Oakenhurst Aircraft Services has reported the opening of their latest facility. The Logistics Centre is situated adjacent to head office and close to London Southend Airport for rapid AOG support. Offering over 6000 ft² of secure component storage space including climate controlled and consignment stock zones. The development marks another chapter in the UK MRO’s
HAECO Hong Kong has been selected by Finnair to perform the airline’s first C Check on its Airbus A350 fleet. The maintenance check will commence in the fourth quarter of 2017. HAECO Hong Kong has worked with Finnair for a decade, providing high quality, reliable aircraft engineering and maintenance services for the airline’s Airbus A330
Pratt & Whitney has commissioned a new fan blade manufacturing facility at its AutoAir plant in Lansing, Michigan. The new 93,000 ft² facility adds to an already existing GTF fan blade production line in Lansing and is one of 30 dedicated manufacturing, production or assembly locations across the globe performing work on various parts and
The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile has reached a key milestone as it has received the 50th shipset of major component assemblies (MCAs) just two years after taking delivery of the first shipset. The components will eventually become the 50th Airbus aircraft produced in the U.S. A shipset includes front and aft fuselage sections,
The Italian airline NEOS has contracted Lufthansa Technik to provide comprehensive component support for its new Boeing 787 fleet. The first Boeing 787-9 is scheduled to be delivered to NEOS in mid-December 2017. Based at Milan-Malpensa Airport, NEOS will become the country’s first Boeing 787 operator. The new agreement is an extension of the existing
Hard on the heels of PROGNOS for Engines and PROGNOS for Aircraft, the AFI KLM E&M network now has a new addition to its range of predictive maintenance solutions, in the shape of PROGNOS for APU. Designed, built and marketed by EPCOR, the Group subsidiary specializing in MRO services for Auxiliary Power Units (APUs), the
AFI KLM E&M and long-standing partner GMF AeroAsia have signed a Letter of Intent emphasizing the strength of their MRO relationship. On August 28, 2017 the two companies signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) under which their cooperation will move up a stage to become a strategic alliance designed to develop a range of multi-segment
StandardAero has been selected by Regional Jet OÜ, operating as Nordica Airlines, to provide MRO services for Honeywell RE220 auxiliary power units (APUs) on its fleet of CRJ-700 & 900 fleet aircraft and MRO services for Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW127M turboprop engines powering its fleet of ATR-600 aircraft. Nordica is the flag carrier
Qantas has reached an agreement with Airbus to upgrade its 12 flagship A380 cabins to further improve passenger comfort on long-haul operations while maximising economics. In particular, the new interior takes advantage of the A380’s large floor area to most efficiently embody Qantas’ latest seat products for Business Class and Premium Economy. Airbus will be
Täby Air Maintenance, TAM, has signed a contract with Alandia Air of Mariehamn, Åland (Finland), for the conversion of one of their Saab 340Bs to cargo configuration. The aircraft – c/n 224 with the registration N9CJ – will be ferried from the United States, due to arrive in TAM’s main overhaul facility at Örebro airport
