Lufthansa Technik and GE selected the Legnica Special Economic Zone in Środa Śląska, Poland as the site for its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture for GEnx-2B and GE9X engines. The joint venture, called XEOS, will invest about US$267m in the new facility. Ground breaking on the 350,000 ft² facility will begin in the
LOT Polish Airlines has chosen a new chrome-free aerospace primer coatings system by PPG for corrosion resistance, because it is eco-friendly and a preferred PPG topcoat for superior gloss and shine, to repaint three Embraer E175 jets and a 737-400 airplane. LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) repainted the 737-400 airplane and the first E175 jet
HAECO Xiamen became one of China’s first Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisations with an Environmental Management System (EMS) implemented to ISO 14001:2004 standards, as certified by SGS, a leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company headquartered in Switzerland. The ISO 14001:2004 is an internationally recognised standard that specifies EMS requirements, against which organisations can
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has been granted CAAC Part-145 approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The approval took almost two years to achieve and now allows FLYHT to repair Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) units and return them to customers in China with an AAC-038 release certificate. The AAC-038 is a maintenance
Spirit AeroSystems has reported the completion of an expansion project on the Spirit Wichita campus to support production of the 737 thrust reverser. The expansion supports production rate increases already planned for the Boeing 737 program. The company also celebrated delivering the first 737 MAX thrust reverser with the new composite inner wall to the
AFI KLM E&M inaugurated its new Kuala Lumpur Materials and Logistics Service Center on December 1. The facility is designed to better serve the MRO’s client airlines throughout the region. A first warehouse had been deployed in 2011 as part of the Boeing Next-Generation 737 component service agreement between AFI KLM E&M and Malaysia Airlines.
FL Technics has officially opened its MRO hangar at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia. FL Technics Indonesia has also reached cooperation agreements with ten Asian airlines. The newly opened 9000 m² facility accommodates up to 3 narrow-body aircraft at a time and is certified to service Boeing 737 NG and CL, as well as Airbus
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group have signed a memorandum of understanding with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, owned by Cranfield University. The MoU covers collaboration in various aspects of aerospace and aviation engineering, including concept, design, IP, conversion, modification, manufacture, test, operation, installation, certification maintenance, support and training. In addition to this, the MoU encourages the establishment
Precision Aircraft Solutions reported the completion of its sixth Precision conversion of the year for European Air Transport Leipzig Airline (EAT), the largest of three airlines with dedicated service to the European, Middle Eastern and North African networks of DHL Express. Conversion of the 757-200 aircraft, MSN 29946, was performed at Flightstar in Jacksonville, Fla.
Flying Colours Corp. has completed its first installations of the Satcom Direct Router, (SDR). The first was fitted as part of a Global 5000 cabin refurbishment package, and the second as part of a new Global 5000 completion project for an undisclosed private Middle Eastern owner. Whilst crew and passengers on this aircraft are already
