MRO & Production

West Star Aviation’s East Alton (ALN) facility has been named an Authorized Service Center for all Legacy (450, 500, 600 & 650) aircraft, as well as Lineage 1000 and 1000E. This approval includes full maintenance support and performing scheduled maintenance for authorized aircraft including their previous approval on Embraer Phenom 100/300 aircraft. West Star’s fully

AAR CORP. and Air Canada have signed a 10-year agreement to provide airframe maintenance for Air Canada’s Airbus narrow-body fleet of A319, A320 and A321 aircraft, as well as a new five-year agreement for the carrier’s Embraer E-190 fleet. AAR will perform the work at its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Trois-Rivières Airport

Thomas Global has confirmed long-term supply arrangements with Toshiba, the OEM of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for use in avionic cockpit display units. The long-term supply of factory-new OEM CRTs underpins Thomas Global’s long-term support commitment for a range of CRT-based avionic displays used in narrow and wide bodied commercial, business and military aircraft. Thomas

Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH and Flybe have entered into an agreement covering the overhaul of the main and nose landing gear systems of the airline’s Embraer E175 and E195 aircraft. The contract was signed recently at Flybe’s headquarters in Exeter (UK). The agreement covers the airline’s fleet of 20 Embraer E175 and E195.

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