MRO & Production

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

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has signed the agreement with Corendon Dutch Airlines for base maintenance services for their fleet of 3 aircraft. Corendon Dutch Airlines is the Dutch airline of the Corendon Travel Group which started operations under its own Air operator certificate in April 2011.

Volvo Aero MRO has begun working with the University of Massachusetts Life Science Laboratories facility Additive Fabrications department to develop piece part fixturing from 3D printed processes. The first fixture under development is being manufactured using the selective laser sintering (SLS) method. The aim of the project is to develop process and knowledge of printing

In late December 2017, AFI KLM E&M and Tunisair signed a new Time & Material engine support contract covering the CFM56-5A, CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines powering the Tunisair fleet’s sixteen Airbus A320s, four A319s and seven Boeing 737s. The Tunisian flag carrier had launched a call for tenders in late 2016 aimed at selecting two

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Vx Capital Partners with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft (MSN 28867) will commence modification in May 2018 and will be redelivered to Vx in October 2018. AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Jacksonville, Florida-based Flightstar Aircraft Services will perform the modification touch labor and maintenance