MRO & Production

MTU Maintenance and new customer Air Burkina, have signed an exclusive three-year maintenance agreement. The contract for the airline’s four CF34-8E engines from their E170 aircraft covers maintenance, repair and overhaul, on-site services and guaranteed spare engine leasing availability. Air Burkina is the national airline of Burkina Faso and operates regional flights from the capital

AAR has expanded its relationship with flydubai by signing a long-term contract to provide comprehensive flight-hour component support for its new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The Dubai-based airline is set to take delivery of 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft ordered at the 2013 Dubai International Airshow by the end of 2023. This is AAR’s

ExxonMobil lubricants were recently selected by international aircraft manufacturers COMAC and Irkut to support the first test flights of their respective COMAC C919 airliner and Irkut MC-21 300 aircraft. Powered by CFM LEAP 1-C engines, the first Chinese-built large passenger aircraft to enter the market, the COMAC C919, used Mobil Jet Oil II synthetic gas

Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) secured new contracts worth about S$650m in the second quarter of 2017 for services ranging from heavy airframe and engine maintenance, component repair and overhaul to freighter conversion. The heavy airframe maintenance contracts include a long-term agreement, announced in June, that ST Aerospace’s US affiliate company, VT San Antonio Aerospace

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services (Boeing Shanghai) has signed a maintenance agreement with Chinese-based SF Airlines for its Boeing Classic 737 and 767-300 freighters. With this contract, Boeing Shanghai has made a major step forward to expand its aircraft maintenance services in the fast-growing Chinese cargo market. The first airplane is already undergoing a C-check in

The Israeli airline EL AL Israel Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive, long-term agreement. In the frame of a 15-year Total Component Support (TCS) contract, Lufthansa Technik will ensure the global and prompt component supply of the carrier’s future Boeing 787 fleet. EL AL has ordered a total of 16 Dreamliners, with the

Dowty Propellers, a leading manufacturer of aircraft propeller systems for both civil and military applications, has announced approvals to create a new facility in the Gloucester area. This follows a fire in February 2015 that destroyed its operating headquarters and blade manufacturing facility. It is expected that the new facility will be operational in 2019.

AJW Group, a market leader in the global management of aircraft spares, has signed an agreement with Aero Contractors, the Nigerian-based airline, to assist in the restructuring and upgrading of their MRO support services. AJW Group will be supporting Aero Contractors with the upgrade of its MRO services to C check capabilities for Boeing 737

AAR has opened a parts warehouse in Shanghai. The new supply chain hub was established to expedite the delivery of crucial aircraft components to operators and MROs in China. AAR’s Shanghai warehouse will stock factory-new airframe and engine components from OEMs including Eaton, Unison, UTAS, Meggitt and Lord, fulfilling the needs of just about every

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has successfully completed its first full engine overhaul on the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-140 turboprop engine at its facility in South Africa. The PT6A-140 engine powers the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, and is also offered as an upgrade