Safran Nacelles has signed a contract with Egyptair for maintenance services on thrust reversers that equip its Airbus A330 jetliner fleet, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. The agreement involves scheduled soft time maintenance, the preventive primary maintenance performed at specific operator-chosen intervals, which can be adjusted to fit the airline’s operational schedule, along with
AJW Technique, the Montreal-based maintenance hub of AJW Group’s component repair and overhaul capability, has passed the Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) evaluation, with zero findings and zero observations. This highly successful audit means that the 160,000 ft², state-of-the-art facility has again secured approval from the TCCA – a pre-requisite for
Aerostructures Middle East Services (AMES) is now supporting five airlines with its radome repair solutions, providing services at competitive rates with quick turnaround times for operators throughout the Middle East and Indian Peninsula. To date, AMES has repaired nine radomes for Airbus A320 Family aircraft and five for Boeing 737s, demonstrating its capability as the
MRO service provider SR Technics has reached an agreement with 8tree, to use the tool company’s dentCHECK solution to enhance its maintenance operations in Switzerland and Malta. The handheld portable and completely wireless 3-D scanner analyzes the surfaces of metallic aero-structures and composite cabin flooring, drastically reducing inspection and reporting times. As such, it helps
Starting mid-2018, Lufthansa Technik will start connectivity modifications on several Boeing 737 MAX aircraft of an undisclosed airline customer at its overhaul facility Lufthansa Technik Budapest. The five-day modification includes the installation of a broadband antenna on the aircraft’s external structure, together with cabling, hardware and software installation in the aircraft cabin. Following the modification
Newbow Aerospace, a leading design, manufacturer and supplier of Ground Support Equipment to the aviation industry, has received a firm order from regional airline Flybe, for a significant number of its 2-bottle ‘easy-load’ Nitrogen service carts. The order for eleven ‘easy-load’ nitrogen service carts and additional charging systems will be supplied to Flybe to support
Magnetic MRO, a Total Technical Care maintenance and asset management organisation, signed a contract with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to become their heavy maintenance partner for A320Neo aircraft – which is accepted as the future backbone of SAS narrow-body fleet. Under the new agreement, Magnetic MRO will take care of SAS’ fleet of A320Neo with Leap-1A
Onur Air has signed component repair and access (pool) contract with Turkish Technics for its Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract will be effective until 2023. The contract comprises component repair and access on ATA (The Air Transportation Association) Chapter basis. Access to components will be available from Turkish Technic Istanbul main base and worldwide pooling
Multiple Honeywell cockpit technologies have been selected by United Airlines to outfit its new fleet of more than 150 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. The flight deck package will include the first installment of Honeywell’s SmartRunway® and SmartLanding® on a Boeing 737 MAX and will feature Honeywell’s IntuVue® RDR-4000 3D Weather Radar System and Integrated Multi-Mode
StandardAero has signed a Letter of Intent with Rolls-Royce to provide engine MRO services for the RB211-535E4 program for the life of the engine type. This award designates StandardAero as the Rolls-Royce end-of-life engine maintenance service partner. Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines are anticipated to remain in commercial airline service until the year 2040. StandardAero will service
