Cargolux has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Technik focusing on increased business between the two companies. Under the terms of a new contract, Lufthansa Technik’s Airframe Related Component (ARC) unit will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul of the thrust reversers on the Cargolux fleet of Boeing 747-8 aircraft. The all-cargo airline based in Luxembourg currently
Global aerospace and defence supply chain provider, Pattonair, has won the company’s first contract from All Nippon Airways (ANA) to support the airline’s global MRO network. Under the agreement signed this month, Pattonair will stock and supply C class parts for maintaining and repairing ANA’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000. Using its global footprint, Pattonair will enhance
The TRUEngine program reached 15,000 engine enrollments, a 25% increase in the last year. More than 200 operators and lessors have enrolled their engines in the TRUEngine program. The TRUEngine qualification process includes the customer submitting maintenance records and a review by GE or CFM to ensure engine configuration and overhaul practices are consistent with
Icelandair has signed a TrueChoice Transitions agreement with GE Aviation for a custom ordered CF6-80C2 spare engine. This agreement follows a TrueChoice Transition agreement between Icelandair and GE signed last year for the maintenance of CF6-80C2 engines that power the airline’s four Boeing 767 aircraft.
AFI KLM E&M has won a long-term contract covering component support for Cambodia Angkor Air’s fleet of A320s. The fleet currently comprises three aircraft, rising to ten within the coming few years. The agreement includes full component support services, repairs and maintenance, pool access, and the provision of a Main Base Kit with local services.
Vector Aerospace Corporation has been appointed by GE Aviation as an Authorized Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Provider for GE T700 Engines. This approval extends Vector’s 18-year association with GE on the T700 family, which is supported from Vector’s Helicopter Services – North America facility in Richmond, BC, Canada. This latest authorization adds to Vector’s existing
Honeywell has received Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) — issued by a governmental agency for approval to modify an aircraft from its original design — for its connectivity and condition-based maintenance products for a variety of helicopters. The new certification enables Honeywell’s Aspire 200 satellite communications system and Honeywell Health and Usage Monitoring Systems to be
Precision Aviation Group (PAG), a leading provider of products and value-added services to the Worldwide Aerospace and Defense industry, has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for various accessories at PAG Company Precision Accessories & Instruments – Australia (PAI-AU). “Already having a Part 145 CASA
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has secured a two-year extension to its long-standing JetSpares contract with Braathens Regional Airlines in support of the airline’s fleet of 12 Avro RJ regional jetliners. The Swedish-based airline is the longest-standing JetSpares customer of BAE Systems having first entered the programme in April 1996. At that time, the programme covered
Vector Aerospace is reporting strong demand for the Rolls-Royce M250-C47B Value Improvement Package (VIP) upgrade, which is available to operators of Bell Helicopter’s best-selling platform, the Bell 407. Vector, an award-winning M250 Authorized Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMROC), has teamed up with Rolls-Royce to perform 16 conversions since the VIP upgrade program was introduced
