid-life aircraft, engines, used serviceable material, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has reported the rebranding of its Aero Mechanical Industries facility in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, to AerSale Component Solutions. Specializing in the MRO of composite and mechanical airframe components, AerSale Component Solutions provides a wide range of
Bombardier Services Corporation and PSA Airlines of Vandalia, Ohio have signed a three-year extension to the parties’ heavy maintenance agreement. Under this contract, heavy maintenance tasks for the airline’s fleet of Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700 and CRJ900 aircraft will be performed at Bombardier’s West Virginia Air Center. Bombardier has conducted heavy maintenance for PSA Airlines since
Boeing is expanding its commercial services capability in Latin America with new customer orders from GOL Airlines to use Boeing’s Airplane Health Management for its 737 MAX fleet and from Aeromexico to use Boeing’s landing gear exchange program for its 787 fleet. According to Boeing’s 2017 Services Market Outlook, the Latin American commercial aviation services
Spirit AeroSystems has unveiled its second center of excellence focusing on the fabrication of complex commercial and military aircraft parts. The facility, located at the company’s McAlester, Okla., site, will support current customer contracts while accommodating new work in the global aerostructures market. “We announced plans last year to create a three- and four-axis fabrication
Lufthansa Technik AG’s Hamburg site has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as a maintenance organization for Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft. This decision means additional order potential for the VIP & Special Mission Aircraft Services division, since the very popular Boeing Business Jets are based on these aircraft types. With
AAR announced that its OEM Aftermarket Solutions group has signed an exclusive agreement with Power and Data Systems (PDS) of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense to be its exclusive global aftermarket distributor supporting commercial, regional transport and helicopter markets. The AMETEK products covered by the global agreement are specifically for foreign and domestic aircraft and include
C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group Company, has signed an agreement with CSI, a HEICO company, to serve as a distributor for Saab 340 Pitot Static Tubes overhauled to like-new factory specs. This new offering will bring significant cost savings to Saab 340 operators. Restored pitot tubes come with the same 18-month warranty and reliable
AAR, a global leader in aviation services, has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License agreement along with a Parts Supply agreement with Honeywell Aerospace. AAR will be providing repairs of over 1,800 Honeywell base part number and line replacements unit (LRU) repair items in AAR’s New York and Amsterdam component repair shops. To support
AFI KLM E&M and Vietnam Airlines have signed a long term flight hour support contract covering the GEnx engines equipping the Vietnamese flag carrier’s fleet of Boeing 787s, which will grow to 19 Aircraft by 2021. The signing ceremony was witnessed by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and President
