MRO & Production

Safran Nacelles has signed an agreement with Interjet to provide repair services and spares pool resources for engine nacelles that equip Airbus A320neo-series jetliners operated by the Mexican airline. The five-year agreement covers the A320neo family of aircraft, which are powered by CFM International LEAP-1A turbofan engines. Safran Nacelles’ repair services and spares resources are

Wales-based aftermarket supply specialist AerFin signed a three-year TrueChoice™ Material agreement with GE Aviation for serviceable OEM parts, advanced repairs and technology upgrades for the CFM56, CF34 and CF6-80C2 engines. “Since its inception, AerFin has seen the value of OEM-centric material support,” said Bob James, CEO of AerFin. “With the TrueChoice™ Material program, we can

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