MRO & Production

Comlux Completion, Comlux’s completion and service center in Indianapolis and approved by Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier, has successfully performed its first Digital Maintenance inspection on the BBJ of Hyundai Motor Company. The Digital Maintenance process allows that all task cards and part tracking efforts are performed electronically using wireless tablets and bar code scanners, instead

Intertrade, a Rockwell Collins Company and a new supplier of Locatory.com, will share their line items with clientele of Locatory.com. Intertrade can now offer its inventory and capabilities to multiple international markets through Locatory.com marketplace and list its inventory on the public aircraft parts catalogues directly linked to the most popular general search engines, such

Boeing has reported services orders valued at more than US$900m at the first day of the Singapore Airshow. The agreements stretch across Global Services’ four capability areas, including parts; engineering, modifications and maintenance; digital aviation and analytics; and training and professional services. Regional agreements include in part: All Nippon Airways signed a contract for 36

Turkish Technic and Atlasglobal have signed an agreement for the repair and supply of components for Atlasglobal’s Airbus A320 aircraft fleet. The agreement will be effective till 2023. The contract comprises component repair and supply on ATA Chapter basis. Access to components will be available from Turkish Technic Istanbul main base and worldwide pooling stations.

StandardAero has been awarded an exclusive, eight-year agreement to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW127M engine maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation’s (FAT) fleet of ATR72-600 aircraft. FAT is an airline with its head office in Taipei, Republic of China. FAT operates to 21 scheduled international and domestic

GE Aviation will invest S$42m in a new facility located in Singapore to manufacture components for its GE9X engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. This facility will expand GE Aviation’s presence in the country where the company operates a sizable aircraft engine component repair facility. The new 50,000 ft² facility will be located at

Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) has officially approved Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen as their first MRO service provider in China for ARJ21 engine nacelles and components. Prior to the approval, the Lufthansa Technik subsidiary had successfully performed an on-site audit in December 2017. Located in the Chinese province of Guangdong, Lufthansa Technik

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus Helicopters have implemented a new single Production Organisation Approval (POA). This replaces previous national approvals from France, Germany and Spain by a single, integrated framework allowing for simplified industrial exchanges between Airbus Helicopters’ manufacturing facilities and supporting the company’s industrial strategy of site specialisation across Europe. “The

Telair International AB has received certification for its new Flexible Loading System™ (FLS) for all current production and in-service Boeing 737 aircraft. The system allows 737 operators to carry containerized cargo (baggage, mail, and parcel freight) in the lower hold of the aircraft, along with bulk-loaded bags. Commercial aviation lessor GECAS will offer the new