MRO & Production

The Eirtech Aviation Services Cargo Bay Surveillance System (CBSS) has been selected for installation on a fleet of Cargo Aircraft for a European based operator in the coming weeks. The Eirtech solution allows airlines to have real time visibility throughout the aircraft, during loading, unloading and during flight. This increases security, safety and protects against

UK-based MAC Interiors is getting ready to release Med-View Airlines’ Boeing 767 aircraft following a full cabin modification project. MAC, mostly known for its individual project supplies, has successfully served as a total technical care partner to Med-View covering every spot throughout the aircraft and making sure it is airworthy – both inside and out.

AFI KLM E&M and XL Airways have extended their existing contract covering component support (repairs and pool access) and A checks for the French airline’s four Airbus A330s from its Paris-Charles de Gaulle base at Roissy. The scope of the contract could eventually be broadened to include support for other aircraft, depending on the growth

Just five years after breaking ground, GE Aviation is investing an additional US$105m in its Asheville, NC, production facility to meet growing demand for the revolutionary ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components produced at the plant. As part of the investment, GE Aviation will create 131 new jobs at the Asheville facility, a significantly increasing its

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