Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) secured new contracts worth about S$530m in the third quarter (3Q) of 2017 for services ranging from heavy airframe and engine maintenance, component repair and overhaul to cabin retrofit. The heavy airframe maintenance contracts include long-term agreements to support a range of aircraft platforms from MD-11, Boeing 777 and Boeing
Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of the Czech Aeroholding Group providing aircraft maintenance services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GA Telesis (GAT), a US-based key player within the aviation and aerospace industries, at the MRO Europe in London. Based on the agreement, the two companies are to form an integrated supply
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has held a ceremony to mark the cutting of a cargo-door opening in a passenger airframe for the conversion of its first Boeing Next Generation 737-700 Passenger-to-FlexCombi™ aircraft. The event is a major milestone for Bahrain-based Chisholm Enterprises, an internationally recognized provider of tailored aviation and business solutions in the
A global online aviation spare parts and repair capabilities’ marketplace Locatory.com has announced signing a cooperation agreement with the prominent MRO provider VD Gulf. Based on terms of this freshly inked agreement, VD Gulf will have access to all the innovative Locatory.com tools designed to facilitate smooth parts procurement transactions whilst maintaining comprehensive control of
Three weeks after Hurricane Maria had heavily devastated the island of Puerto Rico, Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR) redelivered their one hundredth heavy maintenance check for Spirit airlines, the launch customer for the facility. “Thankfully all of our employees have been accounted for and while many have suffered from the consequences of hurricane Maria, all
RBR Maintenance has added a Challenger maintenance program at their Dallas, Love Field facility in Dallas Texas. The new program will focus on routine scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair of Challenger 601, 604 and 605 models initially, with planned expansion into the 300 series. As a Certified Part 145 Repair Station, RBR is FAA-approved
Constant Aviation, a full-service MRO with a nationwide network, has announced the opening of the hangar doors on its newest location at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona. This location is the 5th service center for the company, in addition to twenty-one AOG locations across the US. The Mesa facility is poised to be a
Jet Aviation has developed an STC to update, in partnership with Honeywell, soon-to-be obsolete cockpit displays with DU-875 LCD units. The partnership provides a trade-in credit for each DU-870 replaced with a DU-875 before 2018. It further permits displays to be replaced one at a time or all at once. CRT units face obsolescence soon
Av8 MRO has introduced a new division within the company, Av8 PMA, which specializes in engineering, certification, and manufacturing of specialized replacement parts under their FAA-PMA (Parts Manufacturer Approval) for aircraft operators, parts distributors, and certified repair stations. The Houston-based company has over 20 years of experience certifying parts and used that skill to develop
West Star Aviation will expand their East Alton (ALN) facility with the addition of a new state-of-the-art hangar. The 64,200 ft² hangar, office and shop facility will be adjacent to West Star’s current facility. This new hangar, to be labeled ‘Hangar 66’, will be equivalent to the hangar that was built in 2014. It will
