Sycamore Aviation has opened its new US facility at Goodyear, AZ. With its excellent infrastructure and easy access through Phoenix Sky Harbor, Goodyear is a well established and premium location for aircraft disassembly and storage. January 2017 saw Sycamore Aviation take residency within a new US$10m facility at the airport and to date, have carried
Norway-based engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS has moved to a shift work programme to increase its production capacity as the rate of engine inductions at the facility continues to grow. Over the next few months its skilled and experienced engineers will supervise the training of ten new apprentices as the Company reinforces its commitment
Another milestone has been reached in advance of the first passenger flight of an Lufthansa A350-900: After more than 1,700 working hours in Lufthansa Technik’s maintenance hangar in Munich, the required cabin installations are complete and the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) has been issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft is thus
Acro Aircraft Seating has confirmed that following successful supply of seats for linefit since 2015, we have now concluded an agreement with Airbus, for Acro products to be included in the BFE Catalogue. Acro’s ‘Series 3 Superlight ST’ slim-line Economy Class seat, exemplifies the fundamental design principles of comfort and simplicity. It includes an aluminium
StandardAero has signed a new, exclusive, two-year partnership agreement with Johannesburg, South Africa-based Solenta Aviation Workshop, to provide a guaranteed LRU, MRO and exchange program to support Solenta’s PT6A/PW100 engine operations. As a strategic partner, the program is specifically designed to provide Solenta Aviation Workshop with highly customized service options to proactively support the company’s
GA Telesis has entered into a long term agreement for the distribution of Turkish Cabin Interiors’ (TCI) galleys and aircraft cabin interior products as well as all rotable galley equipment. GAT will also provide operators with aftermarket spare parts support. The agreement will cover all commercial single aisle, twin-aisle and VIP aircraft. GAT will exclusively
FEAM Maintenance/Engineering has signed a multiyear agreement with Boeing as the first US based MRO to provide GoldCare line maintenance services. The strategic partnership calls for FEAM to provide full handling line maintenance support on new B737 MAX aircraft under its EASA 145 authorization on behalf of Boeing’s GoldCare portfolio of global aftermarket support services.
Triumph Group (TGI) was selected by Textron Aviation to supply aluminum machined parts for the new Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize aircraft. Triumph Precision Components’ Complex High Speed Center of Excellence based in Wichita will produce the aluminum spars and wing skins for the Longitude program. To add manufacturing capacity, Triumph invested in a new Makino
HawkerHawker Pacific has reported the acquisition of Adagold’s Fixed Base Operations (FBO) in Brisbane and Cairns. The two acquired FBO operations have been operating under the Hawker Pacific brand since 24th January 2017. In Brisbane Hawker Pacific will operate from both its existing FBO facility and from the newly acquired FBO in the General Aviation
The one-stop shop at RUAG Aviation in Munich optimised the downtime required for a Bombardier Challenger CL604 heavy maintenance event. Responding to the request of the aircraft owner, the 192-month maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) inspection included a full cabin refurbishment for the older aircraft. The Challenger CL604 aircraft, registered in the Middle East, was
