Magnetic MRO, global total technical care maintenance and asset management organisation, has signed a line maintenance agreement with Air Nostrum for three of its CRJ1000 aircraft. The contract enables Magnetic MRO engineering team to provide a full suite of line maintenance services on the customer’s aircraft at Zagreb and Copenhagen International Airports. Magnetic MRO has
FAI Technik, the maintenance division of Germany’s FAI Aviation Group, has reported record financial results in 2017 achieving revenues of €9.7m for the first time in the company’s history. The division’s revenues mark a significant increase of 40% compared with 2016. The company inaugurated its new 4,500 m² carbon neutral Hangar 8 last year, the
Specialist aircraft component support provider Bii, is continuing to secure a wide range of contractual support programmes with operators of all sizes across the globe. In particular Russia, the Baltics, Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East have shown dramatic growth in the past twelve months. CEO Francis Cradock
StandardAero and Papillon Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 40 retrofittable Crash-Resistant Fuel Tanks (CRFTs) in support of Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters’ fleet of Airbus AS350 B3 and EC130 B4 tour aircraft. Installation of the first CRFT will take place this April. “Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters has made the commitment to lead
Ground testing for Heli-One’s Sikorsky S-76B helicopter upgrade program featuring a Universal Avionics flight deck is now complete, with flight testing imminent. The aircraft is operated by a VVIP operator in Asia. The upgraded, modern glass cockpit includes the installation of three EFI-890H Advanced Flight Displays with Vision-1® Synthetic Vision System and a UNS-1Fw Satellite-Based
Falcon Aviation, one of the UAE’s leading aviation companies specialising in business aviation services, charter and aircraft management, is further broadening its MRO expertise having obtained GCAA approval to start Bombardier Q400 base maintenance in its Fixed Wing Hangar at its Al Bateen Executive Airport HQ, Abu Dhabi. It will support its own six-strong fleet
SR Technics said it is now providing maintenance services for the Airbus A320neo aircraft at its line stations in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland. Following the expansion of the Airbus A320neo capabilities at its Swiss line stations in Geneva and Zurich last year, SR Technics just recently added Basel to its service portfolio. In
The manufacture of composite blades for Dowty Propellers’ civil and military propeller systems has been re-established, marking the company’s recovery from a fire that destroyed its original production site in southwest England. Operating from an interim facility at Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire, Dowty Propellers has re-created the complete blade manufacturing capability for its propeller system product
Safran and Albany have inaugurated a third joint manufacturing plant in Mexico, to make composite parts for the LEAP aircraft engine. This third joint plant is similar to and complements the two existing plants in Rochester, New Hampshire (United States), and Commercy (eastern France), inaugurated in 2014. It involved a total investment of about US$100m
Honeywell has signed a five-year contract with Bristow Helicopters for its Honeywell Avionics Protection Plan (HAPP). The agreement will cover 26 of Bristow’s Leonardo AW139 helicopter fleet. Under the agreement, Bristow Helicopters will benefit from full maintenance protection coverage for the avionics suite of its search and rescue fleet, providing improved cost forecasting. The company
