AERIA Luxury Interiors (AERIA), a specialist in VIP completion and refurbishment, has secured a contract for the completion of Boeing Business Jet BBJ 737-700. This will be the third Boeing Business Jet that AERIA is contracted for since it started operating in 2014. The aircraft is due for arrival in 1Q 2018 at its facility
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
ST Aerospace, through its US affiliate company, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), has secured a contract from Air Canada to perform interior reconfiguration services on part of the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. This cabin reconfiguration contract follows a long-term agreement with Air Canada, announced in June 2017, for heavy maintenance services on the
Long-standing partners AirAsia X and AFI KLM E&M have extended the Malaysian budget carrier’s A330-300 component support contract, originally signed in 2007. The new agreement involves extending the exclusive component support provided by AFI KLM E&M until the A330s are retired from the Air Asia X fleet, with an option to include additional aircraft in
StandardAero has been authorized by Honeywell Aerospace as the exclusive provider in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) region for major maintenance repair and overhaul services (MRO) for the Honeywell TFE731 family of turbofan engines. The new agreement authorizes StandardAero to be the only maintenance facility, located in the EMEAI region, licensed to
StandardAero has been authorized by Honeywell Aerospace as the exclusive provider in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) region for major maintenance repair and overhaul services (MRO) for the Honeywell TFE731 family of turbofan engines. The new agreement authorizes StandardAero to be the only maintenance facility, located in the EMEAI region, licensed to
