Sibir Technic, a subsidiary of the ENGINEERING Holding is the first MRO company in Russia to start providing light base maintenance, the A-check on Embraer E170 regional jets. Russia’s only operator of Embraer E170, S7 Airlines launched operation of this type in the spring of 2017. Sibir Technic’s maintenance staff received appropriate training and ratings
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to Pinnacle Partners. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7421) will commence modification in November with redelivery scheduled for March 2018. The second CRJ200 (MSN 7417) will commence modification in December, with redelivery scheduled for April 2018. Both freighter conversions will take place
India’s third largest airline, SpiceJet, has partnered with STG Aerospace in a cabin lighting retrofit programme, which will see the airline upgrade its fleet of 737-700/-800/-900 with LED aftermarket ambient lighting solution, liTeMood®. This is the first major retrofit win for STG Aerospace in the Asia Pacific region and the largest lighting retrofit contract that
Lufthansa Technik is expanding its capacity with a new hangar, office and multifunctional building at Sofia Airport becoming the largest base maintenance facility in Eastern Europe. Bulgarian subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Sofia will be also the largest base maintenance site of Lufthansa Technik in Europe. The total investment in the project amounts to approximately €35m invested
Lufthansa Technik has contracted two new customers for its innovative Cyclean® engine wash product, Solaseed Air in Tokyo, Japan and an unnamed customer. The contract between Lufthansa Technik and Peach Aviation of Osaka, Japan has also been extended by a further three years to 2020 for the entire A320 fleet. As of summer 2017, the
Hebei Airlines will begin to use the emergency floor-path marking system GuideU “CustomFit” from Lufthansa Technik in its Boeing 737 and Embraer E190 fleets. For the first time, this system will be implemented with an integrated corporate logo, enabling an even more customized adaptation to the corporate design of an airline. A total of 22
SriLankan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have extended their existing component support contract for the growing Airbus A320 fleet of Sri Lanka’s national carrier. The expanded Total Component Support (TCS®) agreement comprises all aircraft of SriLankan Airlines’ growing A320 fleet, including its new A320neo aircraft. Lufthansa Technik will take care of all aspects relating to daily
HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA and IAC (International Aerospace Coatings) have signed a three-year agreement for IAC to sub-lease Hangar 9 of HAECO Americas’ Lake City, Florida, facility. Jim Sokol, President of MRO Services, HAECO Americas, said: “IAC provides a complementary service, which now allows
Constant Aviation, a full-service national MRO, has reported the fourth successful delivery of a 7500-cycle inspection of the Bombardier Challenger 300. The Bombardier Challenger 300 fleet, introduced to the market in 2004, is beginning to see its first aircraft reaching 7500-flight cycles. This milestone requires the aircraft to undergo the “Mid- Life” or 7500-cycle inspection.
Thomas Global Systems has announced at the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) National Convention, that its TFD-8601 AMLCD cockpit display has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation in Dassault Falcon 50 aircraft. The TFD-8601 cockpit display is a pioneering plug-and-play, Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) replacement for
