Chile’s Sky Airline has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 12-year Rate Per Flight Hour (RFPH) agreement with CFM International to support the LEAP-1A engines that will power the airline’s new fleet of 21 leased Airbus A320neo aircraft. The agreement is valued at about $600 million U.S., including spare engines. The leased aircraft are
AAR has committed to significantly increasing the volume of contracted component repairs with Air New Zealand. In a 10-year agreement, AAR designated Air New Zealand’s component center as its Asia Pacific MRO of choice. This is the latest example of AAR’s commitment to grow and strengthen its partnership with Air New Zealand, the country’s flag
Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg has taken delivery of the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) flying observatory for a scheduled C-check. The aircraft is a heavily modified Boeing 747SP and is a joint project between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Coordination of the operation of SOFIA
Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES), a UK based aerospace design and certification organisation, has developed a retrofit solution for the Low Frequency Underwater Locator Device (LF-ULD) for Airbus and Boeing aircraft single aisle aircraft family. By January 1st, 2019, all aircraft with a maximum take‐off mass of over 45,000 kg operating over oceanic areas are to
Airbus has been selected by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to provide cabin retrofit services for 14 A380 aircraft currently in service with the carrier. The retrofit programme, which will be undertaken at SIA Engineering Company in Singapore, will see the airline’s recently launched cabin products installed on the aircraft. The new cabin products will debut on
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has been awarded a 15-year contract for Boeing 787 aircraft component support by Gulf Air. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will provide comprehensive component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) support covering component exchange, repair, overhaul, modification, reliability monitoring and logistics services for Gulf Air’s new fleet of Boeing 787-9 aircraft. ST Aerospace provides
Boeing and Aircraft Philipp Group GmbH have signed a five-year contract to manufacture machine parts for the global fleet of the H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter at its facilities in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. This is the first Boeing contract with Aircraft Philipp Group, which joins Boeing’s significant supplier base of more than 35 companies in Bavaria
Satair Group and CTT Systems A.B of Sweden announced at the Dubai Air Show a five-year extension to Satair Group’s existing 10-year exclusive global spare parts distribution contract for CTT’s range of aircraft climate control equipment including humidification and moisture removal systems that are present on a wide range of modern airliner types. Under this
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has opened a brand new line maintenance station at Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA) in Moscow, Russia. The newly established line station will be capable of handling A320FAM and B737NG aircraft types registered in Europe, Bermuda and Aruba as well as many other
Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility in Dubai has been awarded EN9110 certification following an independent audit. The company has also gained EASA, FAA and GCCA approvals for the Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) family, as well as EASA approval for the Bombardier Global BD700 series. In recognition of the development, implementation and continuous improvement of quality management
